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Applying Backwards Design to a Traditional Textbook: An Algebra I Unit Plan
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
This Capstone project consists of a backwards design format unit plan based on corresponding units from a specific traditional Algebra I textbook. The student goals that I have identified are closely aligned with standards ...
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 ...
Promoting Equity in the Math Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
Inequity in achievement and opportunities to learn mathematics among different subpopulations of students permeate every level of the United States education system: national, local, school, and even individual classrooms. ...
On the Same Page: School-Community Partnerships in Urban Settings
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
In the era of No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Waiting for Superman, it is clear that our nation is keenly focused on the academic achievement of students in urban schools. At the same time, the economy is in ...
Defying Capitalism Through a Reimagined World of School
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-10-12)
This paper argues against the sense of inescapable reality engendered by capitalism and discusses how playing out a re-imagined reality at school could defy this world. I utilize the concept of “figured worlds” as a lens ...
Creating Equity through Services; Providing Emotional and Mental Health Support to Students in City Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-05-15)
There is a disparity between social classes, when it comes to accessing mental health support. 14.9 million students that attend city schools are part of the low middle class that does not have easy access to mental health ...