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Non-Verbal Communication Skills Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Shamma Alokla

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate how special education teachers implement evidence-based practices for non-verbal communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study interviewed six early childhood special education teachers from preschools in the Southern California. According to the teacher interviews, joint attention deficits in children with ASD were overcome using visual aids, toys, and basic sign gestures. Peer tutoring, functional communication training and drawing were found to improve nonverbal communication skills. In addition, children with ASD regularly played with their typically developing peers. In conclusion, a co-teaching model can benefit children with ASD and …

Integrating Expressive Therapies And Visual Literacy Skills In An Exceptional Children Classroom, Natalia Torres Del Valle

Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses

The method conducted in this thesis integrated museum education, exceptional children education, and expressive arts therapy practices. Objectives for implementing the method were to learn how to effectively address the unique needs within the exceptional children classroom, as well as to collaborate with the teacher to address those needs through expressive arts therapy and visual literacy approaches. In so doing, I wanted to examine the differences and similarities between museum education and expressive arts therapy and how they can work together to meet therapeutic goals. The method took place over four sessions; each session focused on a work of art …

Discovering The Self That Teaches: Multimedia Reflective Journaling And The Education Stories Of Beginning Preservice Teachers, Meredith Paula Allard

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Who is the self that teaches (Palmer, 1998)? One way of uncovering a teacher’s self may be to allow beginning preservice teachers the opportunity to share their education stories, which may then allow them to explore their initial self-concepts of their roles as future teachers. This study used narrative inquiry and the arts-based activities of a multimedia reflective journal and a memoir reflective assignment as tools to help beginning preservice teachers discover and learn from their education stories. The frameworks of arts-based education research, transformative learning, and transformative teaching provided a unique lens through which to explore the education stories …

Writing History: A Teacher’S Guide To The History Of Language Technology And Museum Practice, Sonya Ochshorn

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following document contains a guide for classroom teachers to use when bringing a class of 6th graders to a museum with ancient writing techniques, illuminated manuscripts, and books printed with movable type in their collection. The guide shows teachers how to guide students through the journey of tackling the essential question, “How have technological evolutions in language affected society?” This guide also helps teachers understand the difference in teaching in a museum setting and why this kind of learning is important for student development.

Chimes: May 4, 2018, Calvin College

Chimes

Aguilar wins senate election by Alejandra Crevier & Emily Stroble

Prof denied tenure by board by Gwyneth Findlay

Plans brew for new coffee shop in Heckman Library by Alejandra Crevier

New history prof ushers in digital humanities program by Dana Drosdick

SPIN bike rental initiative pedals to a smooth start by Molly Bruns

Changes to ecosystem preserve slated for summer by David Fitch

Student activities office celebrates 25th anniversary by Brandon Schreur

Posterior Predictive Model Checking Of Local Misfit For Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Chi Hang Au

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Posterior predictive model checks (PPMC) are one Bayesian model-data fit approach. Thus far, PPMC for Confirmatory Factor Analytic applications focused primarily on global fit evaluation, ignoring the nuanced information in local misfit diagnostics. This study developed a PPMC approach for local misfit and applied it to a test-taking motivation scale. If the PPMC approach is effective, fit conclusions derived from the PPMC approach should be congruent with the fit conclusions derived from the Frequentist approach. Number of item-pairs flagged as misfitting and number of disagreements were computed to evaluate congruence. Congruence is achieved if the number of item-pairs flagged as …

Dancing, Mindfulness, And Our Emotions: Embracing The Mind, Body, And Sole, Alisha M. Collins

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This capstone project examines dance, as an intervention and mindfulness practice that assists with managing our emotions. There is a need for dance therapy in social institutions such as, healthcare facilities, schools, and community centers. Dance therapy has the potential to reduce negative emotions, create mindfulness, improve self-expression, and promote a healthy well-being. I am proposing that dance therapy is applied as a regular practice in social institutions to develop mindfulness and promote emotional stability.

In this study, I argue that dance therapy can contribute to our well-being long term. In addition to this written thesis, a visual component of …

From Page To Place: Wordless Picture Books And Field Trips For A 21st Century Curriculum, Margaret Stein

Graduate Student Independent Studies

With the purpose of education being to produce successful world citizens, the educational system must grow with the changing economic and social climate. Operating in a creative and knowledge-based economy, students educated in the 21st Century must be in an environment that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and recognition of complex patterns in order to thrive in the new economic structures. Proposing a curricular sequence using wordless picture books and field trips to develop and strengthen these skills, this paper focuses on the growth of literacy in all forms as the strongest foundation for creating curious and life-long learners. Utilizing the …

April 16, 2018: Professor Of The Year Recap, Earth Week Begins, Yahoo, Lifestyle Features Admitted Student, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

A Look At Emotional Intelligence: A Qualitative Study Of Peer Mentorship Via Circle Of Friends, Christopher De Loach

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the lived experiences of former Circle of Friends (CoF) nondisabled peer mentors of students with multiple disabilities to discover how this mentorship program impacted Daniel Goleman’s four dimensions of emotional intelligence.

Methodology: This study employed a qualitative phenomenological design. In qualitative designs, the researcher seeks to welcome the subject’s voice into a chorus that contributes to the summative ballad of the sample. The researcher must seek to be a neutral conduit that captures those voices. Thus, the researcher in this study interviewed 14 former peer friends from the CoF program …

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Stonehill Alumni Magazine Winter/Spring 2018, Stonehill College Office Of Communications And Media Relations

Stonehill Alumni Magazine

This issue of the magazine includes the following features:

• Who But Leo Meehan? From early on, Leo J. Meehan ’75 had his sights set on sales, but he didn’t expect what would happen when he took a job with a “tiny” ofce supply company after he graduated. BY TRACEY PALMER
• The Unexpected Path Sometimes it’s the detours that make all the diference. Read fve stories of alumni who veered from a straight line to achieve personal fulfllment. BY MAURA KING SCULLY
• Design is Everywhere From cereal boxes to billboards to an app on your phone, design is all around. Our …

Curriculum Change In Undergraduate Strategic Communications Programs: How Strategic Communications Programs Are Adapting To 21st Century Media, Allyson B. Goodman

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The year 2014 has been described by scholars as transformative in how consumers interact with technology and media. Pointing to such digital milestones as the explosion of social media and mobile technology and the decline of traditional television ratings, these scholars have described the evolution as a move from a broadcast era to a postbroadcast era of media. This mass media evolution has opened a digital talent gap between the skills needed by the industry and the abilities of current and potential employees.

Focusing on undergraduate strategic communications programs, this research discusses the current status of new and social media …

Rethinking Visual Communication Curriculum: The Success Of Emporium Style, Adam Wagler, Katie Krcmarik, Alan Eno

Innovation in Pedagogy and Technology Symposium

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications faced challenges with budget and faculty resources causing a bottleneck, in the beginning, visual communications courses for the College. In the fall of 2016, a solution was implemented in the form of an emporium style teaching model, where students can seek help on projects and collaborate with peers on projects. The program is the first-of-its-kind giving students experience with the technologies and techniques needed to be powerful and effective storytellers. Students leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve real-world problems, with the help of faculty available in a learning …

Research At Nebraska, 2017-2018 Report, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

This publication is a snapshot of the fiscal year’s activities. To read more stories about research and creativity at Nebraska, visit the online edition at https://research.unl.edu/annualreport/2018. Additional multimedia are available for many stories.

Deaf In Her Own Way: The Role Of Identity In Social Justice Leadership, Judy Drescher

Student Coursework: Ed.D. program

The following fieldwork chronicles the personal and professional trajectory of Cindy Greenspun, a social justice leader at Yale University Library. At the age of eighteen months, Greenspun suffered an illness that resulted in the loss of her hearing and spent nearly the first half of her life fully immersed in the hearing world. Through significant self-reflection and perseverance, Greenspun evolved beyond the binary paradigm of oralism–the exclusive use of speech and lip reading–to ultimately embrace the essence of being both bilingual (speech and sign) and bicultural (hearing and non-hearing). These attributes not only enabled Greenspun to navigate between two distinctly …

Understanding Design Thinking As An Approach To Solving Problems At A Large Public University, Ryan Matthew Torma

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation investigated how designers, leaders, and clients at a large public research university enacted and perceived the value of design thinking as an approach to solving problems. A review of the literature found interest but little research in how design thinking may help higher education institutions address complex problems. The researcher visited the university, gathered documents, viewed and photographed work spaces used for design thinking, and conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 people at the university. Participants’ responses were recorded and transcribed. The gathered data was analyzed for themes. Participants described enacting design thinking through Design Challenge events, using design …

Applying Eye-Tracking Research In Education And Communication To Agricultural Education And Communication: A Review Of Literature, Holli R. Leggette, Amber H. Rice, Candis Carraway, Marshall A. Baker, Nathan W. Conner

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesize the eye-tracking literature related to education and communication in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) to formulate a conceptual model and develop a research agenda that guides eye-tracking research in agricultural education and communication. To do so, we reviewed the literature to identify basic elements of eye-tracking research, examined specific variables related to eye-tracking research, and synthesized the findings into a conceptual model. We found and reviewed 77 articles published between 2010 and 2016 within education (56) and communication (21). Research implications for agricultural education included an examination of classroom …

"We Considered Ourselves A Team:" A View Of Co-Teaching From The Perspectives Of Graduate Teaching Assistants And Students, Alyssa Harter

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Previous research has explored the influence of co-teaching models on student learning in the K-12 grade curriculum. However, little research explores the effects of co-teaching models implemented in higher education among graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). This study examines the benefits and drawbacks of co-teaching models in higher education classes for both GTAs and students. Surveys and interviews were used to collect data from 36 undergraduate students and three GTAs at a mid-sized Midwestern university. In addition to measures of cognitive and affective learning, content analysis of the surveys, interviews, and a reflexive journal were used to identity emerging themes pertaining …

Lobbying As A Means For Expanding The Communication Instructional Base: A Second Look, Craig Newburger

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Members of our discipline should agree that communication scholars and instructors be the principal designers of the learning goals, subsequent activities and corresponding assessment of communication instruction on college campuses. There is ongoing broad interdisciplinary support that communication instruction be an essential learning outcome of general undergraduate education.

University Of Nebraska At Omaha 2018-2019 Course Catalog, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

Located in one of America’s best cities to live, work and learn, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s premier metropolitan university. With more than 15,000 students enrolled in 200-plus programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its online education, graduate education, military friendliness, and community engagement efforts.Founded in 1908, UNO has served learners of all backgrounds for more than 100 years and is dedicated to another century of excellence both in the classroom and in the community.

Prove You Are Not A Dog: Fostering Social Presence In Online Learning, David J. Mulder

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Learning online can be isolating for students. Some students may prefer to be anonymous—on the outset, at least—until they feel comfortable participating in the course. Many instructors value interaction between students or between the student and the instructor, and without a sense of “presence” in the online classroom, some students will be reticent to participate. It is thus incumbent on instructors and instructional designers to create courses that foster interaction between users to develop this sense of being “a real person” online. This chapter examines the concept of social presence, articulates reasons high social presence is a desirable feature in …

Department Of Education: Fy2018 Annual Report, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Department of Education

No abstract provided.

Adpr 333-001: Design And Layout--A Peer Review Of Teaching Portfolio, Octavio Kano-Galvan

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

No abstract provided.

Benchmark Portfolio For Soft 261: Software Engineering Iv, Suzette Person

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This benchmark portfolio documents the course objectives, teaching strategies, and assessments for the inaugural offering of SOFT 261: Software Engineering IV at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). This is the final course in the core sequence of software engineering courses taken by students in the new undergraduate program in software engineering at UNL. These courses teach fundamental computer science concepts in the broader context of engineering software. As an ACE (Achievement-Centered Education) 2 course, the instructional material in SOFT 261 is focused on teaching visual communications skills in the context of applying software engineering processes to a real-world software project. …

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2018-2019 undergraduate catalog for Morehead State University.

2018-2019 Risd Course Announcement, Risd Registrar's Office, Risd Archives

RISD Course Catalogs / Announcements

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Design Challenges Upon The Development Of Critical Thinking Skills Within An Undergraduate Image Manipulation Course: A Mixed Method Action Research Study, Charles Treado

Theses and Dissertations

The overarching purpose of this study was to improve upon critical thinking through the use of scenario-based design challenge interventions. The study was conducted within an introductory graphic arts course in higher education that focused upon Adobe Photoshop and image manipulation tools, techniques, and terminology. Twelve introductory level graphic arts students participated in the study. In addition to scenario-based design challenge interventions, a reflective practice framework that used scaffolded questioning was developed to guide students in their use of critical thinking about image manipulations.

Through a mixed-methods action research design, the study explored the concepts of design challenge interventions and …

การพัฒนาชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้เพื่อส่งเสริมการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะล้านนา, ณัฐกาญจน์ จันทน์เนื้อไม้

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนาชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้เพื่อส่งเสริมการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะล้านนาและศึกษาผลการใช้ชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ที่ส่งเสริมการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะล้านนา กลุ่มตัวอย่าง ได้แก่ 1) ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ จำนวน 10 คน เป็นศิลปินที่ทำงานศิลปะไทยในท้องถิ่น 4 คน อาจารย์สอนศิลปะสำหรับวัยรุ่น 1 คน อาจารย์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านศิลปะไทย 4 คน และนักวิชาการที่เชี่ยวชาญในการพัฒนาชุดกิจกรรม 1 คน และวัยรุ่นที่มีอายุ 18-25 ปี จำนวน 70 คน เพื่อใช้เก็บข้อมูลสร้างชุดกิจกรรม 2) วัยรุ่นในจังหวัดเชียงราย อายุ 18-25 ปี จำนวน 14 คน เพื่อใช้ทดลองชุดกิจกรรม เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัย ได้แก่ แบบสัมภาษณ์ แบบสังเกต แบบสอบถามและการสะท้อนคิด วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยค่าความถี่ ร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน และการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาผลการวิจัยพบว่า รูปแบบของชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้เพื่อส่งเสริมการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะล้านนา มีดังนี้ 1) แนวคิดสำคัญของชุดกิจกรรม คือ เป็นกิจกรรมที่บูรณาการทั้งภาคทฤษฎีและปฏิบัติ ให้ผู้เรียนได้เรียนรู้เรื่องราว ความสำคัญของศิลปะล้านนา จากศิลปวัตถุและสถานที่จริง ประกอบกับข้อความรู้จากคู่มือและการทำกิจกรรมการตอบคำถาม ถ่ายภาพ วาดภาพ เล่นเกม และการสร้างสรรค์งานศิลปะที่ได้รับแรงบันดาลใจจากศิลปะล้านนา โดยเป็นกิจกรรมที่มีการเตรียมความพร้อมด้านอุปกรณ์และสื่อต่างๆ มีการใช้บทบาทสมมติและมีรูปแบบกิจกรรมที่เหมาะสมกับธรรมชาติของวัยรุ่น เพื่อให้ผู้เรียนได้เรียนรู้อย่างสนุกสนาน เกิดอารมณ์ร่วมกับบทบาทสมมติและบริบททางประเพณีของกิจกรรม ใช้ระยะเวลาในการทำกิจกรรม 1 วัน 2) วัตถุประสงค์ คือ เพื่อให้ผู้เข้าร่วมกิจกรรมเข้าถึงคุณค่าของศิลปะล้านนา ผ่านการซึมซับผลงานศิลปะและสร้างสรรค์ผลงานศิลปะของตนเอง 3) องค์ประกอบของชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ ได้แก่ คู่มือการใช้ชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ เนื้อหา สื่อการเรียนรู้ และแบบประเมิน 4) องค์ประกอบด้านลักษณะของผู้เรียนและผู้สอน ใช้ผู้สอน 1 คนต่อผู้เรียน 15 คน ผู้สอนมีหน้าที่อธิบายรายละเอียดดูแลและควบคุมกิจกรรม ส่วนผู้เรียนมีหน้าที่ให้ความร่วมมือในการทำกิจกรรมศิลปะ หลังจากได้นำชุดกิจกรรมไปทดลองใช้กับวัยรุ่นในเชียงรายพบว่า ผู้เรียนเกิดการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะล้านนาอยู่ในระดับมาก โดยผู้เรียนเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะด้านรูปทรงมากที่สุด มีระดับความรู้เกี่ยวกับศิลปะล้านนาอยู่ในระดับมาก มีพฤติกรรมการเห็นคุณค่าศิลปะถึงระดับการรู้คุณค่าในขั้นชื่นชอบคุณค่าและมีความรู้สึกในเชิงบวกต่อกิจกรรมศิลปะ

A Case Study Of Teachers’ Experiences Integrating Visual Literacy To Improve Middle School Struggling Readers’ Comprehension, Dianne Tetreault

Theses and Dissertations

Because the meaning of literacy is changing, teachers lack understanding of how to teach older students the skills they need to read and be proficient in an ever-changing digital world. Moreover, only 34% of U.S. 8th graders read at the proficient level, according to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the process of how middle school teachers in a large urban district in Florida understand and integrate visual literacy for teaching comprehension in their lesson plans and class instruction after completing professional development and subsequent curricular support on …