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Error Feedback In Second Language Writing, Carol Ann Miller-Cornell
Error Feedback In Second Language Writing, Carol Ann Miller-Cornell
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis follows five second language (L2) students in an introductory composition class at California State University, San Bernardino. The study investigates their perceptions and responses to grammatical coded feedback provided by their writing instructor. The results showed that students wanted, expected, appreciated and understood the coded feedback that was given to them.
Job Satisfaction Of Child Welfare Workers In San Bernardino County Department Of Children's Services, Susana Ramirez, Mirella Ochoa
Job Satisfaction Of Child Welfare Workers In San Bernardino County Department Of Children's Services, Susana Ramirez, Mirella Ochoa
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the research study was to assess the job satisfaction of child welfae workers specifically working for San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services.
Factors Participants Value In Breast Cancer Support Groups, Renee Lauren Jarvis
Factors Participants Value In Breast Cancer Support Groups, Renee Lauren Jarvis
Theses Digitization Project
This study used a qualitative research design to explore and identify, from participant's perspective, the aspects of a breast cancer support group that facilitate a quality experience of support.
Multiple Forms Of Maltreatment And The Effects On Mental Health In Hispanic And Caucasian Women, Marci Mae Danielson
Multiple Forms Of Maltreatment And The Effects On Mental Health In Hispanic And Caucasian Women, Marci Mae Danielson
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of multiple forms of abuse (physical, psychological, and sexual) on later psychopathology (depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints as assessed by the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist -HSCL) among two ethnic groups (non-Hispanic Caucasian and Hispanic).
Uncovering The Methadone Counseling Process Among Recovering And Non Recovering Chemical Dependency Counselors, Sara-Amanda Mccarthy, Jennifer Ann Palmersheim
Uncovering The Methadone Counseling Process Among Recovering And Non Recovering Chemical Dependency Counselors, Sara-Amanda Mccarthy, Jennifer Ann Palmersheim
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to uncover the methadone counseling process among recovering and non-recovering chemical dependency counselors by examining the concepts and techniques utilized throughout the counseling process. This study examined whether the recovery status of a counselor affected the counselor's theoretical addiction model and the concepts and techniques that were utilized throughout the counseling process.
Cognitive Coping And Depression In Elderly Long-Term Care Residents, Christine Viola Mccormick
Cognitive Coping And Depression In Elderly Long-Term Care Residents, Christine Viola Mccormick
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this research was to examine specific coping methods used by the elderly as they adjust to the environment of a long-term care facility, and to examine the correlations between these coping methods and levels of depressive symptomatology.
Factors That Contribute To Resiliency In Former Foster Youth, Deanna Nicole Reyes, Phillip Parra
Factors That Contribute To Resiliency In Former Foster Youth, Deanna Nicole Reyes, Phillip Parra
Theses Digitization Project
This research study focused on resilient, former foster youth. Given the vulnerabilities of children in foster care, what factors lead to participant resilience? Data was obtained from ten participants who were receiving independent living services in San Bernardino County.
High School Student's Nutritional Status And Their Academic Performance, Edna Edith Holt
High School Student's Nutritional Status And Their Academic Performance, Edna Edith Holt
Theses Digitization Project
This descriptive study examines the relationship between nutritional practices and academic performance among school-age children as suggested in the literature review.
Social Workers' Knowledge Of Substance Abuse, Mirta Escobedo Johnson
Social Workers' Knowledge Of Substance Abuse, Mirta Escobedo Johnson
Theses Digitization Project
This study was designed to determine how knowledgeable child welfare social workers are of substance abuse when working with substance abusing clients. The results indicated that social workers within San Bernardino County have competent levels of knowledge in substance abuse which allow them to provide appropriate services to the community members they serve.
Understanding The Knowledge Masters Of Social Work Student's Have In Regard To Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Foster Youth Issues, Amy Rebecca Taliaferro
Understanding The Knowledge Masters Of Social Work Student's Have In Regard To Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Foster Youth Issues, Amy Rebecca Taliaferro
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to understand the levels of competence that master's level social work students have in regard to the issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender foster youth.
Using Therapy Dogs With Troubled Middle School Children To Improve Social Skills And Teach Environmental Sensitivity, Linda Sue Flanagan
Using Therapy Dogs With Troubled Middle School Children To Improve Social Skills And Teach Environmental Sensitivity, Linda Sue Flanagan
Theses Digitization Project
The objective of this project is to impove the social skills of troubled middle school children by teaching them humane dog care as well as the handling and training skills of dogs. The hope is to use therapy dogs as a link to the local environment and the development of environmental sensitivity; and to improve the academic status and decrease any negative behaviors displayed by these children. Includes lesson plans.
Aesthetic Scanning: Refining Critical Thinking Through Oral Language Activities, Elaine Diana Golledge
Aesthetic Scanning: Refining Critical Thinking Through Oral Language Activities, Elaine Diana Golledge
Theses Digitization Project
This study examines the use of aesthetics in the art education curriculum as a strategy for building oral language skills and critical thinking skills. In this study reproduced artworks were used to stimulate discussion; students learned to scan paintings using a technique called aesthetic scanning during which they learn how to look at a painting orally through guided questioning by the classroom teacher. It was concluded that providing oral language opportunities through the implementation of the aesthetic scanning program was an effective way to promote oral language skills and critical thinking skills in the kindergarten classroom. Arts, as a core …
How Effective Are College Based Websites At Providing Students With The Information Necessary To Make An Informed College Choice?, Joanne Ambat Escatiola
How Effective Are College Based Websites At Providing Students With The Information Necessary To Make An Informed College Choice?, Joanne Ambat Escatiola
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a rubric to assess whether a selected group of college websites, chosen to represent most of what is available to students, meet the requirements necessary for students to make an informed college choice. The project was undertaken as a way to determine if these sites, individually or as a whole, present enough information for students to make a choice that correctly aligns with their college aspirations.
Artists And Crooks: A Correlational Examination Of Creativity And Criminal Thinking, Luis Daniel GascóN
Artists And Crooks: A Correlational Examination Of Creativity And Criminal Thinking, Luis Daniel GascóN
Theses Digitization Project
This study explores some of the possible correlations between creativity and criminal thinking evident in the literature in an attempt to link the two forms of cognition. An understanding of the concept of Malevolent Creativity can serve the purpose of elucidating another component of the criminal personality.
Factors That Guide Toward The Emancipation Of Foster Care Youth, Singhi Rajan
Factors That Guide Toward The Emancipation Of Foster Care Youth, Singhi Rajan
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study was to examine the guiding factors that help foster youth emancipate successfully. The goal was to examine five areas: housing, education, identifying role models, social skills and effectiveness of Independent Living Program (ILP) services.
The Effectiveness Of Anger Management Counseling On Recidivism Rates Of Gang-Related Adolescents In The Project Bridge Program, Candace Kay Johnson
The Effectiveness Of Anger Management Counseling On Recidivism Rates Of Gang-Related Adolescents In The Project Bridge Program, Candace Kay Johnson
Theses Digitization Project
This study explores recidivism rates of gang-related adolescents newly enrolled in the Project BRIDGE (Building Resources for the Intervention and Deterrence of Gang Engagement) Program. The goal of this project is to reduce the incidence of youth gang violence, gang membership, and gang related activities in the city of Riverside, California.
A Model Dual Immersion High School Curriculum, Alma Leticia Campana
A Model Dual Immersion High School Curriculum, Alma Leticia Campana
Theses Digitization Project
The main goal of this project is to develop a dual immersion program at the high school level. This project proposes a general curriculum design of the high school immersion program, including criteria for a successful program.
The Beaded Web: Metaphor And Association In John Edgar Wideman's Sent For You Yesterday, Joel Wesley Kilpatrick
The Beaded Web: Metaphor And Association In John Edgar Wideman's Sent For You Yesterday, Joel Wesley Kilpatrick
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis looks at how Wideman takes advantage of the associative function of metaphor, creating a vast network, or web, or interconnected images. In deviating from linguistic norms, and growing steadily from page to page, this web causes the novel to appear symbolic. It also appears to have a symbolic meaning of its own, possibly representing the intricate social and spiritual connections that comprise the novel's fictional community of Homewood.
Factors That Contribute To The Reluctance Of Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among African Americans, Natalie Nicole Majors-Stewart
Factors That Contribute To The Reluctance Of Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among African Americans, Natalie Nicole Majors-Stewart
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to perform an in depth examination of the major factors that increase the reluctance among African Americans to seek mental health treatment.
The Perceived Educational Barriers Of Foster Youth: Social Workers' Perspectives, Barbara Marruth Castro, Nancy Ramirez
The Perceived Educational Barriers Of Foster Youth: Social Workers' Perspectives, Barbara Marruth Castro, Nancy Ramirez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to assess social worker perspectives on challenges that foster youth encounter in attaining adequate educations. Social workers need to be able to identify the best services and resources that will help this population continue their educational advancement.
Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius
Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius
Theses Digitization Project
"Broadcast News Production in the Classroom as a Student Mediation for Bilingual Education" describes a curricular design to meet interactive literacy projects for the K-12 Bilingual Education classroom. The author has designed or adapted mediation structures for use to implement "Broadcast News Production" in the classroom specifically for Bilingual and Cross-cultural Education. The study is theoretical and based on research.
An Argument For Reparations For Native Americans And Black Americans, Yesenia Isela Mejia-Hudson
An Argument For Reparations For Native Americans And Black Americans, Yesenia Isela Mejia-Hudson
Theses Digitization Project
This paper explores the issue of reparation and how institutionalized racism in the United States has influenced the outcome for the following ethnic groups - Japanese Americans, Black Americans and Native Americans.
Effects Of Feedback, Education, And Work Experience On Self-Efficacy, Hieu Chi Pham
Effects Of Feedback, Education, And Work Experience On Self-Efficacy, Hieu Chi Pham
Theses Digitization Project
Examines the contextual effects of social persuasion (represented by self, client, peer and supervisor's feedback) and mastery experiences (represented by formal level of education and work experience) on specific self-efficacy outcomes and perceived advancement potential in a sample population of nurses at a Southern California hospital. Results of the study suggest that self, client, peer, and supervisor's feedback consistently predict significant self-efficacy outcomes.
The Effect Of The Exposure To Domestic Violence On Psychological Well-Being Among American Muslim Women, Soulafa Shakhshir Massoud, Vanessa Francis Romo
The Effect Of The Exposure To Domestic Violence On Psychological Well-Being Among American Muslim Women, Soulafa Shakhshir Massoud, Vanessa Francis Romo
Theses Digitization Project
A quantitative study that examines American Muslim women's level of exposure to domestic violence, resources available to them, and the effect of domestic violence on their psychological well-being. Data was collected from 128 Muslim women from the Islamic Center of Riverside in Southern California. The key finding of the study was a significant positive relationship between depression and the use of verbal aggression. In addition, a positive relationship was found to exist between anxiety, depression and the use of violence.
Using Project Glad Strategies In The Teaching Of Literacy Genres To Second Grade Bilingual Students, Socorro Arellano
Using Project Glad Strategies In The Teaching Of Literacy Genres To Second Grade Bilingual Students, Socorro Arellano
Theses Digitization Project
The project provides second grade teachers at the Perris Elementary School District with teaching approaches, tools, and strategies that have been proven to increase comprehension skills in English language learners (ELL) when teaching literary genres. Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) offers an alternative curriculum to the scripted curriculum as required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Correlation Between Social Support, Socioeconomic Status And Psychological Well-Being Among Hispanic Adolescent Females, Xochitl Margarita Alvarez, Marcela Mercado
The Correlation Between Social Support, Socioeconomic Status And Psychological Well-Being Among Hispanic Adolescent Females, Xochitl Margarita Alvarez, Marcela Mercado
Theses Digitization Project
The specific purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between social support, socioeconomic status and psychological well-being among Hispanic adolescent females. In examining these specific variables, the researchers obtained a clearer picture as to the predictors that influence Hispanic adolescent female's psychological well-being.
Development Of A Strategic Plan For The Highland Environmental Learning Center, Jessica Ann Sutorus
Development Of A Strategic Plan For The Highland Environmental Learning Center, Jessica Ann Sutorus
Theses Digitization Project
The project focuses on the development of a strategic plan for the Highland Environmental Learning Center (HELC), the completely integrated environmental learning center located in the Highland Branch Library of the San Bernardino County Library system. The plan was developed through the investigation of other nature centers, interpretive centers, and environmental learning centers to help define the purpose and mission for environmental education in a non-formal setting. It is also meant to serve as a guideline for future programming, budgeting, promotion, and staffing of HELC. The plan supports HELC's goal to foster environmental sensitivity and environmentally responsible citizenship.
Top-Down Modulation By Medial Prefrontal Cortex Of Basal Forebrain Activation Of Auditory Cortex During Learning, Candice Monique Chavez
Top-Down Modulation By Medial Prefrontal Cortex Of Basal Forebrain Activation Of Auditory Cortex During Learning, Candice Monique Chavez
Theses Digitization Project
The experiment tested the hypothesis that the acetylcholine (ACh) release in the rat auditory cortex is greater in rats undergoing auditory classical conditioning compared to rats in a truly random control paradigm where no associative learning takes place and that this is mediated by prefrontal afferent projections influencing the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM), which in turn modulates ACh release in neocortex. Rats with bilateral ibotenic acid lesions of medial prefrontal and agranular insular cortices were tested in an auditory classical conditioning task while ACh was collected from the primary auditory cortex. It was hypothesized that lesions of these prefrontal areas …
A Teacher's Handbook Post-Traumatic Vision Syndrome: Awareness, Assessments, Accommodations, Elaine Ruth Lewis
A Teacher's Handbook Post-Traumatic Vision Syndrome: Awareness, Assessments, Accommodations, Elaine Ruth Lewis
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project is to construct a handbook for pre-school, elementary and middle school teachers that will provide the information essential in developing an awareness of the signs and symptoms of a traumatic brain related to a ocular motor injury. Also included in the handbook are recommended assessments and accommodations that can be utilized in the management of PTVS.
Prevalence Of Depression Among Adolescent Males In Residential Treatment, Keri Nicole Chavez, Alexa Joy Perez
Prevalence Of Depression Among Adolescent Males In Residential Treatment, Keri Nicole Chavez, Alexa Joy Perez
Theses Digitization Project
Examines the prevalence of depression among delinquent adolescent boys placed in a residential placement facility located in Yucaipa, California and managed by Trinity Children and Family Services, a non-profit organization. The Beck Depression Inventory was administered to 54 randomly selected boys (ages 12-18) of different ethnic backgrounds. Independent variables included length of time in the group home, the level of support from the family and the number of visitations the client received from family or other support systems. Results indicated that (1) White adolescents experience the highest levels of depression, (2) there was no difference in regards to depression in …