Browsing Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects by Title
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-10-15)One issue that today's teachers face is figuring out ways to get students motivated about learning, especially in the area of mathematics. In the past, teachers have utilized computers with projector screens and internet ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)Linear measurement is a complex concept. In order to become proficient in linear measurement one must understand and perform numerous components. The following lessons introduce primary students to linear measurement ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014)Traditionally, adult ESL education has been dominated by rote memorization of cultural and language facts, audio-lingual drillings, and delivery of frequent daily conversations, while students’ social identities and their ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)This capstone employs research from cognitive architecture to analyze, critique, and inform a form of digital scaffolding called Immersedition. Specifically, this capstone explores the way in which Immersedition and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)This paper articulates the need for hands-on experiential learning for young children in traditional museum settings. Consideration of developmental stages and milestones is important when designing guided learning tools. ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)This article uses a literature review from different perspectives to investigate and explore different research on late Mandarin-English bilinguals and their cross-language processing. Through reviewing different articles, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-04-29)The purpose of this design is to clarify a shared vision of math instruction collaboratively over the course of a school year in a secondary math department in either middle or high school. The structure roots ongoing work ...
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)At the start of their careers, physicians vow a commitment to teach their peers, trainees, and patients. However, the ubiquity of teaching in medical practice is not well reflected in the medical education curricular ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-06)Reflective practice is identified as an important skill for preservice teachers to develop, yet most teacher preparation programs continue to focus on discrete skills and procedures for teaching. Research shows that ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-07-28)Recent education reforms in Pakistan push for uniformity in the guise of standardization. This may not only discredit essential parts of students’ identities but also pit students against each other without laying focus ...
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Leveling Up: Evaluating Theoretical Underpinnings and Applications of Gamification in the Classroom (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-09-15)“Gamification” has become quite the buzz word in the last few years. After all, children love games so why not use that advantage in the classroom? But there seems to be a great deal of confusion as to what gamification ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03)This portfolio serves as a reflection of my two-year graduate study at Peabody College English Language Learners (ELL) program. Meanwhile, it also demonstrates my professional knowledge and abilities of becoming a qualified ...
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Liberatory Praxis with Latinx Students Through the Synthesis of Humanizing Pedagogies and Curricula (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)The Latinx population is the second-fastest growing in the U.S., accounting for 18% of the population, or nearly 58 million people as of 2016. This should be of particular interest to educators who work with youth in urban ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-15)In schools, science is taught as an apolitical finite body of knowledge, free from bias and subjective human experience. In reality, science classrooms reinforce a dominant dialogue of white, male, heteronormative superiority ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)Plyer v. Doe (1982) provided undocumented youth access to public education, and in delivering the opinion of the court, Justice William Brennan quoted the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, saying, “Today, education ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-04-01)This paper is a review of the literature on the impact of demographic and technological changes on research and practice of literacy education of English Language Learners (ELLs) in American K-12 school settings. It is ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)Effective professional development for teachers has been a controversial topic in education for many years. Schools beg to answer the question: how do we continue to educate teachers so that student learning will increase? ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-03-01)This literature review included 33 studies published in the past ten years focusing on language transfer of Chinese K-12 and college students who studied English. It intended to determine the factors that influence transfer ...