Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects: Recent submissions
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-20)For young children, learning to work cooperatively with others is an important part of the learning that goes on in the classroom. Unfortunately, with increased pressure from state standards and tests, the limited time ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)This essay attempts to explore what a valuable teaching resource primary source documents are for teachers. History education is becoming, and rightly so, less focused on students learning "the facts" and more centered on ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-19)My capstone essay focuses on the importance of effective teacher language in the classroom and its affect on shaping positive student identities. Specific language, tone, attitude, and behavior that focus on positively ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-19)This essay examines current and past research on the effects of teacher expectations on academic achievement, with a focus on research dealing with urban elementary schools. The essay concludes that while much of the ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-18)This is an exploration of the qualities of effective educators and the strategies they employ in the classroom. Through various classroom experiences as a student and as a teacher, I have pondered what it is that a truly ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-18)This comprehensive essay addresses the issue of literacy in language arts and in science as it relates to learners and learning, the learning environment, curriculum and instructional strategies, and assessment in the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-18)This essay addresses the use of graphing calculator and spreadsheet technologies in the area of Algebra. Through the examination of research pertaining to the implementation of graphing calculator and spreadsheet technology, ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-16)This essay seeks to examine the study abroad experience and its effects on second language acquisition. It is separated into four sections, each containing findings from research-based publications, as well as discussions ...
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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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Elementary classrooms are full of children's literature. The classroom libraries hold stories of adventure, fantasy, and mystery and are the home of many beloved characters from the past and present. Children read these ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)Since the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) wrote their Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989, the mathematics education community has focused on developing students' mathematical ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Motivation is a key ingredient in the elementary classroom. When students are intrinsically motivated to learn, they learn more effectively. While some students enter the classroom with a high-degree of motivation, many ...