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Bridging the Digital Divide: Using Video Games to Enhance Science Learning
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-07-15)
This paper explores the affordances of digital video games in the learning of science amid a changing learner demographic. Current research in this area is largely focused on motivational aspects of video games. It is ...
Service Learning Curriculum Unit
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
This paper details the theoretical underpinnings
of the curriculum unit designed. The basic
structure and components of successful service
learning inform the unit, which is designed in
response to features of the ...
On Teacher Quality in Independent Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-04)
The Long Road: Adult Student Retention at a Rural Community College: A Case Study
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
To understand and enhance the adult student retention rates, Dyersburg State Community College (DSSC) contacted the Peabody College at Vanderbilt University to have graduate students conduct a study of the adult student ...
What Do Urban Residential Schools Afford Us?
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)
Children in urban neighborhoods all over the country struggle with challenges in their communities. For some time, the solution has been wrap-around services and increased support for communities who need it most. In ...
Confronting Bias in Teachers' Mathematical Mindsets
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-07-19)
Mathematic ability has long been considered a “gatekeeper” to advanced education, better jobs, and higher status in society. People who are considered successful in mathematics are often selected by a teacher at a young ...
Community Integrative Education and the Faculty Reward Structure at Rhodes College
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-05-05)
The Effectiveness of a Targeted Communications Campaign to Improve Student Persistence
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05)
Seeing it Through: Persistence and Completion of Low-Income Students at the University of Memphis
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015)
Designing for play in an informal arts environment
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-07-29)
The ArtQuest gallery is a space at the intersection of informal learning and arts education, built for all ages, but especially for young children. At first glance, it appears to be highly successful at achieving some of ...