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Teaching Creativity Skills Through STEAM Curriculum
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-03-08)
While creativity is difficult to measure, it is not impossible. Educators must begin to identify and assess creativity in students in order for America to remain a competitive force in STEM fields. One way to measure ...
Pushing Beyond Procedures to Enhance Mathematics Learning
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-07)
While many ideas abound in the literature about what effective mathematics instruction entails, procedural instruction still dominates in United States mathematics classrooms. Many math teachers seem to have a natural ...
Design for the Body in Mathematics Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015)
In this paper, I explore what it might mean to take the body as the focus of design to support learning in mathematics classrooms, and more specifically, to support learning to work with graphs. I will provide an overview ...
Students' Mathematical Beliefs Implicitly Learned Through Assessment
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-07-15)
Students come to beliefs about what mathematics is through a host of factors. One of these is through the way that they are assessed. Through summative, standardized achievement tests, students are evaluated on what it is ...
Implementing the Third Mathematical Practice by using Argumentation
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-02-28)
This paper examines the current research and theories that can help those teaching the third Mathematical Practice in the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics. Driven by a Constructivist approach to learning, the two ...
Elements of Effective Tasks in Creating Positive Dispositions: A Capstone Project
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Research has shown that while the discipline of mathematics focuses on negotiation, interpretation, and uncertainty, classroom mathematics often focus on rigidity, rules, and prescribed algorithms. This misalignment of ...
Teaching Elementary Mathematics With Children's Literature
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
The goal of this paper is to investigate and evaluate children’s literature in terms of its use within mathematics curriculum. I have laid out criteria for assessing literature to be used in mathematics, as well as provided ...
Improving Mathematics Achievement in the United States
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
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 ...
Broadening Mathematics Curriculum: Linking Children’s Literature to Mathematics
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
Children’s literature provides connections across all content areas. When incorporated within mathematics, it provides an engaging, accessible, and authentic context for learning. The literary experience can lead to ...