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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.
POW! BAM! SHAZAM!: Teaching with Graphic Novels
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)
Learning to Learn: Using Self-Regulation Strategies to Improve the Academic Habits of High School Students with Learning Disabilities
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)
In this capstone paper, I explore the difficulties students with LD and ADHD have in utilizing metacognitive strategies while learning. To help in this area, I look specifically at self-regulation, a concept closely connected ...
Increasing Reading Motivation Through Successful Experiences: Helping English Language Learners Be Successful Readers
(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 ...
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 ...
Geometer’s Sketchpad®: An Engaging Exploration of Geometry
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
This paper is a literature review designed to investigate the implementation of a product of Key Curriculum Press®, Geometer’s Sketchpad® (GSP). GSP, a dynamic software program, allows students to be able to explore by ...
L1 in the ELL Classroom: The Ways and Reasons It Is--And Is Not--Used
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
With a growing number of English Language Learners (ELLs) in school in the United States, the educational needs of this population of students are being scrutinized. Though they are a diverse group, all ELLs bring their ...
A Cognitive Approach to the Research Essay
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
There are four main sections of this project. First, why I switched the topic of my Capstone. Second, I explain how this project fits into the current education system in America. Third, I provide my rationale for the ...