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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 ...
Students Studying Science in their Surrounding Environment
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
This paper examines the neglected state of science education and the nature-deficit children are experiencing and it looks toward outdoor education as a means to heal both issues. It also focuses on the inquiry approach ...
Children's Literature in the Primary Science Curriculum: A Valuable Tool for Promoting Scientific Literacy
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
This essay will explore the professional literature that provides the rationale for using children’s literature in an inquiry-based, primary science curriculum (preschool to grade three). My belief, based on the findings ...
Inspired to Learn: Effective Techniques for Motivating Students in the Elementary Classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)
Motivation is a key ingredient in the elementary classroom. When students are intrinsically motivated to learn, they learn more effectively. While some students enter the classroom with a high-degree of motivation, many ...
Get Real: Instructional Implications for Authentic Writing Activities
(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 ...
Inquiry oriented instruction throughout the elementary classroom
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-05-19)
Inquiry-oriented instruction is an instructional model that can be implemented in almost any classroom. The following will discuss learners and learning, learners and the environment, curriculum and instructional strategies, ...
Writing Instruction in Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms: Methods, Considerations, and Practices
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-04-07)
Writing instruction in pre-kindergarten classrooms meets the need to address students' emerging literacy skills and understandings as well as addresses young children's natural curiosity about the written word. Current ...
A Critical Analysis of the Little Kids Rock Curriculum
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-03-04)
Little Kids Rock serves two functions. First they are a philanthropic organization that donate instruments and support to schools with high free or reduced lunch populations. Next, they also have created a curriculum for ...
The Use of Service Learning Projects in Civic Education to Reduce Student Political Apathy
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-03-05)
According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, since 1972 when 18-21 year old U.S. citizens were given the right to vote, political participation has declined (Youth, 2007, p. 1). ...
The Possibility of Public Montessori Schools: Examining the Montessori philosophy and its prospect in American public schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2007-10-29)
In an effort to explore the ways in which Montessori curriculum and public schools are cooperative or mutually exclusive, I will examine the principles of the Montessori philosophy as set forth by Dr. Maria Montessori in ...