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Why Do Some Students Drop Out of Urban High Schools?
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-16)
High percentages of racial minority and low-income high school dropouts present a growing concern for both the student and society as dropouts are likely to experience future economic instability and are more likely to ...
Increasing Motivation and Engagement in Literacy Practices
(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 ...
Improving Mathematics Achievement in the United States
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Gendered Power in Literature Circles
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Literature circles have been used extensively for the past few decades at the elementary level for the purposes of increasing engagement and motivation through peer-led discussion. Some researchers, however, have found ...
Algebra as a Civil Right
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-14)
This paper addresses the argument that algebra should be viewed as a civil right and mode for social justice. The framing question addressed is, “How and why is algebra a civil right?” The goal of the paper is to discuss ...
Writing Diverse Stories
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05-07)
Children learn to tell stories at home and in their communities. Culture influences narrative form and stories are often used as a “culture-preserving instrument” (Sapir, 1949). Thus, the stories they write as they enter ...
Integrating Science and Literacy with Early Childhood English Language Learners
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
EFL Capstone
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03-01)
The capstone contains three parts: teaching philosophy, the interpretation of TESOL standards, and application. Teaching philosophy concentrates on what I believe in second language teaching. I am convinced that new mode ...
Developing Agency within the Middle-School Mathematics Classroom: Authenticating the Interrelationship between Mathematical and Social Identity
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-04)
In the traditional middle school mathematics classroom, learning is viewed as a passive process in which students receive knowledge via the didactic instruction of the teacher. Learning is a social process, however, and ...
Integrating Children's Literature into the Mathematics Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05)
Learning mathematics can sometimes be mundane and limited when it is taught solely through a textbook. In order to engage and reach more students, mathematics in the K-5 classroom can be supplemented with an approach through ...