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Empowering Language
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone projectThe following essay is an interdisciplinary investigation of pedagogical best practices in classrooms with students who belong to racial minority groups. Through linguistic, sociological and educational research this essay will explore the use of language in teacher-student interactions and the ways in which teachers can optimize this communication. I explore the principles of communicative exchange, patterns in American society as it relates to linguistic practice and social identity, and student empowerment interventions that specifically target the language students and authority figures use when building student identity. This essay culminates with a discussion on ways to modify pedagogical practice in order to best benefit the self-esteem and social orientation of students that are members of racial minority groups.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Capstone ELL Portfolio
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone projectDepartment of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Examining the Media s Representation of Asians and Asian Americans Using Photography
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.Paper accompanied by website. See the project website at https://engl277lynn.wordpress.com/
“The Rule of Unreason: the Reserve Clause before the Law, 1879-1953”
No full textHistory Department Honors Thesis, 2015, awarded Highest Honors.Department of HistoryCollege of Arts and Scienc
“Year of Discord: French-U.S. Relations, April 1973 – June 1974”
No full textHistory Department Honors Thesis, 2015, awarded Highest Honors.Department of HistoryCollege of Arts and Scienc
Diagrams Benefit Symbolic Problem Solving
No full textCompleted for the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences, this thesis investigates how presenting diagrams alongside algebra equations can improve students' equation-solving accuracy.Please Note: This manuscript is posted for non-commercial use. It is the pre-publication version and, as such, may contain errors that are not present in the final publication.How a problem is presented can influence students’ problem-solving performance. For example, including diagrams can alter students’ understanding, choice of strategy and accuracy on word problems. In this study, we examined the effect of diagrams on students’ performance in a symbolic problem domain. Sixty-one seventh-grade students solved algebraic equations presented in two formats: with or without an accompanying diagram. The presence of diagrams increased equation-solving accuracy and use of informal strategies. Overall, the benefits of diagrams found previously for word problems generalized to symbolic problems.Vanderbilt UniversityPsychology and Human DevelopmentPeabody CollegeThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Science
A Study of Information Transfer between Long Term and Working Memory using Trans-Cranial Direct Current Stimulation at FCz
No full textA research study under Geoffrey Woodman (PSY 295/296) examining the link between trans-Cranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and the transfer of information between working memory and long term memory. This paper examines tDCS as it affects episodic image learning and long term efficiency in memory transfer.Trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a method of electrical stimulation directed through a specific lobe or section of the brain in order to excite neurons and bring about a behavioral change. tDCS has experienced some success as a treatment for various conditions, particularly conditions such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. More importantly, however, tDCS has been shown to help improve cognitive skills as well, particularly in memory based laboratory tasks. Here I propose a study that will analyze the relationship between tDCS and the transfer of information from sensory perception to working and long term memory. This will address a deficit in literature concerning the precise mechanisms that tDCS affects.Vanderbilt UniversityPsychologyCollege of Arts and ScienceThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Science
Implications of Motivation on Language Learners in Chinese EFL Contexts
No full textTeaching and Learning Department capstone project EDUC-3680 2014 Fall
In this paper, I will synthesize based on previous theories and researches on the role of motivation in second language learning, and provide implications on how to motivate language learners' English learning in China through the lenses of four professional knowledge areas: learning contexts, learners, curriculums and assessments, and therefore, improve students' English learning achievement.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
Design for the Body in Mathematics Classrooms
No full textTeaching and Learning Department Capstone ProjectIn 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 of the literature on embodied cognition, as a genre of research that challenge or reject the traditional view of cognitive science. The difference between these two paradigms provides a context for understanding the current research interest in the role of the body in mathematics and also for understanding implications for learning. Then, I review some research focusing specifically on the role of the body in mathematics. The third section, I briefly discuss what learning to work with graphs entails. In the last section, I will take a leap, and look at a scientific practice, protein crystallography, that appears to have interesting elements of body-work. An ethnographic account of the laboratory and pedagogical work of protein crystallographers becomes an anchor for me to think about designing for the body in mathematics classroom as I think about future steps.Department of Teaching and LearningPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen
The Scholarship of Engagement at Rhodes College
No full textLeadership Policy and Organizations Department Capstone ProjectDepartment of Leadership Policy and OrganizationsPeabody College of Education and Human Developmen