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(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 ...
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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, 2011-03-01)As America continues to be the culturally rich and diverse nation that it is, there is a tremendous need for schools to be well-equipped with the tools to recognize and support each student’s unique culture. All students’ ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-07-15)With the implementation of new Common Core State Standards that emphasize the significance of writing skills for both in-school and out-of-school settings, writing instruction in the ELA classroom has received more ...
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Implementing Sustained Silent Reading to Produce Gains in Reading Achievement and Reading Attitude (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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-02-28)This paper examines the current research and theories that can help those teaching the third Mathematical Practice in the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics. Driven by a Constructivist approach to learning, the two ...
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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, 2008-04-23)Observations of six middle and high school Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools classrooms in the fall of 2007 raised questions about the clarity of the secondary ESL curriculum and about the knowledge that ESL teachers ...
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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, 2008-09-15)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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)This capstone essay focuses on the role of motivation in the middle grades Language Arts classroom. I frame the essay through an investigation balanced on the importance of intrinsic motivation and its relationship with ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03)Increasing Reading Motivation Through Successful Experiences: Helping English Language Learners Be Successful Readers Anastasia Erickson Vanderbilt University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-05-19)Inquiry-oriented instruction is an instructional model that can be implemented in almost any classroom. The following will discuss learners and learning, learners and the environment, curriculum and instructional strategies, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-09-15)Hawai'i is a culturally and ethnically diverse state, with the 2006 U.S. Census reporting the state's demographics as 40% Asian, 9.1 % Native Hawai'ian, 19.4% multiracial, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino origin, 24.7% white, and ...
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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 ...
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(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 ...