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Academic Uses of Social Media Technology in the High School English Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-04)
The goal of this paper is to explore the potential uses of social media in high school English classrooms. Also explored is the reasoning behind integrating social media into the English curriculum. Social media use falls ...
Embedding Literacy Instruction in Authentic Contexts
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
This paper looks at how literacy instruction can be embedded in authentic contexts in order to make the acquisition of reading and writing skills more meaningful. The push for authentic literacy experiences is supported ...
Teaching Adolescent Literacy to Racially Diverse Students
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
Racially diverse urban youths are struggling within the public school systems. This particular demographic of students consistently performs low on reading achievement tests throughout America. The problem lies with an ...
ELL Capstone Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-03-15)
Fyffe ELL Capstone Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-04-01)
The Impact of Multicultural Literature in Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-03-01)
As America continues to be the culturally rich and diverse nation that it is, there is a tremendous need for schools to be well-equipped with the tools to recognize and support each student’s unique culture. All students’ ...
Approach to an Effective and Meaningful Character Education in Singapore
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011)
Character education is the intentional effort to develop core ethical and performance values that are widely affirmed across all cultures in young people (Character Education Partnership, 2010). Benefits of character ...
Preserving Elementary Social Studies Through Integrated Instruction
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
The goal of this project is to evaluate the merits of implementing integrated instruction at the elementary level. A particular focus is the use of social studies concepts to organize integrated instruction around significant ...
Geometers Sketchpad®: Advancing Middle School Curriculum
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
Multicultural Mathematics:What is the Importance of Incorporating Diverse Understandings in the Contemporary Elementary Classroom?: A Practical Application of Measurement through the Cultural Context of the Native Yup’ik People
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
Multicultural mathematics acts as a link between the contributive notions of ethnomathematics and the practices of culturally relevant pedagogy. It challenges the common disconnect between mathematical concepts and the ...