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Proceedings Of The Cuny Games Conference 4.0: The Interactive Course, Robert O. Duncan, Joe Bisz, Julie Cassidy, Kathleen Offenholley, Maura A. Smale, Carolyn Stallard, Deborah Sturm, Anders A. Wallace, Cuny Games Network

Publications and Research

Proceedings of the CUNY Games Conference, held from January 22-23, 2018, at the CUNY Graduate Center and Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Critical Play with History (Panel) - Composition & Storytelling - Health & Cognitive Sciences - Gaming Anthropology: Teaching Culture and Power Through Games and Design (Panel) - Twine & Writing Games - Easy Ideas II - STEM Games - Global Games for Change Catalog (Panel) - Comics & Active Learning - Fact Checking & Research - Computer Science & Game Design - SimGlobal: Building a Serious Roleplay Course for the Social Sciences (Panel) - Role Playing Games, Narrative, …

Student, Instructor, And Observer Agreement Regarding Frequencies Of Scientific Teaching Practices Using The Measurement Instrument For Scientific Teaching-Observable (Misto), Mary F. Durham, Jennifer Knight, Emily K. Bremers, Jameson D. Defreece, Alex R. Paine, Brian A. Couch

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: The Scientific Teaching (ST) pedagogical framework encompasses many of the best practices recommended in the literature and highlighted in national reports. Understanding the growth and impact of ST requires instruments to accurately measure the extent to which practitioners implement ST in their courses. Researchers have typically relied on students, instructors, or observers to document course teaching practices, but it remains unclear whether and how these perspectives differ from each other. To address this issue, we modified our previously published instrument to generate the Measurement Instrument for Scientific Teaching-Observable (MISTO), which can be completed by students, instructors, and observers, and …

Exploring African American Students’ Perceptions Of Belonging At An Urban Community College In The Western United States, Sylinda Nicole Gordon Musaindapo

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

African American students’ perceptions of belonging impact their experiences on community college campuses and in their local communities. This research study explores the impact of gentrification on a group of resilient African American college students in an urban community college located in the western region of the United States. Participants used negative experiences with onlyness and otherness as opportunities to build community for other African Americans.

Implementation Of Systems-Level Learning In A Community College Mechatronics Program, Margie N. Porter

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This is a qualitative case study of the complete implementation of systems-level learning (SLL) pedagogy throughout a mechatronics engineering department in a community college in the United States. SLL was developed from the German engineering apprenticeship model, resulting in engineering graduates with what our German counterparts call Handlungskompetenz. Graduates of these programs have the flexibility to quickly adapt to new engineering systems and situations in a self-directed way without months of on-the-job training. This skill is related to adaptive expertise and is not the type of skill traditionally taught to engineering students.

Chronological and descriptive analyses were performed on semi-structured …

Influences On International Students' Selection Of A Regional U.S. Institution: A Descriptive Study, Yazmin Rodriguez

Masters Theses

This study examined the factors influencing international students' election to study in the United States in general and at a regional four-year institution, specifically. Furthermore, it was designed to gather descriptive information about the barriers and challenges they face. A triangulation mixed methods approach was utilized based on a previously described push-pull model. The findings indicated that Availability of scholarships or work, cost and fees, and Visa processing and visa cost are the most difficult factors that international students face when making the decision to study in the U.S. This corresponded well with the qualitative responses from the …

A Photo Illicit Study Of Black Women's Sense Of Belonging At A Predominately White Institution, Kayla Alexandria Slusher

Masters Theses

This qualitative study sought to examine how Black women define and create their sense of belonging while attending a predominately White institution using a photovoice approach. The women took photographs of spaces that they frequently occupy and then engaged in a face-to-face interview to discuss the photographs. The researcher also investigated four Black women, ranging from junior to graduate level, to identify how they developed a sense of belonging at the research site institution. Results of the study showed that a feeling of comfort was most important when identifying belongingness in a space. The participants were able to create a …

Agri 115: Biotechnology – Food, Health And Environment, A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Leah Sandall

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

No abstract provided.

Edps 951: Academic And Behavior Assessment--A Peer Review Of Teaching Benchmark Portfolio, Scott A. Napolitano

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

No abstract provided.

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2018-2019 undergraduate catalog for Morehead State University.

West Meets East: An Exploration Of The Ways American University Development Officers Can Build Guanxi With Chinese Parents, Jinrui Zhang Mone

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Because philanthropic support from alumni and their families is an important source of revenue for American colleges and universities, identifying ways to connect with Chinese students and cultivate philanthropic support from their parents is an essential component of fundraising efforts. In this study, I explored how American university advancement officers could employ guanxi to cultivate relationships with Chinese parent donors in order to increase U.S. higher education philanthropy efforts. The concept of guanxi, an important aspect of building and sustaining relationships in China, served as the focus for understanding Chinese parents’ connections with their children’s American universities. I employed …

Organized Gaming And Its Effect On Collegiate Academics, Mark Cochran

Honors Program Theses

With the emergence of gaming as an ever more popular pass time, and professional level eSports gaining steam, collegiate student organizations are beginning to reflect this change as well. This study of 166 college students from across the United States addresses the rise of gaming organizations and their subsequent effects of collegiate academics, namely grade point averages (GPA). The results suggest that participation in an organization dedicated to gaming results in a slightly lower GPA than those involved in other organizations, but still higher than average pointing towards factors of involvement still benefiting students. An important factor to note is …

Infographic: Be An Engineer, Leroy L. Long Iii, William Wanyagah

Publications

Infographic on how to become an engineer.

A Comparison Of Online And Traditional Chemistry Lecture And Lab, E. K. Faulconer, J. C. Griffith, Beverly L. Wood, S. Acharyya, D. L. Roberts

Publications

While the equivalence between online and traditional classrooms has been well researched, very little effort has been expended to do such comparisons for college level introductory chemistry. The existing literature has only one study that investigated chemistry lectures at an entire course level as opposed to particular course components such as individual topics or exams. Regarding lab courses, only one study is available and it involves moderating variables that are largely uncontrolled. In this work, we compared the student pass rates, withdrawal rates, and grade distributions between asynchronous online and traditional formats of an introductory chemistry lecture as well as …

Serving Lgbtqia Students On College Campuses, Clint Pinion Jr.

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, and Transgender (LGBTQ) individuals comprise one to ten percent of student populations on campuses across the United States (Chopez and Chism, 1993). Research indicates that LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty face unique challenges during their tenure on college campuses, such as microaggressions from other students and faculty. More often than not, LGBTQ students withdraw from college due to micro and macroassaults (Pitcher et al., 2016).

College faculty and staff are often unaware of a student’s sexual orientation unless the student chooses to disclose. Quiet often, LGBTQ students closet themselves and outwardly display socially accepted heterosexual behaviors …

Graduate Catalog 2018-2019, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Investigating The Causes And Cures For Unclear Scholarly Writing, Marlene Ingrid Mahony

Doctoral Dissertations

This qualitative dissertation investigated possible causes and cures for unclear scholarly writing. For this study, a stipulative definition of unclear scholarly writing, or “academese,” is that the language tends to be vague and verbose. The problem, according to the included literature, is that people who use or accept vague language have less academic, social, professional, and civic power. Academese, some say, can detach readers and that can accordingly diminish collective exchange. Because higher education is meant to share knowledge, promote agency, and prepare students to communicate powerfully within and beyond the university, this study researched the causes and cures of …

Contextualizing Lgbtq Faculty Experiences: An Account Of Sexual Minority Perceptions, Travis Dimitri David

All Theses And Dissertations

The well-being of faculty is susceptible to influence from intrinsic and extrinsic occupational characteristics. Heterosexism or hostile environments can be associated with decreased satisfaction amongst sexual minorities. As such, this transcendental phenomenology examined perceptions from tenured lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) faculty of their workplace conditions. Eight participants reflected on experiences from within higher education, academic settings. This study purposefully probed how sexual orientation and sexual minority status impacted their overall job satisfaction. Through providing context for social interactions in a traditionally heteronormative environment, cultural and attributional behaviors associated with affecting LGBTQ faculty in higher education was analyzed. …

รูปแบบการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศในสถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทย, อาทิตย์ อินต๊ะแก้ว

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยเชิงนโยบายนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาการใช้ชีวิตของนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศและการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทย (2) วิเคราะห์แนวทางการบริหารจัดการที่ดีของสถาบันอุดมศึกษากรณีศึกษาของไทยต่อนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศและเปรียบเทียบการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทยและต่างประเทศ และ (3) พัฒนารูปแบบการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศในสถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทย กลุ่มตัวอย่างในการวิจัยประกอบด้วย นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศจำนวน 52 คน อาจารย์ 20 คนและผู้บริหารจำนวน 24 คนจาก 24 สถาบันอุดมศึกษาทั่วประเทศไทย ใช้วิธีการสัมภาษณ์แบบไม่เป็นทางการ การศึกษาเอกสารและภาพถ่าย การประชุมสัมมนาผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ เครื่องมือวิจัย ได้แก่ แบบสัมภาษณ์ผู้บริหาร แบบสัมภาษณ์นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศ แบบสัมภาษณ์อาจารย์ แบบวิเคราะห์เอกสาร แบบบันทึกการประชุมสัมมนาผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ และเครื่องบันทึกเสียง วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลเชิงคุณภาพด้วยวิธีการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ ดังนี้
1. นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศส่วนใหญ่ได้รับการยอมรับและมีภาพลักษณ์ที่ดีต่อบุคคลทั่วไปสามารถเข้าร่วมกิจกรรมและเป็นผู้นำในกิจกรรมต่างๆของมหาวิทยาลัย นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศสามารถแสดงออกโดยการใช้คำพูดเพื่อแสดงถึงเพศที่ตนเองต้องการได้ รวมถึงการแต่งกายข้ามเพศในการเข้าเรียน การเข้าสอบและเข้ารับพระราชทานปริญญาบัตรได้ในขณะที่บางมหาวิทยาลัยยังไม่มีแนวปฏิบัติในเรื่องดังกล่าว นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศส่วนใหญ่เลือกใช้ห้องน้ำเพศหญิงมากกว่าเพศชายเนื่องจากเหตุผลด้านความปลอดภัยและความสะอาด นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศมีการจัดสรรเงินบางส่วนในการดูแลตนเองทางด้านรูปร่างและผิวพรรณเป็นพิเศษ นิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศส่วนใหญ่เกือบทั้งหมดเลือกที่จะปรึกษาเรื่องส่วนตัวกับเพื่อนและรุ่นพี่ที่เป็นบุคคลข้ามเพศมากกว่าอาจารย์และเจ้าหน้าที่ภายในมหาวิทยาลัยและนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศส่วนใหญ่ต้องอาศัยอยู่ในหอพักที่มีการแบ่งแยกตามเพศกำเนิด มีการส่งเสริมการให้ความรู้และความเข้าใจในเรื่องของเพศวิถีและความหลากหลายทางเพศในมหาวิทยาลัยเพื่อให้เกิดความรู้และความเข้าใจต่อความหลากหลายในสังคมมหาวิทยาลัย
2. สถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทยที่มีแนวปฏิบัติที่ดีให้เสรีภาพต่อนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศในการเข้าร่วมและจัดกิจกรรมต่างๆ การออกประกาศหรือแนวทางปฏิบัติในการแต่งกายของนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศอย่างชัดเจน การจัดสรรห้องน้ำเสมอภาคซึ่งเป็นห้องน้ำที่นิสิตนักศึกษาทุกคนสามารถเข้าใช้บริการร่วมกันได้รวมถึงนิสิตนักศึกษาพิการ บุคลากรหรืออาจารย์ผู้สูงอายุต่างๆ การบริการให้คำปรึกษาและสุขภาพแก่นิสิตนักศึกษาโดยความร่วมมือกับทางคณะแพทยศาสตร์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมีนักจิตวิทยาและแพทย์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญทางด้านเพศคอยให้บริการในศูนย์การให้คำปรึกษาและสุขภาพแก่นิสิตและนักศึกษาข้ามเพศ การเปิดรายวิชาและหลักสูตรที่เกี่ยวข้องกับเพศวิถีและบุคคลที่มีความหลากหลายทางเพศให้กับนิสิตนักศึกษาทั้งในระดับปริญญาตรีและบัณฑิตศึกษา
3. รูปแบบการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศในสถาบันอุดมศึกษาไทย (FICE Model) ประกอบด้วยการบริหารจัดการนิสิตนักศึกษาข้ามเพศใน 4 ด้าน ได้แก่ ด้านที่ 1 การบริหารจัดการด้านเสรีภาพ การแสดงออกและกิจกรรม (F: Freedom, Gender Expression, and Activity Management) ด้านที่ 2 การบริหารจัดการด้านโครงสร้างพื้นฐานและสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก (I: Infrastructure and Facility Management) ด้านที่ 3 การบริหารจัดการด้านการให้คำปรึกษาและสุขภาพ (C: Counselling and Healthcare Service Management) และด้านที่ 4 การบริหารจัดการด้านการส่งเสริมการให้ความรู้และความเข้าใจในเรื่องของเพศวิถีและความหลากหลายทางเพศ (E: Educational and Training Program Management)

Listening To Our Graduate Students' Feedback: Graduate Student Exit And Alumni Surveys, Alison W. Hong-Novotney

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Student and alumni surveys have become some of the most widely-used methods of assessment of student learning in higher education. While the majority of literature on student surveys and assessment focuses on undergraduate students, this study looks specifically at why graduate student exit and alumni surveys can be valuable tools within a comprehensive assessment plan. Listening to the feedback of current and former graduate students, and then acting upon that feedback, is crucial for the engagement and success of this unique population of students who bring their particular strengths and needs to their educational experiences. This study examined how master’s …

Training Games: An Application Of Game Theory To Clinical Psychology Graduate Training, Benjamin David Cornell

Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects

Contents

Groundwork - 4

Game Theory - 4

Game Theory and the System of Clinical Psychology Graduate Training - 6

Psychological Payouts, Reconciling Game Theory and Clinical Psychology - 8

Games in the Training of Psychotherapists - 15

Prisoners’ Dilemmas, Internship and Graduate Applicant Selection - 15

The Strategic Implications of Learning, Nash Equilibria - 21

Commitment Moves, “The Frame,” Psychotherapy, Supervision - 24

Mechanism Design, The Match - 27

Intra-systemic Conflict, Program Design - 30

Conclusion - 34

Works Cited - 36

Impact Of A Practicum In Education Course Designed To Recruit Stem Majors Into A Teacher Education Program, Rebecca A. Spencer

Theses and Dissertations

Research suggests that the most efficient way of improving students’ performance, in mathematics and science, is by recruiting and retaining highly qualified mathematics and science teachers. This study augments the body of research aimed at the recruitment of STEM majors to the field of education. The purpose of this study was to determine how a practicum course, developed to recruit freshman and sophomore STEM majors into a teacher preparation program, impacted participants' perceptions of teaching as a profession. The impact of this course, which utilized a reflective cycle framework for evaluating participants’ reflections as the foundation of the program, was …

Unf Journal Winter 2018, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.

A Qualitative Study Of The Philanthropic Behavior Of Generation X And Crowdfunding, Donna R. Lowe

Theses and Dissertations

This applied dissertation was designed to explore the connection between social triggers, virtual validation, and philanthropic behaviours of the Generation X population. Current literature largely ignores the Generation X population and no research has yet been conducted that directly links the successful funding of crowdfunding campaigns to both virtual validation and social triggers in the Generation X population.

To explore the connection between social triggers, virtual validation, and philanthropic behaviours of the Generation X population, the writer reviewed the application of retrieving psychological motivations based on non-conscious responses by way of belongingness theory, social comparison theory, and Maslow’s Hierarchy of …

2018 February, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications And Marketing

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for February of 2018.

Reflector Magazine, Georgia Southern University, Student Media

Reflector Magazine

• Cuisine and Culture
• Pads, Paper, and Nancey Price
• Best Cities for Post-Grads Brunch in the 'Boro
• Health & Fitness
• Spiritual, but not Religious
• Trend Report: Skincare 101
• Features
• #MeToo
• Pantone's "Feel-Good" Spring 2018 Colors
• Life & Style
• Most Instagrammable Sports in Statesboro and Savannah
• From Ice Pick to Tattoo Needle
• The Minimalist Life
• Entertainment
• Statesboro's Music Scene
• Southern Limelights

Evaluation Of The Redesign Of A Stem Gatekeeper Course, General Chemistry I, Incorporating Active-Learning Strategies And Implementation Of A Student-Choice Model, Travis Rae Mcdowell

Doctoral Dissertations

"The first courses freshman university students typically enroll in are the introductory science and math, courses that bridge from and build upon their prior educational experiences. These introductory courses often have large enrollment lectures coupled with supplemental sessions to teach using traditional educational practices, which may operate counter to the attitudes and culture of the students who take them. To address this, the general chemistry faculty through collaboration with a team of educational specialists initiated a redesign of the general chemistry course, which primarily serves first-year undergraduates. The redesign efforts included changes such as reducing lecture time and placing emphasis …

Jiann-Ping Hsu College Of Public Health Magazine, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• A Message from the Dean
• Leadership
• Center Forges Partnership with EMS
• Perspective
• Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
• Research Spotlight
• Sustainability at Its Finest
• Student Spotlight
• Alumni Spotlight

2018 Spring Commencement, Georgia Southern University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Social Support And Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction On Student Academic Motivation At A Cameroonian University: Structural Equation Modeling, Samuel Adamou

Dissertations

Problem

The growing number of students at the university level in Cameroon created maladaptive behaviors including lack of behavior adaptation, interests, respect, happiness, self-esteem, which led to strikes, vandalism, academic failure and resulting in school dropout (Nwaimah, 2008). The Cameroonian government proposed a number of reforms to solve these issues. One of the major proposed reforms consisted of implementing the Bologna Model in higher education through borrowing and transferring of policies, ideas, and practices from a European higher education area (Eta, 2015; Mngo, 2011). Yet despite the surface progress, the question of how to enhance student learning and improve instruction …

Developing A Resilience-Thinking Leadership Mindset Scale, Lloyd Duman

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a resilience-thinking leadership mindset construct and scale. Although literature exists on developing resilience and relational leadership theories, very little research and literature address a resilience-thinking mindset as a leadership strategy. This study represents an initial step in filling this gap. This research project was the initial phase toward the development of a resilience-thinking leadership mindset (RTLM) scale. I used a mixed-methods approach which was divided into three stages. Stage 1 involved the development of the scale items and assessment of both face and content validity to revise the original scale. Stage 2 …