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Climate Analysis Using Tree-Rings From The Wind River Range, Wyoming, Derek Richards

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study utilizes tree‐rings from the Wind River Range to determine past climates in this region of Wyoming and how they may have been affected by climate oscillations connected to the Pacific Ocean, such as El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). The research considers what type(s) of past climatic cycles can be found in a roughly 500‐year series of tree‐rings collected from the Southeast Wind River Range using dendroclimatology and spectral analysis. It includes the reconstructed past temperature and precipitation data and how these compare with other reconstructions near the study area. The tree‐rings were found to …

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Graduate Student Perceptions Of The Use Of Online Course Tools To Support Engagement, Stephanie B. King

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Graduate students in six online courses were asked to complete a questionnaire related to dimensions of engagement including participation and interaction, performance, studying, and relevance of material. Students were asked to indicate the importance of various online course features (e.g., online discussions) in enhancing their engagement in each dimension using a Likert scale. Twenty-six (29%) students completed the questionnaire. Students rated most course management system features as extremely important or very important. When the ratings for the four engagement areas were grouped by course site feature, the feature with the highest mean rating was “instructor feedback on assignments/assessments.” The feature …

Learning Experiences In An International Email Exchange Project, Hyong S. Yeom, Hwa-Ok Bae, Carrie Mccann

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study examines students’ learning experience in a semester-long email exchange project as a normal class activity between U.S. and Korean social work undergraduate students in fall 2008 and fall 2009. We used a content analysis to analyze the qualitative data of the email content and of the end-of-semester surveys. The study found this email exchange helped students develop cross-cultural understanding; enhance their knowledge of social or social justice issues in both countries; learn the social work profession and its commonalities and differences in both countries; and expand their interest in other countries. This study also suggests ways to modify …

Assessing The Effectiveness Of Reality-Based Focusing Events Across The Curriculum, Eloy Nunez, Ernest G. Vendrell, Nancy Ryan

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

A mythical Democratic-Republican National Convention (DRNC) was created as a focusing event which serves as the overarching theme for all newly redesigned courses in the graduate Criminal Justice Department at Saint Leo University. The study examines the effectiveness of focusing events in a graduate level curriculum. Students in the newly redesigned DRNC courses were surveyed. The results indicate that the overarching theme was perceived as being a valuable learning tool. The respondents indicated that the DRNC scenarios were highly realistic and would strengthen decision-making skills in their individual criminal justice careers. Somewhat surprising was the finding that the newly designed …

Course-Based Civic Engagement: Understanding Student Perspectives And Outcomes, Leila R. Brammer, Anna Morton

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Student reflections on course-based civic engagement provide insights into their experiences and can be a useful foundation for crafting assignments to meet student needs. Rich student narratives emerged from of an immersive semester-long community-based project in a public advocacy course. Although a number of interesting findings, including insights about student learning, personal growth, and empowerment, are embedded in the reflections, this paper focuses on how students described civic engagement, both their experiences and general conclusions about the nature of productive community involvement. Students identified five factors—research, collaboration, effort, passion, and responsibility—as useful and imperative for civic engagement.

The Effect Of Instructor Title On Student Instructional Expectations, Katharina Denise Kendall, Elisabeth E. Schussler

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study investigated undergraduate pre-semester instructional expectations of two types of introductory biology course instructors based on four titles (faculty member [FM], graduate teaching assistant [GTA], lecture instructor, laboratory instructor). Data were collected via an online survey administered before students had met their instructors. All students enrolled in first-semester non-majors and majors introductory biology were invited to participate, and 199 students completed the survey. Results identified different instructional expectations for instructors based on the four titles. Significantly, students anticipated differences between FMs and lecture instructors, and GTAs and lab instructors, despite these being the same individual. These results suggest that …

Using Clickers To Collect Formative Feedback On Teaching: A Tool For Faculty Development, Erica Gunn

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Incorporation of clicker technology in an introductory chemistry class is described as a method for collecting and automatically tabulating student feedback for use in formative faculty development. Students are polled in real-time on issues of classroom management and the success of various teaching methods. Tabulated data is displayed on the classroom screen and used to facilitate classroom discussion. This method was introduced in a first-year general chemistry class for non-majors and resulted in unusually high student evaluation marks in categories related to communication with the instructor. The success of the method was evaluated using mid-semester and final student evaluations, informal …

A Multi-Case Study Of Student Perceptions Of Online Course Design Elements And Success, Liz Fayer Dr.

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Course design is viewed as a critical component of student success in online classes. The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to examine student perceptions of course design elements that supported student success. The study included three data sources for each of the three cases: responses to questionnaires, written responses during online peer discussions, and course data/documents. The course studied was a prerequisite to student teaching in the post-baccalaureate online teacher certification program at a small, rural, Midwestern university. Guiding this research was the idea that a fundamental pedagogical shift is needed for online student success due to …

‘Methodologically Sound’ Under The ‘Big Tent’: An Ongoing Conversation, Nancy L. Chick

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This essay synthesizes ongoing conversations as it explores the third and arguably most complicated of Peter Felten’s “Principles of Good Practice in SoTL,” “methodologically sound.”

Creating A Transformational Learning Experience: Immersing Students In An Intensive Interdisciplinary Learning Environment, Shelley K. White, Mindell Reiss Nitkin

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The Simmons World Challenge is a unique, interdisciplinary program recently developed at Simmons College. It immerses students in an intensive winter-session course that challenges them to tackle a pressing social issue, such as poverty or hunger, and create actionable solutions to the problem. The program was conceived and designed to harness the strengths of pedagogical theories on transformational teaching and learning. This article describes the Simmons World Challenge and presents assessment findings from the program’s third iteration in 2013, as well as on the long-term impact of the program based on follow-up assessments with the first two cohorts of students. …

A Sense Of Belonging: How Student Feelings Correlate With Learning About Race, Cyndi Kernahan, Wei Zheng, Tricia Davis

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Learning about race and racism can be a difficult process. Previous work has shown that courses in this area can help to increase awareness of racial bias and discrimination, but less work has focused on how that change occurs. We hypothesized that feelings of belonging within the classroom could correlate with student learning and our results indeed showed a strong correlation among these factors. Across three courses, all focused on race and diversity, feelings of belonging predicted not only perceptions of learning, but also graded forms of learning and increases in racial awareness. Results are discussed in terms of the …

Introductory Biology Course Reform: A Tale Of Two Courses, Michele I. Shuster Phd, Ralph Preszler

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Over the past eight years we have undertaken iterative cycles of course reform in two introductory biology courses: Biology 111 and Biology 211. Our revisions of these formerly “traditional” lecture courses have included in-class case studies with and without peer facilitators and peer-facilitated small-group workshops.

Based on analyses of overall pass rates, as well as pass rates by gender and by underrepresented minority (URM) status, we have found that there are differences in the effectiveness of alternative course models in the two courses. In Biol 111, required peer-facilitated workshops improved overall student performance, especially for URM and female students (Preszler, …

Improving Mathematics: An Examination Of The Effects Of Specific Cognitive Abilities On College-Age Students’ Mathematics Achievement, Gordon E. Taub, Nicholas Benson, Judit Szente

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study investigated the effects of general intelligence and seven specific cognitive abilities on college-age students’ mathematics achievement. The present investigation went beyond previous research by employing structural equation modeling. It also represents the first study to examine the direct and indirect effects of general and specific cognitive abilities, simultaneously, on the mathematics achievement of college-age students. A model developed using the Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of intelligence was the theoretical model used in all analyses. Data from 1,054 college-age students who participated in the standardization of the Woodcock–Johnson III (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mather, 2001) were divided into a calibration sample set …

Employing Concept Mapping As A Pre-Writing Strategy To Help Efl Learners Better Generate Argumentative Compositions, Ibrahim M. R. Al-Shaer Ph.D.

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of employing concept mapping at a pre-writing stage on English as a foreign language (EFL) students' ability to generate better argumentative essays. Thirty-eight participants were randomly assigned to two groups participating in Writing II course at Al-Quds Open University (QOU). Both groups had the same teacher. The control group received instruction as required in the textbook only, and the experimental group were additionally required to construct concept maps at the pre-writing stage and compose essays based on the constructed maps. All participants were required to sit for pre- and post-tests …

Students Perceptions Of Volunteering During The First Two Years Of Studying A Social Work Degree, Sherryl Gaston Ms, Mellissa L. Kruger Ms

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

There are benefits to volunteering for both the community and the student undertaking the volunteering, it can help to enhance the students understanding of the area they are moving into, or it can show them where they do not want to work. It can assist the student to connect with the community and develop an awareness of the society around them. In most social work programs in Australia there is no practical experience until the last half of the program. This study wanted to identify if social work students undertaking volunteer work during the first two years of their course, …

Reconciling Apples & Oranges: A Constructivist Sotl Writing Program, Nancy L. Chick, La Vonne Cornell-Swanson, Katina Lazarides, Renee Meyers

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Faculty new to SoTL, especially when they consider writing for publication, often react by focusing on how different it is—apples and oranges—from their familiar disciplinary processes and products. Although there are indeed significant differences between individual disciplines and SoTL, appealing to the similarities can demystify SoTL as disciplinary experts reach out of their comfort zones and into areas of research and writing that often make them doubt themselves. We fill a gap in the SoTL literature by describing how to go from data analysis to publication in SoTL. We also report on our descriptive study delving into the complexities of …

An Applied Learning Experience Field Research And Reporting At The 2012 National Party Conventions, Carolyn S. Carlson, Joshua N. Azriel, Jeff Dewitt, Kerwin Swint

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Scholarship in teaching and learning demonstrates how academic understanding may be best achieved, and values of civic engagement best inculcated, when class materials are delivered within a experiential context. The goal for instructors, therefore, is to develop pedagogic techniques and teaching platforms that enhance learning by doing by directly engaging students with educational content. Courses that focus on American political processes provide especially fruitful opportunities for such applied learning experiences. In this paper, we discuss and assess experiential learning as facilitated in a pair of undergraduate courses taught at a southern state university that focused on the study of American …

Time Efficiency, Written Feedback, And Student Achievement In Inquiry-Oriented Biology Labs, John M. Basey, Anastasia P. Maines, Clinton D. Francis

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We examined how different styles of written feedback by graduate-student teaching assistants (GTAs) in college intro biology lab (USA) influenced student achievement and related the different styles to time efficiency. We quantified GTA feedback on formative lab reports and student achievement on two different types of assessments, a quiz in 2010 and a summative lab report in 2011. We evaluated the extent to which three categories of written feedback impacted student achievement (grade discrepancy between actual and ideal, short direct comments, and in-depth explanatory comments). Student achievement was best explained by both grade discrepancy and short direct comments in 2010 …

Assessing The Impact Of A K-12 Engagement Program On Graduate Learning Outcomes For Communicating With Diverse Audiences, Pedagogy, And Community Engagement, Faith Weeks, Jon Harbor

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

A large midwestern university has developed a program that places graduate students in middle school classrooms to enhance the graduate students’ communication skills with diverse audiences, develop pedagogical knowledge, and provide a foundation for effective future K-12 engagement. After observing and co-teaching, participants develop and implement a standards- and inquiry-based lesson that brings their graduate research theme into the classroom. To provide insights into impacts on graduate students, qualitative methods were used to identify emergent themes in narratives written by graduate student participants. Major themes included new awareness of challenges in effective teaching for diverse audiences, insight into effective strategies …

Investigating Transnational Collaboration Of Faculty Development And Learning: An Argument For Making Learning Culturally Relevant, Dr. Janine F. Allen

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Professional development offered to higher education faculty is meant to enhance pedagogy and improve practice. Inspired by a transnational partnership in Southeast Asia, this study aimed to discover how teacher education faculty perceived faculty development offered to them by university partnership colleagues from the United States. Survey findings indicate that certain faculty development strategies improved teaching and assessment practices and enhanced self-reflection. However, evidence also showed some negative faculty perceptions in relation to the US partner’s methodologies, and qualitative responses indicated a lack of relevancy to the Southeastern Asia context. Furthermore, negative correlations were found between faculty development workshops and …

So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes That Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness For Field Experiences, Denise Mcdonald, Michele Kahn

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper discusses and examines the effectiveness of course assignments designed to promote reflection processes and critical thinking of pre-service teachers. Specifically, the study explores and identifies the range of students’ level of reflectivity and critical examination of their own developing pedagogy, with foci on content knowledge, dispositions and teaching skills. In general, initial findings indicate students’ levels of reflectivity ranged from “self” to “outside of self” to “beyond self” concerns or focus. Analysis further revealed that the students’ existing epistemological beliefs possibly mediate their level of reflectivity by either inhibiting the reflective process (most evident with those focused on …

Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting As Left Lateral Rectus Palsy, Daniel Tseytlin Do, Usman Shah Md

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Educating Apostles Of The Homeland: Tourism And "Honismeret" In Interwar Hungary, Andrew Behrendt

History and Political Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Promoters of domestic tourism in Hungary between the world wars laid blame for poor business at the feet of many causes. But their loudest and most persistent accusation was that Hungarians did not travel their homeland because they did not properly “know it.” At the same time, geographers, educators, and politicians made the nearly identical claim that Hungarians were lacking in honismeret, or “knowledge of one’s homeland,” and needed to banish their ignorance if they were to truly and adequately love their country. This article explores one confluence of these two streams. Between 1934 and 1942, metropolitan authorities sponsored an …

Numerical Analysis Of The Fractional Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation, Kyle Thicke

Honors Academy

Fractional partial differential equations (PDEs) have found success in recent decades in modeling several different phenomena in science and engineering. Analytic solutions for fractional PDEs are rare, so numerical approximations are often used instead. In the literature, few numerical methods for solving fractional PDEs with Riesz space fractional derivatives have been proposed. In particular, we are aware of no energy conserving method for solving the fractional nonlinear Schrodinger equation. We remedy this situation by modifing two methods found in the literature so that they are energy conserving. The first method which we call the Crank-Nicolson L2 method is proven to …

Unilateral Trade Information Disclosure And The Prohibition Of Anti-Competitive Agreements, Paulina Korycińska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Information exchange between competitors has been the focus of antitrust authorities for a long time. Information disclosure may be anti-competitive in nature at least in two different ways. On the one hand, information exchange may constitute an autonomous competition restricting practice. Most of the cases, however, it is only a part of a broader anti-competitive agreement. It is noticeable that recently antitrust authorities not only analyze the phenomenon of multilateral information exchange, but also increasingly tackle the issue of unilateral information disclosure with anti-competitive effects. The purpose of this article is to discuss unilateral information disclosure by competitors and attempt …

Illegal Agreements Restricting Parallel Trade Of Pharmaceuticals In The Light Of Eu Competition Law, Michał Nowakowski

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Parallel trade of pharmaceutical products is a particularly interesting aspect of European competition law. The increasing role of parallel trade is also of significance to the producers of pharmaceuticals, as it results in the lowering of their profits. Due to the existence of parallel trade within the EU, the supervisory role of antitrust authorities and courts over competition law compliance is of essence. This article analyses anti-competitive agreements concerning the limitation of parallel trade and attempts to assess their legal and social status. Described is also one of the most relevant judgments of the European Court of Justice concerning this …

Turkish Competition Law – Selected Issues, Marlena Kadej-Barwik

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

This publication presents selected issues concerning Turkish competition law – a country that has for many years, and so far unsuccessfully, been aspiring to join the EU. The article aims to present the readers with both the provisions of substantive law (aim of antitrust law, its scope, authorities responsible for the enforcement of the prohibitions of restrictive practices, nature of the sanctions imposed on undertakings for antitrust infringements), as well as rules of procedural nature (mode of conduct, rights and obligations of participating parties). Outlined is also the issue of civil damages claimed by entities that have been harmed as …

Surrounding The Act On Consumer And Competition Protection – Review Of Amendments To Polish Legal Provisions In 2013, Anna Piszcz

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

This article acts as a continuation of earlier overviews covering the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 published in iKAR in biennium 2012-2013. Analyzed here are the 2013 amendments to the legal provisions of the regulation on the exemption of certain categories of vertical agreements from the prohibition of agreements restricting competition. Presented also are developments in the area of non-binding guidelines of the UOKiK President