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Writing Diverse Stories
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05-07)
Children learn to tell stories at home and in their communities. Culture influences narrative form and stories are often used as a “culture-preserving instrument” (Sapir, 1949). Thus, the stories they write as they enter ...
Algebra as a Civil Right
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-14)
This paper addresses the argument that algebra should be viewed as a civil right and mode for social justice. The framing question addressed is, “How and why is algebra a civil right?” The goal of the paper is to discuss ...
Educating Teachers for Urban Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
This capstone is based upon the idea that teachers can be effectively trained, especially to work in urban areas through student-teaching experiences. The aspects that contribute to meaningful and educational experiences ...
The Political Nuances of Narratives and an Urban Educator's Response
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06)
In recent years, theorists have begun to explore the ways in which the narratives our children read influence the democratic ideals we wish to impart. In a nation so stratified along both racial and socioeconomic lines ...
A Cognitive Approach to the Research Essay
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
There are four main sections of this project. First, why I switched the topic of my Capstone. Second, I explain how this project fits into the current education system in America. Third, I provide my rationale for the ...
Facilitating Reading in the Digital Age
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
This paper proposes a new middle school reading curriculum that is based loosely on Kist's (2000) new literacies classroom in which students and teachers explore different media to find the forms that allow them to think ...
The New Path to Building Reading Comprehension
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011)
Book reports can many times be viewed in classrooms as a means to obtain a writing sample, a time-filler or just another “thing to do.” I believe that book reports that are uniquely and purposefully crafted can be powerful ...
Assessing Fluency Assessment: A Detailed Look at One-Minute Fluency Measures
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-10-10)
In 2000, the National Reading Panel named fluency one of the five pillars of reading instruction. As a result, schools across America adopted a variety of fluency assessments. More recently, one-minute fluency assessments ...
University of Louisville Signature Partnership Initiative: A Study of an Emerging University-Community
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-05)
Giants Dreams: Undocumented Students in Higher Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-31)
Through the collection of the life stories, this research explores the college application process of two undocumented students in Nashville, Tennessee in order to examine ways in which teachers and college counselors can ...