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Knowledge Surveys Benefit Students And Instructors, Lauren Scharff, Julie Tetley, Lynne Chandler-Garcia, Joel Sloan, Martiqua Post

SoTL Commons Conference

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On The Impossibilities Of Advancing Racial Justice In Higher Education Research Through Reliance On The Campus Climate Heuristic, Elvira Abrica, Deryl K. Hatch-Tocaimaza, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Campus climates are often described as “hostile” for racially minoritized populations. However, growing recognition of complexities associated with intersecting and interwoven systems of social oppression compel the field of higher education to move away from overly simplistic portrayals of postsecondary environments as “welcoming/chilly” or “positive/negative.” More than this, there is a need to engage in a broader discussion of the field’s reliance on the metaphor of meteorological climate itself as a heuristic for characterizing the nature of college learning environments. The central argument presented in this theoretical article is that racial justice is impossible when operationalized through a lens of …

Equity And Equality In Learning In Asia-Pacific: What Do Results From Large-Scale Assessments Tell Us? Gender In Focus Policy Brief, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Anna Dabrowski, Jacqueline Cheng, Victoria Klimova, Isabella Mccallum

Global education monitoring

This policy brief investigates gender disparities in learning outcomes and the factors contributing to these disparities as identified in large-scale assessment data in Southeast Asia. It additionally provides a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing equitable student learning outcomes while advocating for comprehensive support of gender-based interventions within educational quality initiatives, spanning both systemic and school-level support. The findings presented in this brief are drawn from large-scale assessment (LSA) datasets and secondary analysis of these sources. For more detailed information regarding the large-scale assessments in Southeast Asia, please refer to the appendix section.

Insider Tips For Applying To Graduate Programs, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

As I approach my 20th year as a school psychology faculty member (12 as a program coordinator), I have reviewed thousands of applications and interviewed hundreds of prospective students. It is truly a joy to meet people at interviews who will go on to excel as school psychologists. I also have met my fair share of applicants who were clearly unprepared. This piece provides some insider information on how prospective students can strengthen their applications and interviews.

Perspectives On Care Coordination For Youth With Tbi: Moving Forward To Provide Better Care, Jennifer P. Lundine, Erika Hagen, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Care coordination aligns services and optimizes outcomes for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet numerous obstacles can impede effective care coordination following a TBI.

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this work is to identify barriers and facilitators to care coordination from the perspective of individuals who care for young people impacted by TBI.

METHODS: Twenty-one care providers participated in semi-structured interviews to gather their perspectives on systems of care coordination for youth with TBI and potential areas for improvement. Using reflexive thematic analysis, researchers identified key themes across interviews.

RESULTS: Three themes were identified: 1) gaps in knowledge; 2) …

A Multilevel Nonlinear Approach Of Piecewise Regression For Detecting Turning Points: Developing An Alternative Platform With An Application Of Timss, Jing Zhang

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Studies in recent years have explored the methods of identifying the turning points when dealing with the non-linear relationship. Four approaches applied by researchers, the eyeball approach, the establishment approach, the theory-driven approach, and the data-driven approach, are all under the traditional piecewise regression framework when seeking turning points. Thus, the purpose of this study is to introduce a multilevel piecewise regression model to identify the turning point beyond the traditional piecewise regression, as a completely non-linear approach.

Data used for this study is TIMSS 2019 United States sample. TIMSS is a project guided by the International Association for the …

Assessing 4-H And Its Circle Of Courage In A Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility: A Case Study, Elizabeth Steering

Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences

This 4-H case study takes place in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) in Kentucky. The PRTF provides clinical services to youth that are not able to be safely maintained in their homes due to having demonstrated unsafe or harmful behaviors. Youth admitted to the PRTF stay for an average of three to six months while they receive intensive therapeutic and psychiatric care as well as medical treatment and public schooling. The current case study incorporates programming from 4-H, which is the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension System (CES) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), …

Educational Leaders’ Perceptions Of Stem Education Revealed By Their Drawings And Texts, Vesife Hatisaru, Garry Falloon, Andrew Seen, Sharon Fraser, Markus Powling, Kim Beswick

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This study explored school principals' and teacher educators' perceptions of STEM education based on how they described STEM as a discipline, their understanding of the nature of teaching and learning of STEM, and the capabilities of a STEM-educated person. Data were generated through the Draw a STEM Learning Environment (D-STEM) instrument comprising drawn and written descriptions where participants drew a picture of a STEM learning environment and completed five prompt statements about what STEM is and how an individual develops personal STEM capability. The Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) specialization codes were used for data analysis (198 individual response items in …

Raising Primary School Boys' And Girls' Awareness And Interest In Stem-Related Activities, Subjects, And Careers: An Exploratory Case Study, Natalie Mcmaster, Michael David Carey, David Allen Martin, Janet Martin

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Internationally, there is an under-supply of intellectual capital to provide for STEM-related employment. One contributing factor is the low number of female students selecting STEM school subjects and careers. Despite the literature recommending students engage in STEM activities earlier, many initiatives are not implemented until high school. This paper reports on an Australian project named MindSET-do which provided students with early positive STEM experiences prior to high school to raise awareness of, interest in, and aspirations for STEM-related subjects and careers. The case study surveyed n = 107 Year 6 boys’ and girls’ interests, ability beliefs and expectations in STEM …

Incorporation Of Community Resources In Teaching Social Studies In Junior High Schools: A Case In The Adentan District Of The Greater Accra Region Of Ghana, Ronald Osei Mensah, Enock Swanzy-Impraim, Da-Costa Marfo, Pearl Adiza Babah

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Social studies education constitutes a diverse aspect of the human ecosystem that needs external resources to enable effective tuition and learning in the classroom. Using external resources has been a significant challenge for Ghana’s junior high school teachers. Given this, the study explored the integration of community resources in teaching social studies in a selected junior high school in the Adentan District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It investigated the factors that militate against using community resources and assessed how these problems could be resolved. The study made use of the random sampling technique, with a sample size …

Student Motivations, Perceptions And Opinions Of Participating In Student Evaluation Of Teaching Surveys: A Scoping Review, Daniel Sullivan, Richard Lakeman, Debbie Massey, Dima Nasrawi, Marion Tower, Megan Lee

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Several times each year the teaching performance of academics at higher education institutions are evaluated through anonymous, online student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys. Universities use SETs to inform decisions about staff promotion and tenure, but low student participation levels make the surveys impractical for this use. This scoping review aims to explore student motivations, perceptions and opinions of SET survey completion. Five EBSCO® databases were searched using key words. Thematic analysis of a meta-synthesis of qualitative findings derived from 21 papers identified five themes: (i) the value students’ place on SET, (ii) the knowledge that SET responses are acted …

Exploring Creative Pedagogical Practices In Secondary Visual Arts Programmes In Ghana, Enock Swanzy-Impraim, Julia E. Morris, Geoffrey W. Lummis, Andrew Jones

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Secondary visual arts education provides learners with opportunities to develop critical thinking, and their creative potential, as part of their personal growth. This development happens when visual arts teachers actively integrate creative pedagogies to target creative thinking in learners. Ghana's 2019 National Pre-tertiary Curriculum Framework has added creativity as one goal for all learners. This research study explores teachers' perceptions and use of creative pedagogies as part of implementing this creativity into their teaching. A multi-site qualitative case study was conducted in government secondary schools within Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, and data were gathered from interviews and participant observations. The 16 cases …

Transfer Information Online: Websites And Articulation Agreements At The City University Of New York, A. W. Logue, Chet Jordan, Matthew Townsell, Nicol Bellettiere, Rhina Torres

Publications and Research

Objective: Transfer students face a range of potential challenges as they prepare to move from one college to another. Websites are critical resources for transfer students because they can be easily accessible sources of information concerning credit transfer, advising, articulation agreements, and additional transfer administrative policies and procedures. Detailed assessments of colleges’ website transfer information can provide information useful to higher education institutions regarding how transfer information should and should not be communicated online. Methods: The present study examined transfer information on the websites of 19 colleges of The City University of New York (CUNY). This examination assessed the presence …

The Vertical Transfer Pipeline And Its Leaks: Tracking Students From Associate’S Programs To Bachelor’S Degrees, Kerstin Gentsch, Yoshiko Oka, Sarah Truelsch, A. W. Logue

Publications and Research

This longitudinal study of 17,455 students, the majority from underrepresented groups, investigated leaks in the vertical transfer pipeline from associate’s-degree program entry to bachelor’s-degree receipt. Investigated were both the size of the leaks and some associated variables. Pipeline progress examinations included quantification of early persistence, plus application to, enrollment and persistence in, and graduation from, bachelor’s programs. The examined associated variables included student demographic characteristics and possible pipeline leak malleable factors: academic preparation and performance and financial need. Overall, only 23% of the original cohort received a bachelor’s after eight years. In addition, this study is the first to identify …

Challenges For Successful Transfer From Community To Bachelor’S Colleges: Views Of Staff And Faculty With Transfer Responsibilities, A. W. Logue, Kerstin Gentsch, Yoshiko Oka, David Wutchiett, Stephanie Abbeyquaye

Publications and Research

Staff and faculty have influential roles in the success of students transferring from associate’s- to bachelor’s-degree programs (vertical transfer students). Our survey compared the reported views on transfer of 607 staff and faculty with transfer responsibilities in associate’s or bachelor’s programs at 19 City University of New York colleges. The findings included: (1) Staff reported feeling more confident in their responsibilities than did faculty. (2) Participants working with associate’s-degree students were more likely to report their colleges had sufficient transfer-service resources. (3) Associate’s-degree faculty were the least likely participant group to respond that the biggest barrier to the transfer process …

Academic Dishonesty: The Ghost Of Papers Past, Wayne T. Whitmore

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research project examined student’s acts of academic dishonesty and their beliefs regarding whether acts of academic dishonesty were acceptable through survey research conducted online at a two-year college and a four-year university in the Minnesota State (MinnState) system in southern Minnesota. This research aimed to build on existing research related to academic dishonesty in higher education. The sample included 195 students enrolled at a two-year comprehensive college and a four-year state university. Outcomes indicated a majority of students engaged in acts of academic dishonesty. Second, outcomes indicated men are more likely to engage in academic dishonesty than women. Third, …

Education Based On Graduate Marginalized Perspective, Bryanna Edwards

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The United States Education system has received many budget cuts throughout the years. Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that the United States Education system needs major changes or to be rebuilt (Pew Research, 2013). There has been much debate regarding the first step toward reform. To begin to answer this question this research investigated some of the most restrictive educational spaces.

The most available and beneficial first steps to reform lie in the minds and practices within the educational institution. This research could lead to cultivating more inclusive policies and practices, to serve an increasingly diverse student population. Although disciplines …

Refreshing The Research Process, John Venecek, Barry Mauer

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Flexibility And Usability: Focal Point Of Graduate Students’ Knowledge Level Of The Features Of Sakai Learning Management System, Jonathan Odame, Clarke Ebow Yalley

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

Coupled with the global pandemic (COVID-19) and technological advancement, the SAKAI learning management system (LMS) was initiated to deliver synchronous, asynchronous, blended instruction to break the artificial boundaries towards delivering quality education. This requires students to acquire the requisite knowledge to develop self-regulated skills to navigate through inbuilt features of SAKAI LMS to ensure usability, flexibility, and accessibility. To ascertain the usability, flexibility and accessibility of the SAKAI LMS, this study sought to examine the knowledge level of graduate students on the features of SAKAI LMS. The cross-sectional survey design was used to gather data. Using the SAKAI LMS, the …

Environmental And Climate Change Dictionary, Fozia Parveen

Books

The idea of creating a dictionary was conceived after AKU-IED launched the climate change and environmental sustainability module in 2022 for parents, teachers, and students. As a follow-up to the launch, under the ismaili civic banner, over 100 teachers and youth educators were oriented about the module. It was realized that several words that we presume teachers would know are not as common in their vocabulary as we had thought, especially considering that head teachers come from diverse background.
Working on the principle of creating more scholarship for climate change education and education for sustainable development, this dictionary was initiated …

Addressing A Cohort Discrepancy Among Ninth-Grade Students At A Rural/Suburban High School, Bryley Keaton Murphy

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

Ninth grade is a critical period where some children experience academic and social growth, while others struggle to navigate their new context, leading to reduced outcomes at school and worsened physical/mental health (Benner & Graham, 2007; Rice, 2001). This mixed-methods action research (MMAR) study addressed how professional practice changes could better support students during this foundational period. Quantitative data was collected from school databases to compare the rate of student success and identify demographic discrepancies, while qualitative data was used to identify possible causes. These data were then integrated to create insightful meta-inferences into the problem of practice. From these …

Score Equating Between Aeps-2 And Aeps-3 For 0-3 Year Olds, Yuyan Xia

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Over the past two decades, the emphasis on educational equity in early childhood education (ECE) and early childhood special education (ECSE) has highlighted the importance of assessment through policies and regulations. Ensuring accurate assessment scores is a fundamental aspect of this trend. The release of the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS-3) in December 2021 led to a shift from the Second Edition (AEPS-2) in child development scoring. In order to harmonize the previous and updated assessment versions for children aged 0-3 across six developmental domains, a common item non-equivalent design, featuring fixed parameter …

Survey Development And Validation: Student Self Expectations Of The First-Year College Experience Survey (The Se-Fye Scale), Min Xiao

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

First year at a university is often a transitional stage for students where they have opportunities to grow and develop in various areas and get familiar with a collegiate environment. Understanding what first-year students expect to navigate and succeed in their first year at the university is crucial. Their expectations reflect how well they prepared for university, affecting their behaviors and eventually influencing their intentions to continue higher education. One of the primary purposes of this study was to design a survey to measure student self-expectations of the first-year college experience (the SE-FYE scale) by applying a structured survey development …

A Profile Of Sophomore Inquiry Students Fall 2023, Rowanna L. Carpenter

University Studies Assessment Research

In order to better understand the students who enroll in Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ) courses and begin to identify areas where they may need support, University Studies (UNST) began collecting and compiling data on these students. This report presents a profile of SINQ students from Fall 2022. It presents an overview of all students enrolled in SINQ during Fall 2022 and then summarizes information from the Prior Learning Survey. It is organized around three areas that contribute to student success: academic preparation and concern; financial and physical wellbeing; and connectedness to campus.

การออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนเพื่อสนับสนุนการใช้ข้อมูลในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู, ณัฐณิชา วิชาภรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบและพัฒนาแบบประเมินความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียน 2) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ความต้องการและลักษณะการใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู 3) เพื่อออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนเพื่อสนับสนุนการใช้ข้อมูลในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู ในการดำเนินการวิจัยแบ่งเป็น 3 ระยะดังนี้ ระยะที่ 1 วิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบความพร้อมฯ ตรวจสอบความตรงเชิงเนื้อหาจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญ ตรวจสอบความเที่ยงใช้การวิเคราะห์สัมประสิทธิ์แอลฟาของครอนบาค ระยะที่ 2 วิเคราะห์ความต้องการและลักษณะการใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมของครูจากการสัมภาษณ์ ตัวอย่างคือ ครูระดับชั้นอนุบาลปีที่ 3 จำนวน 4 คน ในโรงเรียนสังกัดสพฐ. และโรงเรียนสังกัดสช. และระยะที่ 3 ออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมฯ ทำการทดสอบ A/B Testing ครูเก็บข้อมูลความพร้อมนักเรียนจำนวน 100 คน วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติเชิงบรรยาย และสัมภาษณ์การใช้ข้อมูลนักเรียนในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1. องค์ประกอบความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนสังเคราะห์ได้ทั้งหมด 4 ด้าน ได้แก่ 1) การสร้างมิตรภาพและการรักษาสัมพันธภาพ 2) การจัดการอารมณ์และความรู้สึกของตนเอง 3) การรับรู้และเข้าใจมุมมองของผู้อื่น และ 4) การปฏิบัติตนเมื่ออยู่ร่วมกันในสังคม ผลการตรวจสอบคุณภาพของเครื่องมือ มีค่าความตรงเชิงเนื้อหา (IOC) ทั้งฉบับอยู่ระหว่าง .67-1.00 ด้านความเที่ยง มีค่าสัมประสิทธิ์แอลฟาครอนบาค เท่ากับ .85 แบบประเมินมีความน่าเชื่อถือ สามารถนำไปใช้ได้ 2. ครูมีความต้องการใช้เครื่องมือลักษณะสมุดบันทึก แบบเป็นตาราง ใช้สีโทนอ่อน และมีสรุปรวมคะแนน ร้อยละ จุดเด่น จุดด้อย และจุดที่ควรพัฒนา 3. ผลการออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมฯ ครูมีความพึงพอใจรูปแบบ A มากกว่า B ส่วนนักเรียนควรได้รับการส่งเสริมความพร้อมด้านการรับรู้และเข้าใจมุมมองของผู้อื่น ครูใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมฯ พัฒนาพฤติกรรมนักเรียนให้มีทักษะทางสังคมมากขึ้น

การเปรียบเทียบประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนที่เกิดขึ้นในตัวแปรตามของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล : การประมาณค่าทดแทนพหุ, กฤษฎี ศิริเรือง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อเปรียบเทียบประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนที่เกิดขึ้นในตัวแปรตามของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล ภายใต้สถานการณ์ของข้อมูลรบกวนและโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูลที่แตกต่างกัน โดยเปรียบเทียบวิธีการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวนด้วยตัวกรองข้อมูล 4 วิธี ได้แก่ วิธี Condensed Nearest Neighbor (CNN), วิธี Edited Nearest Neighbors (ENN), วิธี Cross-Validated Committees Filter (CVCF) และ วิธี Iterative Partitioning Filter (IPF) และวิธีการปรับค่าตัวแปรตามที่มีการใช้ตัวกรองข้อมูลรบกวนจากวิธีการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวนร่วมกับการประมาณค่าทดแทนพหุ 3 วิธี ได้แก่ วิธี polytomous regression (polyreg), วิธี random forest (rf) และ วิธี multiple imputation through XGBoost (mixgb) โดยศึกษาผ่านการจำลองข้อมูลแบบมอนติคาร์โล ภายใต้สถานการณ์ของขนาดตัวอย่างเท่ากับ 100, 500 และ 1,000 หน่วย ปริมาณข้อมูลรบกวนเท่ากับ 10%, 20%, 30% และ 40% โดยประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนและโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล พิจารณาจากค่าความถูกต้อง และค่า F1 ของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล 4 วิธี ได้แก่ k-NN, Random Forest, Naïve Bayes และ Support Vector Machine ผลการศึกษาพบว่า วิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนมีอิทธิพลปฏิสัมพันธ์กับทุกปัจจัย ได้แก่ ขนาดตัวอย่าง อัตราออดของตัวแปรอิสระ ปริมาณข้อมูลรบกวน และโมเดลการจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล ที่ส่งผลให้ค่าประสิทธิภาพ F1 แตกต่างกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05 โดยหากตัวอย่างขนาดเล็ก (n = 100) การปรับค่าตัวแปรตามจะมีแนวโน้มดีกว่าการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวน แต่เมื่อขนาดตัวอย่างขนาดใหญ่ขึ้นทั้ง 2 วิธีจะมีประสิทธิภาพใกล้เคียงกัน เมื่ออัตราออดระดับต่ำ ประสิทธิภาพ F1 ในแต่ละวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนมีแนวโน้มสูงกว่าที่อัตราออดระดับกลาง และระดับสูง …

First Impressions: Engage Your Students Starting With The Syllabus!, Virginia (Ginger) B. Wickline, Drew Appleby

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Implementation Of Extra Credit Quizzes As A Teaching Tool In General Chemistry, Eric Johnson

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High Impact Practices: Faculty Perceptions And Barriers To Implementation, Virginia (Ginger) B. Wickline, Rami Haddad, Padmini Shankar, Karelle Aiken

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Teaching And Learning In Art And Design: Results And Reflections On Two Sotl Projects Within A New Master Of Art, Rebecca Layson, Diana Gregory

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