Browsing Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects by Title
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)This paper proposes a new middle school reading curriculum that is based loosely on Kist's (2000) new literacies classroom in which students and teachers explore different media to find the forms that allow them to think ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-06-15)Families new to our city, especially transnational families, become skilled in the art of cultural orienteering. They use their knowledge, values, relationships, and communication skills to create a new home for themselves ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-02-13)The purpose of this essay is to discuss effective practices for connecting home and school environments in order to facilitate the literacy development of students. Families should be included in the school environment as ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04-14)Creativity is central to the human experience and the evolution of thought and ideas. It must be recognized as an approachable subject and actively pursued in educational settings. Many subjects that are well-suited for ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-03-01)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-03-01)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Elementary classrooms are full of children's literature. The classroom libraries hold stories of adventure, fantasy, and mystery and are the home of many beloved characters from the past and present. Children read these ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)With the effect of globalization, English as lingua franca has been treated significantly important all over the world. Since 1982, Chinese students need to study English as their compulsory subject in school. Moreover, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-04-01)
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
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(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 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-05-19)The first portion of the project is a literature review of authentic writing activities and instructional implications. The review is followed by a curriculum project prepared to engage elementary students in authentic ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)The objective of this paper is to focus on adapting and preparing guided reading instruction for multicultural students between kindergarten and third grade. Guided reading is an instructional practice used in balanced ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-31)Through the collection of the life stories, this research explores the college application process of two undocumented students in Nashville, Tennessee in order to examine ways in which teachers and college counselors can ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)Educators have long debated the best ways to implement early literacy instruction. Research has led to the formation of two distinct approaches, which combine theory and practice. Whole language and traditional phonics ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2007-09-15)This project centers on guided reading instruction with English Language Learners (ELLs). The focus of the lessons is vocabulary, since it is important in the development of ELLs. There is a review of the available ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)Decades of research has been dedicated to demonstrating differences between low- income children’s early language and high-income children’s early language: much of this research also indicates differences between ...