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    • Kriz, Leah (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-10-14)
      This paper explores the different modifications of a read aloud that are appropriate for diverse learners. Information about a typical read aloud has been analyzed to find which modifications are necessary to include all ...
    • Colt, Walt (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014)
      Adolescents in the United States lag behind much of the world in reading achievement (Bozack, 2011). Researchers find that personal and situational interest acting together increase reading achievement in adolescents. In ...
    • Green, Hillary (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2007-10-24)
      Comprehension is the ultimate purpose for reading and is the key to reading success. Research has shown that children as young as five years old can be taught comprehension strategies and implement these strategies when ...
    • Sanchez, Amanda (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-10-01)
      This essay explores the topic of teaching reading through the strategy of differentiated instruction. While the concept of differentiated instruction is discussed and some of the principles of reading instruction are ...
    • Matthews, Rachel (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010)
      This study investigated students' strengths and weaknesses on the ACT reading subtest. The study focused on how the existing curriculum of a school might be enhanced to promote students' performance on the assessment. ...
    • Wang, Jiayi (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)
      With the development of modern technology and renewal of teaching approaches, although integrating multimodal resources into reading instruction has already occupied an important position, this present review is putting a ...
    • Johnson, David (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-15)
      Setting: What follows is the transcription of a storybook read-aloud by an experienced preschool teacher at a multi-ethnic elementary school located in the commuter belt of a large U. S. metropolitan city. The teacher ...
    • Rubio, Shannon (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03)
      This capstone proposes a restructured pre-service teacher preparation program aimed at better preparing pre-service teachers to respond to unfamiliar communities and cultures encountered in the urban school context ...
    • Mckenzie, Norval (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-09-15)
      Research has shown a disparity in educational achievement of African American males relative to their white counterparts. Many theories attempt to explain why African American males continue to lag behind in the classroom, ...
    • Ku, Boram (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-11-07)
      According to the International Reading Association (2010), now called the International Literacy Association, Response to Intervention (RTI) was developed upon the idea of prevention instead of failure. It is an inclusive, ...
    • Saladin, Amanda (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-11-09)
    • Blough, Rachel (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)
      Student homelessness accounts for 40% of the homeless population and affects 30% of students in the U.S. at some point in their schooling careers (Canfield et al., 2016; Bassuk et al., 2014). It disproportionally affects ...
    • Armstrong, Amanda (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)
      Autism prevalence is rapidly increasing in the United States, and more and more general education teachers are finding children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) included in their classrooms. While these students ...
    • Jones, Rachel (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2007-05-08)
      These documents set up a teacher inservice day providing information about teaching science to early childhood students. Activities, teaching methods and assessments are included in addition to a review of literature about ...
    • Mills, Jennifer (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
      This paper details the theoretical underpinnings of the curriculum unit designed. The basic structure and components of successful service learning inform the unit, which is designed in response to features of the ...
    • Taylor, Kimberly (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      Like all people, adolescent members of racial, linguistic, and socio-economic class minorities are in possession of norms and values from their home cultures that influence how they see and act in the world. Unlike those ...
    • Shi, Yuwei Jr. (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-01)
      This capstone consists of three major parts under the theme of teaching English as a second language. In the first part, philosophy of teaching, I state the theories that I’ve learned and set as the basement for my future ...
    • Self, Elizabeth (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)
      Single-sex instruction is increasingly popular as a means to close the standardized testing achievement gap between White and African-American students. This is especially the case in urban school districts that have ...
    • Peck, Katherine (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-20)
      For young children, learning to work cooperatively with others is an important part of the learning that goes on in the classroom. Unfortunately, with increased pressure from state standards and tests, the limited time ...
    • Doane, Michelle (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03)
      This paper examines the social development of children with mild developmental disabilities in inclusive preschools. Since the enactment of PL 94-142, also known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), ...