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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 ...
School Culture that Facilitates the Inclusion of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream Classrooms
(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 ...
Capitalizing on Strengths and Understanding Needs: Creating Effective Literacy Instruction, Activities and Curriculum with High School Refugee Students in English Language Arts
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-09-12)
This capstone paper presents a look into the high school refugee learner. Drawing upon the strengths and needs of the learner, this paper highlighted the learning contexts, instructional practices, curriculum ideas and ...
Collaborative Learning via Simulations and Games
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)
Collaborative learning and simulations and games have been studied extensively for their utility in educational settings. An amalgamation of the two, however—collaborative learning via simulations and games (CLSG)—has not ...
Capstone Portfolio Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-03-01)
This English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching Portfolio consists of three sections. The first section is my philosophy of teaching statement, in which I reflected on how sociocultural theory influenced my understanding ...
Supporting Literacy Development Through Different Teacher Read Aloud Styles in the Early Elementary School Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-04-01)
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 ...
Literacy 2.0: New Literacies in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse K-12 Classrooms
(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 ...
Concept Maps in Early Childhood Literacy Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014)
This paper explores the use of concept maps in early childhood literacy classroom, with particular emphasis on specific methods that teachers can apply. Concept maps--as visual organizers that can enrich students' understanding ...
Reading and Adapting Texts to Screenplays to Improve Literacy Motivation in High School Students
(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 ...