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Implementing Sustained Silent Reading to Produce Gains in Reading Achievement and Reading Attitude
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 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 ...
EFL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-02-29)
This capstone project reveals my comprehensive understanding of ELL education in relation to the curriculum, teaching methods, assessment, the learner, and the learning context. The project consists of three parts: 1) ...
How to Integrate Sentence Combining/Decombining Effectively
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-07-15)
For decades, research has shown that traditional grammar instruction taught in isolation in
secondary English language arts classrooms is ineffective in both improving student writing and
also in grammar recognition. ...
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 ...
Weaving Expository Texts into the Fabric of the Elementary School Curriculum
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03-01)
With the growing realization of the importance of introducing students to expository texts at a young age coupled with the motivational benefits for young students, there has been an “explosion” of informational trade ...