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"Oh, You Are An Exception!" Academic Success And Black Male Students Resistance To Systemic Racism, Lacharles Travell Ward

Theses

This study theorizes how Black male students narrate their experiences at a traditionally White institution (TWI). To date, research focusing on Black men in higher education highlights the continual struggles of Black men against racism (Feagin, Vera, & Imani, 1996; Harper, 2006, 2009, 2012; Smith, Yosso, & Solórzano, 2007); however, what remains to be extensively theorized is Black male academic excellence. Thus, I argue that it is vital to progressively broaden what we know about Black male students as intellectuals. In this study I forefront how Black male students articulate their intellectual identities and educational experiences on a traditionally White …

Effect Of Celebrity Endorsements On Treatment Choices Made By Professionals And Parents With Children Diagnosed With Asd, Jenika Karnik

Theses

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that one in 50 children are diagnosed with Autism in the U.S. Now, parents out there not only have to face a doctor's diagnosis, but also a flood of confusing promises for recoveries and miracle cures. Parents have to sift through recommendations made by media, celebrities, professionals, and many, many more. The purpose of this study is to examine what influences the choices parents make involving treatment for their children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Implications For Counselings Lesbians With Substance Use Issues, Staci Poe

Research Papers

The topic of substance use in the lesbian population is reviewed including research related to counselor attitudes toward lesbians and other sexual minorities. Specialized substance treatment tailored for lesbians and other sexual minorities is discussed. Implications for improving positive treatment outcomes of lesbian individuals seeking substance treatment is addressed including education suggestions for counselors and counselors in training.

Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling With 3pno Item Response Models, Yanyan Sheng, Todd C. Headrick

Publications

Fully Bayesian estimation has been developed for unidimensional IRT models. In this context, prior distributions can be specified in a hierarchical manner so that item hyperparameters are unknown and yet still have their own priors. This type of hierarchical modeling is useful in terms of the three-parameter IRT model as it reduces the difficulty of specifying model hyperparameters that lead to adequate prior distributions. Further, hierarchical modeling ameliorates the noncovergence problem associated with nonhierarchical models when appropriate prior information is not available. As such, a Fortran subroutine is provided to implement a hierarchical modeling procedure associated with the three-parameter normal …

The Daily Egyptian, July 25, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2013

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The Daily Egyptian, July 24, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2013

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Survey Of Illinois Law: Health Care Law, W. Eugene Basanta, Sherri Devito, Keith E. Emmons, Robert John Kane, Jonathan Loiterman

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

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Effects Of Shame On Novel Motor Skill Learning, Elizabeth M. Harrison

Research Papers

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Abraxis Aesthetic Analysis, Tye A.T. Wilson

Research Papers

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Gender Ideology And Delinquency, Rebecca Staudt

Research Papers

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The Daily Egyptian, June 26, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

June 2013

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Oneloudr And Communities A Concept For Sharing And Collaborating Online, Christophe Dupont

Research Papers

This paper explores the evolution of sounds recording as a developed technology through the ages, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the twenty-first century. It highlights the contributions of musicians and researchers alike from the invention of the Théâtrophone by Ader to the improvement of sounds recording by Stokowski and the first recording with a computer by Hiller and Isaacson. This paper also underlines the problem of copyright, which came with the new technologies, and the possibilities to record a radio station on a tape for example. The arrival of Internet as a medium of communication and the …

The Effects Of Melodic Intonation Therapy (Mit) On People With Communication Impairments: A Primary Focus On People With Broca's Aphasia, Mora Haddad

Research Papers

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Parents' Knowledge And Perceptions Regarding Their Rights During The Iep Process, Li-Jung Huang

Research Papers

This paper aimed to examine what parents of children aged three to six understand about their rights during the IEP process. Literature from the past ten years (2002-2012) revealed that parents had some understanding of the IEP process including planning and contributing to development of IEP documents and participating in IEP meetings. Findings regarding parents being valued during the IEP process varied. In terms of the results of communication strategies utilized during the IEP process, literature showed that parents understood terminology used during IEP meetings better during the subsequent ones than the initial one. However, written documents such as the …

Essential Skills For Leadership Effectiveness In Diverse Workplace Development, Szu-Fang Chuang

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Globalization, technology advances, and diversity have greatly influenced international business and multinational management operations. Global managers cannot consistently apply traditional leadership when dealing with multiple cultural conflicts and managing international employees in the rapidly changed diverse workplace. This study is an initial effort to examine the new looks of leadership in the diverse workplace development and identify essential leadership skills demanded in a global context. Global leaders need to develop cultural awareness, global mindset, interpersonal skill and effective manager-employee relationship in facing the changes and challenges of the global market. Eleven essential leadership skills for the global leaders to promote …

The Effect Of An External Focus Of Attention On Static Balance, Heather Lindenberg

Research Papers

The present study tested the effects of focus of attention on static balance. The purpose of this study was to determine if altering a person’s focus of attention influenced the performance of the Single Leg Stance Test.

Based on findings reported in previous research, it was hypothesized that instructing participants to direct their attention externally would result in better static balance performance compared to instructions that directed attention internally or neutrally. Additionally, it was predicted that instructing participants to direct their attention internally would result in better static balance performance compared to instructions that directed attention neutrally. Participants (19 males …

Black Feminist Thought And Autoethnography: Narrating My Father’S Presence From The Perspective Of Being Raised By A Single Black Father, Dontevia A. Hall

Research Papers

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Family-Centered Practice In The Field Of Early Intervention, Catherine A. Collie

Research Papers

In Early Intervention (EI), family-centered practices are recommended and family-centered services are espoused as the main delivery method. Yet, EI service providers may not implement this approach. This literature review will examine provider and family perspectives of the delivery of family-centered services in the context of the Division for Early Childhood’s recommended practices indicators of family-centered services. Findings indicated a gap between what families and providers believed were ideal family-centered practices and what was actually being implemented in EI. Barriers such as training for providers and families and lack of appropriate resources were identified. Implications for the future are evaluation …

The Daily Egyptian, May 06, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

May 2013

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Scheler's Phenomenological Ontology Of Value: Implications And Reflections For Ethical Theory, James Edward Hackett

Dissertations

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF J. Edward Hackett, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Philosophy, presented on December 6, 2012 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: Scheler's Phenomenological Ontology of Value: Implications and Reflections for Ethical Theory MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Kenneth W. Stikkers My dissertation provides the first comprehensive account of what values are in Max Scheler's Formalism in Ethics (Formalism hereafter). As a phenomenologist, Scheler did not attempt to invent a new ontological language to describe value experience clearly as Heidegger invented for his fundamental ontology of Dasein. In so doing, Scheler's phenomenological descriptions often use metaphysically …

The Influence Of Social Class On Academic Outcomes: A Structural Equation Model Examining The Relationships Between Student Dependency Style, Student-Academic Environment Fit, And Satisfaction On Academic Outcomes, Dustin Ryan Nadler

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between college students' social class and their academic outcomes. A structural equation model was proposed, hypothesizing that a student's socioeconomic status (SES) is related to their motives for attending college, thus influencing their perception of fit at the university, their satisfaction with the university, their academic self-efficacy, and their grades, attendance, and likelihood for retention.. The results from a sample of 500 undergraduate students show that overall, the hypothesized model was a borderline good fit of the data. While SES was negatively related to interdependent motives for attending college, it …

Behavioral Feeding Intervention In Children, Richard Liou

Research Papers

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A Quality Assessment Of Children’S Television Programs From The Prix Juenesse International 2012, Kathryn J. Tullis

Research Papers

In the summer of 2012 the writer of this study had an opportunity to go to Munich, Germany to attend the Prix Jeunesse International Festival. This festival prides itself on recognizing children’s quality television from all around the world. After attendance at this festival the author conducted this study to ask what makes quality children’s programming. The author also discusses what the Prix Jeunesse is and how it has contributed to children’s television. The merits which make quality children’s television are then used to rate eight television programs that were shown at the Prix Jeunesse.

Pragmatic Interventions For Adults And Adolescents With High-Functioning Autism: An Appraisal Of The Literature, Ashley L. Medina

Research Papers

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The Effect Of Injury Severity On Behavioral Tasks Used For The Assessment Of Cognitive Functioning Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Kris M. Martens

Dissertations

Cognitive impairment is the most frequent cause of disability in humans following traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet the behavioral tasks used to assess cognitive behavior in rodent models of brain injury are underrepresented in the field. Additionally, few of these tasks have been used to assess behavior across degrees of injury severity. The goal of the present study was to compare four behavioral tasks commonly used in the field in frontally-injured rats with both mild and moderate-to-severe brain injuries. At the start of the study, rats were assigned to two of the following behavioral tasks: Dig scent discrimination (Dig) task, …

Retrospective Evaluation Of Factors That Influence The Implementation Of C.A.T.C.H. In Southern Illinois Schools, Matthew Ryan Bice

Dissertations

This study is a retrospective evaluation of the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) coordinated school health program. An abundant amount of research has been conducted concerning CATCH, but no data exist that represents the characteristics and attitudes of individuals implementing the program. This study looked to examine organizational readiness, commitment to change, leadership, implementation barriers, innovation perceptions and their influence on the diffusion of CATCH. The primary purpose of this study is to describe and explain why schools in the same area that receive the same CATCH training result in different implementation practices. This study included a retrospective evaluation …

Alcoholism On The American Stage: De-Stigmatizing Socially Constructed Depictions Of The Alcoholic Through Performance, Thomas Michael Campbell

Dissertations

This dissertation seeks to address the societal problems associated with alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency in relationship to problematic depictions that have appeared on the American stage. It examines plays that perpetuate stigmas as well as plays that seek to subvert stigmas and stereotypical depictions as a means of creating avenues for discourse. This study asks how we, as practitioners of the theatre, can use the theatre and the act of storytelling to initiate empathy and compassion toward what is still considered a marginalized topic of discussion. Cultural misconceptions regarding the development of and (mis)understandings of alcohol abuse/dependency are perpetuated …

Super Terror: The Complex Relationship Between Sequential Art And Real World Political Violence, Tyler R. Chance

Honors Theses

While scholars have recognized that the media plays a very important role in the understanding of terrorism and other forms of political violence, alternative and popular forms of media (such as the Comic Strip, Graphic Novel, Cartoon, etc.) have not been examined as closely by social scientists.

This research is concerned with the reaction by graphic narratives to events of terror and the graphic work as a way of influencing the public in its opinion of terror.

The main piece examined is Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta which was made as a discussion of the justification of terror witch specific …

The Impact Of Daycare And Child Temperament On Parent-Child Interactions, Kyle Bersted

Theses

This study explored the potential impact of child temperament and daycare on behavior problems and parental sensitivity. It was expected that children with more "difficult" temperaments would exhibit more behavior problems and have less sensitive parents when experiencing high amounts of daycare. Measures from 60 families involved in the Southern Illinois Twins and Siblings Study (SITSS) were examined. Results indicated that highly active children exhibited more externalizing behaviors when experiencing less daycare. Shy children experiencing more daycare had more sensitive parents. Additionally, a temperamental difference between co-twins was related to differential parental sensitivity. Lastly, DZ co-twins were more temperamentally different …

Feeding In Children With Autism, Katie M. Molinet

Research Papers

No abstract provided.