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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, February 22, 2011, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee Annual Report - Rhonda Miller
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Annual Report - Richard Jenson
• BFW Survey - Doug Jackson Smith
• EPC Items - Larry Smith
• PRPC Items - Bob Parson
• Section 401.4.2 (1) – Proposed change to Lecturer Ranks
• Section 405.11.4(1) – Vince Wickwar
• One-Year Renewal of USU-CEU Faculty Senate Apportionment - Vince Wickwar
• How to proceed with code changes to integrate USU-CEU? - Vince Wickwar

The Utah Statesman, February 7, 2011, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, February 3, 2011, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, February 3, 2011, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, February 3, 2011, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Reactivate Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Applied Economics

• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Music

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change, Add Repeatable for Credit
• Inactive Course

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of …

The Effects Of Teaching Prefix Meaning And A Strategy To Derive Word Meaning On A Prefix Vocabulary Test And Sentence Comprehension Test For Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities, Shannon K. Harris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Previous researchers have concluded that there is a need for determining how vocabulary instruction effects vocabulary comprehension and reading comprehension for young learners. Researchers have implemented morphemic strategies in various studies to identify effective methods for vocabulary instruction. In the present study, four prefixes were taught to students with disabilities to extend vocabulary research by using a morphological approach with a focus on prefix instruction. In addition students were taught how to combine the meaning of a prefix to the meaning of a root word. Data patterns indicate an increase in students' ability to provide definitions for prefixed words while …

Correspondence Of Job-Preference And Job-Matching Assessment With Job Performance And Satisfaction Among Youth With Developmental Disabilities, Julie Hall

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study investigated the effects of job preference and job match on job performance among four 19-to 20-year-old young adults with developmental disabilities placed in community-based job conditions. Prior studies have examined the effects of job preference on community-based job performance without the job-matching component. The researcher identified high-preference, high-match and low-preference, low-match job conditions and tasks using a video web-based assessment program. Each participant was subsequently placed in a randomized sequence of 30-min sessions on one high-preference, high-match job condition performing a preferred task and one low-preference, low-match job performing a non preferred task. Job coaches instructed and prompted …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, November 4, 2010, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Interior Design Program

• Remove University Studies Designation, Prerequisite Change

Department of Music

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Title Change
• Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change

Huntsman School of Business

• Prerequisite Change

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management Information Systems

• Course Prefix Change, Course Number Change, Administrative Responsibility Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, November 4, 2010, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, November 4, 2010, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 7, 2010, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• University Studies Request

Huntsman School of Business

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Economics and Finance

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change
• Remove University Studies Designation

Department of Psychology

• New Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course …

Using Static And Dynamic Measures To Estimate Reading Difficulty For Hispanic Children, Douglas B. Petersen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study investigated the validity of measures that were hypothesized to account for significant variance in English reading ability. During kindergarten, 63 bilingual Hispanic children completed letter identification, English and Spanish phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, and sentence repetition static assessment tasks. They also completed a dynamic assessment nonsense-word decoding task that yielded pretest to posttest gain score, response to decoding strategy, and temporally related working memory information. One week prior to kindergarten, information was gathered regarding socioeconomic status, preschool attendance, English and Spanish language dominance, and language ability. At the end of first grade, the same children completed word …

The Effects Of Fluency Training On The Fidelity With Which Paraprofessionals Implement A Reading Intervention, Renee Magnusson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In schools, didactic training is a common method for promoting intervention fidelity. Despite its prevalence, however, a number of literature reviews suggest that didactic training alone is not an effective way to promote intervention fidelity. Training seems to be more effective when coupled with daily or weekly performance feedback in applied settings. However, given the level of resources in typical public schools, this amount of performance feedback for all teachers and paraprofessionals may not be feasible. Therefore, there is a need to explore additional means of promoting intervention fidelity. The current study examines the effects of fluency training on intervention …

The Effects Of In-Service Teacher Training On Correct Implementation Of Assessment And Instructional Procedures For Teachers Of Individuals With Profound Multiple Disabilities, Erin L. Horrocks

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A multi component training package (live training, video modeling, role playing, and feedback) was used to train teachers to assess and instruct students with profound multiple disabilities. Phase 1 of the study included training seven in-service teachers to conduct assessment in three areas: (a) preference assessment (i.e., potential reinforcing items), (b) controlled body movement assessment (i.e., gross and fin motor skills), and (c) access skill assessment (i.e., assessment of basic skills or prerequisite skills that are necessary for student to master before entering into further instruction). The assessment result yielded the following information for each student participant: (a) a list …

Noncontingent Delivery Of Preferred Stimuli To Treat Problem Behavior In The Classroom, Nicole P. Miles

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) have very poor long-term outcomes. Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) has been used to successfully reduce problem behaviors. NCR is frequently used with populations with severe disabilities and in hospital settings using function based reinforcers. Very few studies have applied the use of NCR to EBD populations, and to students whose cognitive scores fall within the normal range. No studies have examined the use of preferred tangible reinforcers delivered non-contingently with participants with EBD or in classroom settings. This study measured the effects of delivering tangible reinforcers selected through preference assessments on the disruptive and …

The Effects Of A Self-Evaluation Package On The Presentation, Praise, And Error Correction Skills Of Special Education Teachers, Patsy Ann Milligan

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Previous research has shown that various forms of self-evaluation improve teachers' instructional skills. Common among all studies reviewed is the importance of explicit pedagogy linked to improved student outcomes and clear instruction on how to self-assess. Both of these appear critical to sustained change in teachers' behaviors. In this study new teachers were provided initial didactic instruction to improve their presentation skills, praise rate, and error corrections. In addition, the effects of self-evaluation of targeted skills were assessed with one teacher. All three teachers mastered the targeted skills. Two teachers mastered the skills immediately following didactic instruction and practice in …

The Impact Of The Physical Environment On The Social Integration Of Individuals With Disabilities In Community, Keith M. Christensen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Social integration in community is especially important for individuals with disabilities well-being. Although individuals with disabilities reside within the community's physical environment, they are often marginalized in the social environment. This may be the result of individuals with disabilities residing in physical environments that negatively affect opportunities for integration in the social environment. However, there has been little investigation to understand the impact of the physical environment on the social integration of individuals with disabilities in community.

The purpose of this investigation was to (a) examine the current body of evidence concerning the impact of a community's physical environment on …

Examination Of Behavioral Momentum With Staff As Contextual Variables In Applied Settings With Children With Autism, Mark P. Groskreutz

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Behavioral momentum theory proposes that the persistence of behavior when exposed to disruptors provides an appropriate measure of the strength of behavior. Basic research has consistently demonstrated that behaviors that occurred in a context with higher overall rates of reinforcement (rich contexts) were more persistent than other behaviors that have occurred in a context with relatively lower rates of reinforcement (lean contexts). More surprisingly, behavioral momentum theory goes on to assert that this greater persistence in richer contexts is found even when rate of responding is lower in the rich context, and when the greater richness is due to noncontingent …

Implementing Graphic Organizers In A General Education Earth Systems Classroom, Jennifer P. Slade

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Previous research has shown that implementing graphic organizers and giving the needed instruction to use and study content information increases academic gain of students with learning disabilities. In the present study students actively engaged in using graphic organizers, which helped them demonstrate their learning on multiple choice questions. On the multiple choice test, the overall mean gain for the experimental group was 45%. The control group's overall mean gain on the multiple choice test was 30%. While the posttest scores for students in the graphic organizer group were significantly higher than posttest scores of students in the control group, few …

Possibilities With Assistive Technology, Center For Persons With Disabilities

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Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 1, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course
• Title Change
• Course Number Change
• Title Change, Course Number Change
• Course Description Change, Course Prefix Change, Course Number Change
• Title Change, Course Number Change, Course Description
• Title Change, Course Number Change, Course Description Change, Reactivate Course
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Course Number Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change, Dual List Change
• Delete Course

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Title Change
• Add Multiple List

Department of Applied Economics

• University Studies Request

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Delete Course

Department …

Faculty Ethics Unveiled: Scholarship—Et Tu, Brute?, Susan R. Madsen, James H. Davis

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Little actual research has been conducted to explore the ethics of the faculty of higher education. A review of the literature has discovered four primary categories of faculty ethics, which include scholarship, teaching, service, and professional (e.g., consulting, treatment of colleagues and peers). This paper will focus on the scholarship category and includes research (e.g., authorship, conflicts of interest, plagiarism/citing-including self-plagiarism, ethical approval, research design, redundant publications, misconduct, accuracy, personal criticism of others) and review of other's work as a reviewer or editor (e.g., unbiased, speed/timeliness, accuracy, responsibility, objectivity, confidentiality, conflicts of interest). The purpose of this paper is to …

The Effects Of Quality And Magnitude Of Reinforcement On Choice Responding, Jessica Erin Frieder

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The present study investigated the effects of a concurrent schedules arrangement, in which three dimensions of reinforcement (duration, attention, and stimuli) were manipulated, on choice responding, appropriate behavior, and problem behavior for three participants with disabilities who had escape-maintained problem behavior. Three experiments were conducted in which participants could choose between work, break, or problem behavior. In the first experiment, the choice analysis, three reinforcement dimensions were varied simultaneously for choice responses. In the second experiment, the component choice analysis, reinforcement dimensions were evaluated in isolation. In the third experiment, the effort analysis, increasing task demand requirements and how they …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 5, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Applied Economics

• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Remove repeatable for credit
• Prerequisite Change, Add University Studies Designation

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Title Change, Course Prefix Change, Course Number Change
• Prefix Change and or Course Number Change
• Prefix Change, Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Reactivate Course
• Delete Course

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Change of Grading Mode

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Add University Studies Designation

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Course Description Change

Department of Electrical and …

Introduction To The Special Issue: Drawing Content From An Emerging Qa Community, Michael J. Millington

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Quality Assurance And Program Evaluation: Terms, Models, And Applications, M. J. Leahy, V. A. Thielsen, Michael J. Millington, B. Austin, A. Fleming

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

Quality assurance and program evaluation have become essential elements in continuous improvement efforts within the public rehabilitation program and community-based rehabilitation organizations. This article is a review of quality assurance and program evaluation models and approaches that appear the most promising in helping rehabilitation organizations improve the quality of services and outcomes of individuals receiving vocational rehabilitation services in the public and nonprofit practice settings. Examples of applications will be presented, and a discussion of key elements that appear to be critical in the design and utilization of these methods in rehabilitation administration will be discussed.

A Grounded Theory Approach To Defining Fragmentation And Unification In The Rehabilitation Counseling Profession, K. Tingey, Michael J. Millington, Jared C. Schultz

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

Fragmentation has been identified in the rehabilitation counseling literature as the cause of a crisis, and unification is forwarded as the cure. However, these terms are not well defined. Definitions are proposed here, providing a framework for a grounded theory study of inter- and intra-organizational communications among thirteen professional organizations via their websites. Two network models emerged from the analysis. The first described a political network that advocates for the profession. The second described a service-based network that responds to customer needs. The meaning of unification and fragmentation within these two models is explored. Authors find that the profession is …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, April 3, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Number Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• New Course

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Add Dual List

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• University Studies Request

Department of Psychology

• Title Change, Course Description …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 6, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate

• New Course

Department of Business Administration

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change
• Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Engineering and Technology Education

• Course Description Change

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Art

• University Studies Request

Department of Religious Studies

• New Course

Other

• Combining minors to create an Equine minor and an Animal and Dairy Science …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, February 7, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• University Studies Request
• University Studies Request, Prerequisite Change

School of Accountancy

• New Course

Department of Elementary Education

• Remove Prerequisite

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change

College of Engineering

• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• New Course

Department of Engineering and Technology Education

• New Course
• Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of History

• New Course

Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech …