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    • Velazquez, Deanna (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-07-15)
      For decades, research has shown that traditional grammar instruction taught in isolation in secondary English language arts classrooms is ineffective in both improving student writing and also in grammar recognition. ...
    • Groh, Amanda (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-09-15)
      This paper investigates the process and benefits of Readers Theater in order to determine its usefulness within a variety of instructional settings. It discusses ways that Readers Theater has been implemented in real ...
    • Pearman II, F. Alvin (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 ...
    • Taylor, Kimberly (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      Like all people, adolescent members of racial, linguistic, and socio-economic class minorities are in possession of norms and values from their home cultures that influence how they see and act in the world. Unlike those ...
    • Renner, Katherine (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      Zero tolerance policies that mandate expulsion for a variety of student behaviors have become extremely prevalent in almost all schools today. These policies originated as federal law in the 1980s and transitioned into the ...
    • Hinton, Dana (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 ...
    • Kramer, Amy (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      This essay addresses the matter of how to connect with and involve the parents and families of English Language Learners in their children’s literacy education at the early elementary level as well as why this topic deserves ...
    • Tan, Yumeng (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03-01)
      The capstone contains three parts: teaching philosophy, the interpretation of TESOL standards, and application. Teaching philosophy concentrates on what I believe in second language teaching. I am convinced that new mode ...
    • Gorman, Annie (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 ...
    • Burka, Allison (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03-01)
      With the growing realization of the importance of introducing students to expository texts at a young age coupled with the motivational benefits for young students, there has been an “explosion” of informational trade ...
    • Ganz, Kathryn (Vanderbilt University. Peabody Collegehttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/, 2012-03-01)
      Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), an independent voluntary reading program, has been implemented in classrooms for over sixty years, however its effectiveness in improving reading achievement and reading attitude has been ...
    • Huppert, Eileen (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05)
      Learning mathematics can sometimes be mundane and limited when it is taught solely through a textbook. In order to engage and reach more students, mathematics in the K-5 classroom can be supplemented with an approach through ...
    • Chen, Chen (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-02-29)
      This capstone project reveals my comprehensive understanding of ELL education in relation to the curriculum, teaching methods, assessment, the learner, and the learning context. The project consists of three parts: 1) ...
    • Santana, Stephen (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-04)
      In the traditional middle school mathematics classroom, learning is viewed as a passive process in which students receive knowledge via the didactic instruction of the teacher. Learning is a social process, however, and ...
    • Doane, Michelle (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03)
      This paper examines the social development of children with mild developmental disabilities in inclusive preschools. Since the enactment of PL 94-142, also known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), ...
    • Moore, Minor (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
      Decreasing levels of motivation in students to read and write throughout elementary school is many teachers face. This challenge is especially pertinent due to the evidence found within the field of literacy education ...
    • Klein, Neil (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-09-15)
    • Kriz, Leah (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-10-14)
      This paper explores the different modifications of a read aloud that are appropriate for diverse learners. Information about a typical read aloud has been analyzed to find which modifications are necessary to include all ...
    • Jones, Abby (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011)
      This paper presents the idea of a “tool kit” that supplements curricula in an elementary school setting. It looks into what instructional strategies benefit ELL learners and how some of those same strategies can help ...
    • Yen, Jessica (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. ...