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Establishing Peace Through Conflict Resolution: Why we need it and how to make it work in the elementary classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-13)
Current education practice puts little focus on conflict resolution strategies. This essay argues that, in light of the inevitability of conflict both in the classroom and in our society, teachers must teach students how ...
Immigrant Challenges and Opportunities in Civic Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)
The paper describes the growing number of immigrant students in secondary schools and discusses how these students present teachers with particular challenges and resources in teaching the civic education needed to sustain ...
Beyond Names and Dates: Teaching Students to Employ Historical Reasoning
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008)
This essay explores several obstacles that a student brings into a high school history classroom. Since the main goal of history is to develop abstract reasoning, it is troublesome that a student's cognitive development ...
Developing Word Knowledge Through Vocabulary Instruction
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-14)
Current research findings indicate that knowledge of word meanings greatly influence a reader's comprehension of text. As text comprehension is necessary for true "reading" to occur, classroom vocabulary instruction is ...
The "How-to" and "Whys?" of Literature Circles
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-04-07)
Abstract
Literature circles are an important component of the literacy curriculum in elementary classrooms. Literature circles are small groups of students with heterogeneous abilities talking together about a shared text. ...
Children's Literature in Science Instruction: The Use of Children's Literature in 6th Grade Science
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-11)
This project will begin by presenting research about the effectiveness of using children's literature in science instruction. This research will be used to develop a unit plan for 6th grade earth and space science which ...
Improving Open Court Reading
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-14)
SRA's Open Court Reading is a research-based literacy program that has been adopted in schools across the nation. The program exhibits a number of strengths, including effectiveness in raising reading test scores and ...
Getting Guided Reading Right in Multicultural Classrooms K - 3
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)
The objective of this paper is to focus on adapting and preparing guided reading instruction for multicultural students between kindergarten and third grade. Guided reading is an instructional practice used in balanced ...
Using African American Children's Literature to Support the Literacy Development of Three and Four Year Olds
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-04-23)
When contemplating which Capstone experience to select, I chose to look at which product would be most beneficial for me upon completion of my degree. As a graduate candidate who plans to immediately return to the classroom ...
Toward Educational Integration: Interdisciplinary Study as a Vehicle for Meaningful Learning in the 21st Century
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)
In this paper, I define and defend a form of interdisciplinary study as a means to better integrating all of students' formal and informal learning experiences. Through the theoretical perspective of constructivism, I argue ...