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Family Literacy Partnerships: Promoting Student Achievement by Connecting Home and School
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-02-13)
The purpose of this essay is to discuss effective practices for connecting home and school environments in order to facilitate the literacy development of students. Families should be included in the school environment as ...
Write from the Start: Developmentally Appropriate Classrooms Supporting Young Writers
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-11-07)
Recent educational reform and adaptation of learning theories to emergent literacy instruction recognize writing as developmentally appropriate for supporting young children's success in literacy. This child-centered ...
Effective Use of Recording Technologies in Private Music Instruction
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04)
Vocal and instrumental musicians face a paradoxical problem when evaluating their sound: it is impossible for them to independently assess their sound from an audience perspective because they must be actively performing ...
Integrating Children's Literature into the Elementary Mathematics Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04)
The integration of subjects is becoming increasingly more popular with educators, and yet rarely is the idea of linking mathematics and literacy considered. This essay delineates the benefits of integrating children's ...
Building an Audience: Developing Audience Awareness in Kindergarten Writers
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-11-10)
The purpose of this paper is to look at Kindergarten students and understand how they move from writing for themselves to writing for an audience. Kindergarten students are still young children and have difficulty taking ...
Interactive Whiteboards in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-10-15)
One issue that today's teachers face is figuring out ways to get students motivated about learning, especially in the area of mathematics. In the past, teachers have utilized computers with projector screens and internet ...
Incorporating Multicultural Children's Literature into Elementary Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-09-15)
The evidence supporting the inclusion of children's cultures and backgrounds into the classroom and curriculum is strong, and multicultural children's literature provides the perfect means to achieve this goal. Along with ...
Reading Instruction through Differentiated Practice
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-10-01)
This essay explores the topic of teaching reading through the strategy of differentiated instruction. While the concept of differentiated instruction is discussed and some of the principles of reading instruction are ...
Comprehension is the Key: Unlocking Deep Comprehension in the Primary Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-03-01)
Teaching reading comprehension is vitally important to students understanding that reading is a meaning making process. Unfortunately, a review of many teachers' reading comprehension instruction shows that no instruction ...
Fostering Creativity In The Music Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04-14)
Creativity is central to the human experience and the evolution of thought and ideas. It must be recognized as an approachable subject and actively pursued in educational settings. Many subjects that are well-suited for ...