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How to use Service-Learning to Enrich the Secondary School Social Studies Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)
Service-learning is increasingly being used in schools to enrich curriculum and provide students with new ways of thinking and linking what the learn in the classroom with life and issues outside the school. While it is a ...
Encounters with Words: Vocabulary Instruction
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-04-27)
Vocabulary instruction is an important aspect of reading comprehension in literature as well as the other content areas. Students need more than dictionary skills to be effective in figuring out the meaning of words. ...
Using Students' Native Languages in the Classroom: Rationale and Strategies for Monolingual Teachers
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)
The number of English Language Learners in American public schools is increasing every year, yet these students are not achieving academic or English proficiency as measured by standardized assessments. Researchers have ...
The Vocabulary Manual: A Research to Practice Guide for Teachers who work with Kindergarten - Second Grade Students
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
This manual provides a brief literature review of the vocabulary needs of struggling readers and how to address them. The manual also provides ideas and activities for teaching vocabulary.
Brushing Off the Dust: Reviving research projects to develop students’ 21st century literacies
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-13)
As high school teachers approach units, projects, and assignments that require research in their classrooms today, using traditional methods of information gathering may undermine the ultimate goal of an inquiry focused ...
IMAX - 3D Regal Research: Multigenre Writing Responds to Those Who Say, "You Can't Do That in a Research Paper!"
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
Traditional research papers cannot stand as the lone measuring stick for how well students can present their knowledge and thoughts. Their very essence goes against much of what recent pedagogy says about teaching research ...
Strategies for Older Elementary Students Struggling with Reading Comprehension
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
Reading comprehension is defined by Vellutino (2003) as “the ability to obtain meaning from written text for some purpose” (p. 51). However, individual differences in knowledge, skills, and abilities affect a student’s ...
Community-Building in Secondary ESL Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-07-13)
The goal of this paper is to help teachers of secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) construct welcoming environments in diverse classrooms, which has been shown to contribute to the success of these students. This ...
Digital Reading Environments as a Teaching Tool in the Secondary Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
Video Games, Literacy & Struggling Learners
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-10-01)
My Capstone examines video games, literacy and struggling readers. It is based on my coursework in Digital Literacies, readings, fieldwork with SURGE, and a case study of a twelve-year-old boy with attention-deficit ...