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Rhetorics Of Functionally Applicative Game Design: Designing And Testing The Project Management Game Scrummage, Matthew Carson Beale

English Theses & Dissertations

In this project, I designed and tested Scrummage, a tabletop game to teach the scrum project management system to undergraduate students. The project grew from the gaps in both academic literature and pedagogical tools for project management and collaboration in the technical communication classroom. Although the field of technical communication places significance on project management, research shows that many employers find the project management skills and knowledge of recent graduates to be under-developed. Situated in the fields of game design, game studies, project management, and technical communication, this project asks how we as educators can improve the project management learning …

The Interplay Of Racial Identity Attitude And Religious Orientation On The Social Integration Experiences Of Black African College Students And African American College Students Attending Predominantly White Institutions In The United States, Christina Miattamengie Johnson

Dissertations

Problem

Not much attention has been devoted to the academic experiences of Black African college students, the latter being typically categorized with those of African Americans (Kim, 2014). While research has effectively documented the social challenges that African American college students experience at (Predominantly White Institutions (PWI). much less research has been conducted on the social experiences of subcategories within the Black population, specifically, Black Africans. Though researchers have speculated on the potential differences between the social integration experiences of Black Africans and African American college students as these relate to religious orientation and racial identity attitude, no empirical studies …

Implementing Reading Strategies With Ell Elementary Students, Nelofar Khamisani

Masters Theses

This study shows the challenges the English Language Learners face in learning reading at the Elementary level; implementing reading strategies for them; and choosing effective strategies for the students to learn reading more easily. The findings of the study show that teachers use different strategies according to the language proficiency level of the students. ELL students face challenges in communication, pronunciation, sound recognition, and vocabulary. As a strategy to overcome these challenges, the teachers emphasize learning phonics and vocabulary. Observations of three teachers in three mainstream classrooms show that teachers implement nearly similar strategies for teaching phonics and vocabulary. The …

Support From Above The Glass Ceiling: Narratives Of Women As University Student Leaders, Rebecca Schwartz

Masters Theses

Using qualitative methodology. the researcher examined motivations, social support networks, and challenges college women face in student leadership positions. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted at a midsized university in the Midwest with college women in various positions of organizational leadership. The researcher identified motivational factors for women to apply for leadership positions as well as described the social support network that exists for college women in positions of leadership. Challenges college women face in achieving higher leadership positions were also identified. Lastly, recommendations were made for student affairs professionals and women in leadership based on the research findings.

Exploratory Factor Analysis Of The Canadian Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children-Fifth Edition For A Sample Of First Nations Students, Jessica Hanson

Masters Theses

Native Americans and First Nation students are overrepresented in special education and underrepresented in structural bias research of the intelligence measures that place them there. There are several empirical studies of test bias on the Wechsler scales due to their popularity within the school system, however there is little exploratory factor analysis research on these scales with the Native American Indian population. Further, the Native American Indian and First Nation population is a relatively small minority group compared to other racial and ethnic groups in North America and this group is underrepresented in government statistics and overlooked in funding for …

Teacher-Educators’ Conceptions About Materials In Elt Classes At Lele-Uls, Ana María Hurtado Carvajal, Paula Andrea Martínez Perdomo

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Este estudio busca identificar las concepciones de los profesores y las maneras de vivir el material en las clases de inglés en el programa de Licenciatura de Español y lenguas Extranjeras en la Universidad de La Salle. Este estudio se desarrolla con tres profesores de inglés usando entrevistas no estructuradas, cuestionarios de preguntas abiertas y observaciones. El estudio sigue un diseño de investigación fenomenológico. Los resultados muestran que los maestros conciben los materiales como mecanismos que tienen un papel importante en la clase que facilita el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Los profesores articulan sus preferencias en los materiales. Cuando los materiales …

Utilisation De La Peinture, De La Musique Et Du Théâtre Pour Favoriser La Motivation Dans L’Apprentissage De Fle, Laura Gabriella Lopez Muñoz, Yenny Carolina Gonzalez Rueda

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Este artículo, resultado de la investigación, reside sobre la línea del saber educativo, pedagógico y didáctico de la facultad de ciencias de la educación de la Universidad de La Salle. El objetivo de este trabajo de investigación consiste en introducir una dimensión afectiva en el curso de FLE mediante varias actividades artísticas como el teatro, la pintura y la música. Con una metodología cualitativa y un enfoque comunicativo se propuso a los estudiantes del Colegio Menorah -padres al mismo tiempo de las niñas que estudian ahí- un ambiente ideal lleno de aspectos afectivos, implantados por este tipo de actividades, que …

Estado Del Arte Sobre Pensamiento Crítico Y Estrategias Didácticas En Aulas Universitarias De Colombia Periodo 2013-2018, Diego Alejandro Santamaría Pilonieta, Laura Katherine Espitia Mateus

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

El presente artículo pretende determinar los mecanismos a través de los cuales se promueve el pensamiento crítico en las universidades del país. Este dilema surge del interés por corroborar que las estrategias didácticas propuestas en el aula fomentan el desarrollo de habilidades de pensamiento crítico, pues en ocasiones la carencia de lineamientos claros de aplicación y medición no permite ratificar la implicación que las habilidades críticas suponen dentro del proceso formativo para el desarrollo social. Así, se propone como incógnita y objetivo general describir de qué manera se fomenta el pensamiento crítico en las aulas universitarias de Colombia; para lograrlo …