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Measuring Urban High School Student Outcomes In A Protein Design Course, James Gillahan
Measuring Urban High School Student Outcomes In A Protein Design Course, James Gillahan
Undergraduate Research Posters 2016
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) focused high schools have previously shown promising outcomes in the urban districts, where low income students have lower graduation rates, college acceptance and less access to advanced fields of study as compared to students of wealthier school districts. Modeling a protein design course from a private school, we aim to develop curriculum for a biotechnology course for an urban high school. Biotech is an emerging multidisciplinary field that could have similar outcomes to STEM education. We also aim to measure outcomes including student perspective of resulting STEM and career choice, using ethnographic methods.
"Say It In Polish!": The Role Of Heritage Language In Preserving Culture Among Families Of Eastern European Origin, Beth Friedman-Romell, Taylor Darfus, Wancheng Tsai
"Say It In Polish!": The Role Of Heritage Language In Preserving Culture Among Families Of Eastern European Origin, Beth Friedman-Romell, Taylor Darfus, Wancheng Tsai
Undergraduate Research Posters 2016
This project is part of a larger qualitative research study exploring the relationship between Eastern European American parenting styles and children's academic achievement. Seven mothers who were either first- or second-generation Eastern European American participated in semi-structured individual interviews. This project focuses on heritage language preservation. It revealed motivations, strategies, and outcomes of parents' desire to transmit their heritage language to the next generation. All participants had at least one child between ages five and eighteen. Based on our findings, four themes have emerged: 1) Motivations for heritage language preservation; 2) Resources and strategies to foster heritage language learning; 3) …