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What Are The Ramifications Of Politically Incorrect Speech?, Marjorie Allen Phd
What Are The Ramifications Of Politically Incorrect Speech?, Marjorie Allen Phd
Explorer Café
No abstract provided.
Welcome To College: Now, Forget Everything You Learned In High School, Janet Fierson, Marysheila Mcdonald, Bill Mcgarvey
Welcome To College: Now, Forget Everything You Learned In High School, Janet Fierson, Marysheila Mcdonald, Bill Mcgarvey
Explorer Café
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Sea Change: A Community Approach To Archives Internships, Rebecca Goldman Mslis
Sea Change: A Community Approach To Archives Internships, Rebecca Goldman Mslis
Professional presentations
This marine-themed talk provides recommendations for archivists to improve internships in their local community, including specific recommendations for Philadelphia.
The Effect Of Robotics On Test Scores And Involvement In Stem Fields, Nicole Costa
The Effect Of Robotics On Test Scores And Involvement In Stem Fields, Nicole Costa
Undergraduate Research
There is an under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields that influences society’s perception of women’s abilities in mathematics and science. This study researches the implications of participation in robotics on girls’ achievement and perceptions. Specifically studying the population at the high school of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, it searches for a correlation between membership on the Firebirds Robotics Team and higher GPA scores, SAT scores, and likelihood of having a major in STEM. Data was collected on robotics and non-robotics alumni by using a survey. Various significance tests including t-tests, signed rank tests, and paired …
Cognitive Empathy In Preschool-Aged Children, Kimberlee V. Holness, Diana Montague
Cognitive Empathy In Preschool-Aged Children, Kimberlee V. Holness, Diana Montague
Undergraduate Research
Empathy has both both affective and cognitive features. Affective empathy relates to coming to “feel” how another person is feeling; cognitive empathy relates to “knowing” another person’s internal state including their thoughts and feelings. Previous research (e.g., Strayer & Roberts, 1989) revealed evidence of affective empathy and cognitive empathy in older but not younger children. Montague and Ulmer (2014) suggested that the stimulus presentations used in prior studies may not have been valid for use with young children. To this end, they created video presentations of preschool-aged children to use as stimulus presentations. Using these, they found that preschool-aged children …