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Writing as the Setting for Phonics Instruction in Whole Language Classrooms
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone project. An analysis of the uses of interactive writing and scaffolded writing for teaching embedded phonics in early elementary whole language classrooms.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
African American and Euro-American Mother-Child Communication within the Context of Maternal Depressive Symptoms
No full textUndergraduate thesis on how race/ethnicity and maternal depression symptoms relate to parenting behaviors. This research was completed in the Stress and Coping Lab at Vanderbilt University under Dr.Bruce Compas.Past research has shown that depressive symptoms and race/ethnicity separately impact parenting behaviors, although the latter is often confounded with other contextual variables. This study examined the association of depressive symptoms and race/ethnicity with the parenting behaviors of African American and Euro-American mothers while controlling for demographic variables. Mother-child dyads were recorded discussing recent peer stressors and mothers’ verbal and nonverbal behaviors and emotions were coded using the Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales (IFIRS). Maternal depressive symptoms did not significantly predict any of the parenting behaviors. African American mothers were significantly higher in structure, authoritarian parenting, and psychological control, significantly lower in engagement, and similar to Euro-American mothers in warmth and overall communication. However, race/ethnicity only significantly predicted structure and authoritarian parenting. Implications for parenting style research and familial depression preventions are discussed.Vanderbilt UniversityPsychology and Human DevelopmentPeabody CollegeThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Science
Laughter and Amusement’s Buffering Effect on Stress: An Experimental Design
No full textThere is currently a significant amount of hype surrounding laughter and its effects, but there is a lot less excitement concerning the positive emotion that tends to compel laughter: amusement. The purpose of the current study was to make the distinction between laughter and amusement and observe the stress buffering effects of those different components.
Under the Direction of Dr. Leslie Kirby and Craig Smith
PSY-296B Honors Thesis; Dr. BachorowskiThere is currently a significant amount of hype surrounding laughter and its effects, but there is a lot less excitement concerning the positive emotion that tends to compel laughter: amusement. The purpose of the current study was to make the distinction between laughter and amusement and observe the stress buffering effects of those different components. First, I examined if amusement and laughter have a buffering effect. I then examined if forced laughter, with no amusement, has a buffering effect of stress. Finally, I examined if amusement, in the absence of laughter, has a buffering effect. The study employed a 2x2 between subjects design, which crossed an amusing video and bored video with instructions to act amused and instructions to act bored. Results showed that participants who experienced amusement and laughter together had significantly less negative affect than those who did not experience amusement or laughter. This points to a buffering effect of co-occurring laughter and amusement. Results showed a main effect of expressivity (instruction type) on amusement and positive affect levels post-stressor task; those who were told to express amusement, regardless of internal emotion, experienced significant increased levels of amusement and positive affect. Therefore perhaps the method used to isolate amusement (without laughter) was only suppressing participants’ experience of amusement. A future direction is proposed to combat this issue.Vanderbilt UniversityPsychologyCollege of Arts and ScienceThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Science
Stories of Otherness
No full textFinal project for ENGL 277 Asian American Literature; Spring 2015 --Stranger in a Home Land: Asian American Literature and the Mechanisms of Alienation.Website accompanied by reflection paper. See the project website at https://storiesofotherness.wordpress.com/
Using a Combination of Text Types for Phonics Instruction and Practice in Early Elementary Grades
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone project that examines text types used in early elementary classrooms for phonics instruction within a balanced literacy curriculum.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Designing for play in an informal arts environment
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone projectThe ArtQuest gallery is a space at the intersection of informal learning and arts education, built for all ages, but especially for young children. At first glance, it appears to be highly successful at achieving some of its goals, and less successful at others. Specifically, it appears to encourage material exploration, but not the “higher-level” components of high-quality arts curricula such as aesthetic awareness and reflection. In this essay I explore some of what is known about high-quality arts education, designing for informal learning environments, and the innate characteristics of play in an effort to explore whether play as a conceptual framework might be fruitful in approaching the design of an informal arts space to better promote meaning-making and meta-awareness.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Classroom Departmentalization: Is It The Most Effective Way To Teach Upper Elementary Students?
No full textThis capstone explores both the benefits and potential challenges of upper elementary classroom departmentalization. An overview of departmentalized classrooms is also included.
EDUC 3680
Capstone Seminar
Dr. Kristen Weeks NealDepartment of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Voter Preferences and State Regulation of Smoking
No full textarticle published in economic journalVoters' preferences for smoking restrictions in restaurants, bars, malls, indoor sporting events, and hospitals are consistent with state-level restrictions on smoking in each of these public areas. This analysis is based on constructed measures of political pressure that take into account both individual preferences and voting behavior. Although smokers are less likely to vote than nonsmokers, their lower voting rate does not substantially influence the probability that a state has a restriction. Other factors, such as tobacco's role in the state economy and state income, are rarely influential
Morphological Approach to Morphologically Complex Word Acquisition: Transferring Morpho-orthographic Segmentation and Morphological Problem Solving Strategies
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone projectVanderbilt UniversityDepartment of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
lost cosmonauts
No full textFinal project for ENGL 277 Asian American Literature; Spring 2015 --Stranger in a Home Land: Asian American Literature and the Mechanisms of Alienation.See project blog at http://lostcosmonauts.org