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Low Parental Health Literacy: A Pediatric Nursing Concern, Eileen K. Fry-Bowers

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to provide the pediatric nurse with information regarding low parental health literacy (HL) and its impact on pediatric health outcomes. Clinical assessment of HL versus adoption of a "universal precautions" approach to health care communication will be discussed. Evidence-based interventions for clear communication to parents at risk for low HL will be presented.

Background: Health literacy (HL), which comprises numerous skills beyond those of reading and writing, including speaking, listening, and numeracy, allows individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health …

Health Care In Global Context: Service Learning To Increase Cultural Competency In Migrant Latino Health, Jean Ann Davison

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

Purpose: To describe a seven year interprofessional service learning course to increase students' understanding of migrant Latino health. When training health care providers, the service-learning approach is an innovative pedagogical strategy that benefits both patients and students by creating collaborative partnerships among health professions schools, healthcare organizations and other community settings.

Background: According to the 2010 US Census report, the Hispanic/Latino population accounted for over half of the 27.3 million increase in the total US population. The US Department of Health and Human Services have set forth national standards on culturally and linguistically …

Transitions Of South Sudanese Refugees: Reaching For A Better Life In America, Rebecca Randall, Paula Carson, Thomas E. Stenvig, Marlys J. Bohn

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: A qualitative approach was used to develop grounded theory that describes the transition process of South Sudanese refuges who have resettled in the United States. Three focus groups, attended by a total of 18 participants, explored the transition process. The data was analyzed using constant comparative methods which included open, axial, selective, and theoretical coding. Results indicated that brought beliefs, expectations, and abilities conflicted with the reality of resettlement, including social and cultural aspects of the resettlement process. Former refugees identified reaching for a better life amidst the clash of being understood and …

Are Your Multiple-Choice Tests "Fit"? Using The Fairness Of Items Tool (Fit) As A Component Of The Test Development Process, Nikole Anderson Hicks

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Purpose: This presentation will discuss the development, validation, and implementation of the Fairness of Items Tool (FIT) for its use by nurse educators as a component of the test development process to improve the quality of multiple-choice examinations. The FIT provides clear and concise guidelines for nursing faculty to use in developing unbiased test items.

Background: Multiple-choice examinations are a common assessment method used in nursing programs, and conclusions based on these assessments have high stakes consequences. Faculty members therefore have an obligation to ensure that tests are valid and reliable assessments of …

Putting It All Together: Integrating Multiple Evidence-Based Core Competencies From Across The Spectrum To Redevelop Community Health Online Rn-Bsn Courses, Melissa D. Myers, Leslie B. Schoenberg

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

Three (3) Measurable Objectives: Describe how the American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN), Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for Public Health Nursing (2013) can be integrated into an online Community Health (CH) course for RN-BSN students. Examine the process of incorporating Master Instruction, Quality Matters, and the Nurse of the Future into an online RN-BSN CH course. Demonstrate the use of concept mapping of the CH course outcomes with BSN Essentials and core competencies.

Purpose, Aims, Background, Problem: Public health nursing is evolving due to a paradigm shift emphasizing population health, …

The Taiwanese-American Perspective On Discrimination In English Language Teaching, Kuan Cheng Song

Master's Theses

This is a qualitative study examining the perspectives of five Taiwanese-American English teachers on their experiences of discrimination in the English language-teaching field of Taiwan. An extensive amount of literature has been written about the nativeness paradigm and its effect on the English language-teaching field, but the Taiwanese-American experience concerning those issues has yet to be explored. The study used Asian Critical Race Theory, Social Identity Theory and Asian American Racial Identity Theory to analyze the history of English language teaching in Taiwan, the critical studies on native and non-native English language teachers and the social issues affecting Asian Americans …

Exploring Transnational Economic, Social, And Political Participation Of Mexican Immigrants In Oregon, Anabel López Salinas

Dissertations and Theses

Using a mixed methods approach and expanding on the literature on immigrants' transnational civic engagement, this research explores the paths and barriers to Mexican immigrant civic, economic, political, and social engagement in both immigrants' communities of origin in Mexico and communities of residence in Oregon, a relatively new destination for Mexican immigrants. The majority of the adult Mexican population only arrived to the state of Oregon over the last 15 years. Today Latinos represent the largest racial-ethnic minority, twelve percent of the state population, with Mexicans making up 90 percent of this Latino population. Most of the Mexican immigrants in …

The Effect Of Information Processing Strategies On The Achievement Of Arabic Grammar Rules Among Fourth-Grade Literary Students, Abdul Zahra Lafta Aday Al-Badran, Aref Hatem Hadi Al-Jubouri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Arabic language is a tool of communication that God Almighty has clothed in the garment of holiness when He chose it from among the languages ​​of mankind to be spoken in the Arabic tongue. He imposed it as a means of communication between Him and His servant. Prayer is not valid without it, in addition to all of His rulings: transactions and worship. A language of this status must have guardians who preserve and serve it, in accordance with the Almighty’s saying: “Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur’an and indeed, We will be its guardian” (Al-Hijr: …

The Morphological Significance Of Vowel Words In Arabic: A Study In The Book “Fiqh Al-Lughah” By Al-Tha’Alibi, Razak Jafar Abdul Hussein, Zainab Eidans Halil

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

It's no secret that morphological forms are semantic structures. Transforming a word into different structures for various meanings is the practical meaning of morphology. Our ancient scholars investigated the semantic connotations specific to morphological forms and identified the difference between linguistic meaning and morphological meaning—that is, the meaning of the form or structure. They also highlighted the critical role morphological forms play in identifying the boundaries between words in context. (2) And it is what Ibn Jinni (392 AH) called artificial meaning. So he said in the chapter on verbal, artificial and semantic meaning: Know that each one of these …

Pro Bono Legal Services: The Silent Majority—A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective, Victor Marrero

Fordham Urban Law Journal

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Risd Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective Program, Agnieszka Taborska, Bill Newkirk, Risd Archives

RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective

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Risd Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective Poster, Agnieszka Taborska, Bill Newkirk, Risd Archives

RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective

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Risd Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective Poster, Agnieszka Taborska, Bill Newkirk, Risd Archives

RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective

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Risd Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective Program, Agnieszka Taborska, Bill Newkirk, Risd Archives

RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 Retrospective

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Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis From A Realist Perspective, Hyeseung Jeong, Juliana Othman

The Qualitative Report

The article presents how a study that investigated the acquisition of second language academic literacy skills practised the qualitative methodology, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), from a realist perspective. We share the rationale behind the methodological decisions made in the study, which is followed by a detailed description of the methodological practice. In addition, the evaluation of the study against the realist criteria is reported, and some implications of using IPA based on realism for educational research are discussed. Overall, we suggest that IPA practice from a realist perspective helps go beyond postmodernism paradigms that seems to exert considerable influence on …

The Biliteracy Achievement Of Latino English Learners In Two-Way Immersion Elementary Programs, Olga Grimalt Moraga

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This normative comparative study sought to compare the reading achievement, in English and Spanish, of Latino English learners in a 50/50 two-way immersion (TWI) bilingual program to Latino English learners in a 90/10 TWI program. The scores from 55 students across four TWI programs, two 50/50 and two 90/10, were analyzed. The principal from each school was also interviewed.

Quantitative data from the district’s reading Benchmark Book Test, California Standards Test/English Language Arts and Standards-based Test in Spanish were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA, Bonferroni Post Hoc and Chi Square to compare the means between the students’ reading achievement in …

Resiliency Of Latino High School Students: The Impact Of External And Internal Factors, Diana Marie Lucero

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated factors promoting academic resiliency within Latino students at an urban high school in the Los Angeles area. The criteria of “on-track” to graduate served as the operational definition of academic resilience. A total of 92 students completed the survey. Of these, 57 were on-track to graduate and 35 students were “not on-track” to graduate. The California Healthy Kids Survey: Resiliency & Youth Development Module (WestEd, 2008a) was the instrument employed to obtain quantitative data using three external protective factors (caring relationships, high expectations, and meaningful participation) and three internal protective factors (social competence, autonomy and sense of …

Organizational Assimilation Through Heritage Language Programming: Reconciling Justice And Bilingualism, Ricardo José Pedroarias

LMU Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to analyze the effectiveness of a heritage language Spanish program from the standpoint of organizational, curricular, and cocurricular practices. In this study, heritage language study was defined as having an emphasis on maintaining cultural awareness and language needs (Beaudrie, 2009) through cultural mediation, in which the experiences and identity of students are developed as areas of strength in the educational experience (Bennett, 2003; Gollnick & Chinn, 2004; Lovelace & Wheeler, 2006). The setting for this mixed-methodology study was an all-male Catholic secondary school. The participants in this study numbered 78 students in the …

Youth, Social Networking, And Resistance: A Case Study On A Multidimensional Approach To Resistance, David Scozzaro

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This exploratory case study focused on youth and resistance that was aided by the use of technology. The combination of resistance and technology expanded a multidimensional framework and leads to new insight into transformative resistance.

This study examined the framework of transformative resistance based on Solórzano and Delgado Bernal’s (2001) findings. Specific interest centered on learning how and why youth used MySpace to organize student walkouts in protest of House Resolution 4437 in late March 2006, ultimately amassing 40,000 students in Los Angeles. Another purpose was to create a framework for ways in which educators can meaningfully embrace the combination …

“This Is Our Life. We Can’T Drive Home.” An Analysis Of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy As Perceived By Elementary Teachers, Students And Families In An Urban Charter School, Elaine Azalia Mcneil-Girmai

LMU Theses and Dissertations

As schools have become more diverse ethnically and linguistically, the likelihood of cultural mismatches among students, families, and teachers has increased (Frank, 1999). Culturally relevant pedagogy has at its core the understanding that incorporating students‘ culture into the practices of the school and the classroom through culturally relevant curriculum is likely to improve student cooperation, inspire a greater understanding of the educational program, and increase academic outcomes (Brown, 2004). These pedagogies have the potential to be a vital tool toward closing the achievement gap, yet the practices associated with them are in danger of meeting the same fate as multicultural …

Parents’ Perceptions Of Partners In Print, A Family Literacy Program, Rebecca Jane Godbey

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Partners in Print, a family literacy program, was brought to the urban elementary school in this study to educate and empower kindergarten and first grade parents to promote literacy development at home. This research aimed to explore the impact of participation in this program after consistent participation by utilizing a one-group pre-test, post-test research design. The Parent Empowerment and Home Literacy Environment Survey, which included both structured and unstructured questions, was administered before and after participation in the program to elicit notions of parent empowerment and growth in the home literacy environment. Parent participants also completed a document review of …

College Knowledge: How Immigrant Latino Parents Access Information, Ana F. Ponce

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Among ethnic groups in California Latinos continue to have the lowest high school graduation rates and the lowest college completion rates. This study focused on understanding the role parents can play and ways schools and educators can support immigrant Latino parents to improve these rates.

Framed with a funds of knowledge approach (Gonzalez, N., Moll, L., & Amanti, C., 2005), this mixed-methods qualitative and quantitative study was conducted in a public charter high school in a low income area of Los Angeles where the student body was primarily Latino. The mission of the school was to prepare students for higher …

Male Chinese Student Transitions To Life In An American Secondary Catholic Boarding School, Matthew R. Mallon

LMU Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the perceived experience of Chinese students during their first year attending a Catholic co-educational boarding and day school in the United States. Data collection included semi-structured interviews of five current students, a faculty and staff questionnaire, and an analysis of the schedule of events for the new boarding student orientation. The data was analyzed using the inductive method for data analysis. The data showed that Chinese students face challenges in four key areas: 1) academic adjustment; 2) social adjustment; 3) emotional support; and 4) developing autonomy. Differences between Chinese culture and …

Schools Of Education In A New Era Of Accountability: A Case Study Of An Annual Report Process Used To Advance A Professional Learning Community, Manuel A. Aceves

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Institutions of higher education are entering a new era, one where cost, value, and quality are at the front of mind. To proactively ensure long-term viability, institutions must operate differently. This qualitative case study examined how the St. Alexander University School of Education’s Annual Report Process impacted institutional decision-making. Additionally, the study explored how the Annual Report Process could facilitate learning and improvement for a school of education.

Using the Professional Learning Community model as the conceptual framework, document analysis, process analysis, and semi-structured interviews were used as the primary methods for data collection. Using pattern analysis, four themes emerged …

Afrocentric Pedagogy As A Transformative Educational Practice, Miranda L. Ra'oof

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This mixed-methods study analyzed the effectiveness of the practices and attitudes of selected African American teachers who use culturally relevant and responsive Afrocentric pedagogies as the instructional foundation for improved academic outcomes with their African American students. The theory of Afrocentricity was used as the philosophical framework to study their pedagogy. Afrocentricity is a mode of thought and practice in which in African people are placed at the center of their own history and culture; engages them as subjects rather than objects; and approaches them with respect for their interests, values, and perspectives (Asante 1980, 2003). Concepts employed from this …

Examining English Language Development Among English Language Learners With Specific Learning Disability, Karla Vanessa Estrada

LMU Theses and Dissertations

As the population of English Language Learners (ELLs) continues to grow in schools, so does the concern for their lack of academic progress and the possible inequitable representation of this culturally and linguistically diverse population in special education (Artiles, Rueda, Salazar, & Higareda, 2005; Guiberson, 2009; Mac Swan & Rolstad, 2006; Rinaldi & Samson, 2008). Of particular concern is the increase of ELLs with an eligibility of Specific Learning Disability (SLD), especially when examined at the local level (Klinger, Artiles, & Barletta, 2006). To understand this phenomenon at the local level, this mixed-method study examined ELLs with SLD in a …

“We’Re Different Because We’Re Scholars”: A Case Study Of A College Access Program In South Los Angeles, Lizette Zarate

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This work is a case study focused on the practices of a comprehensive college access program that serves students in south Los Angeles that has maintained a high school graduation rate of 100% and a college matriculation rate of 98% since 1997. This study sought to utilize the voice and experience of students of color to discern the factors that are most effective in helping urban students of color and in turn, inform the future work of the college access community. The study was driven by the following research questions: a) which practices of a south Los Angeles college access …

Examining The Reliability And Validity Of Adept And Celdt: Comparing Two Assessments Of Oral Language Proficiency For English Language Learners, Gina Chavez

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Few classroom measures of English language proficiency have been evaluated for reliability and validity. Researchers have examined the concurrent and predictive validity of an oral language test, titled A Developmental English Language Proficiency Test (ADEPT), and the relationship to the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) in the receptive/listening and expressive/speaking domains. Four years of retroactive data representing 392 student records were obtained from a local urban school district in Los Angeles County with a significant proportion of English language learners. After preparing the data file for analysis, data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) …

The New Ecology Of Biliteracy In California: An Exploratory Study Of The Early Implementation Of The State Seal Of Biliteracy, Tanya Margarita Deleon

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Nearly 25,000 graduating high school students across California have earned state recognition for achieving proficiency in multiple languages in 2014. This exploratory, mixed-methods study investigated the early implementation of the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) in California. Sixty-two district personnel were surveyed, three SSB directors were interviewed, and a document review was conducted. Overall, the study revealed four themes that influence the implementation of the SSB at the district level: Intentional Creation of an Ecology of Biliteracy, Developing Notions for Biliteracy Scripts and Assessment, Privileging Sequential Biliteracy Development—Scarcity of Biliteracy Pathways, and Individual and Collective Agency for Biliteracy. Hornberger’s (2003) …

Breaking The “At Risk” Code: Deconstructing The Myth And The Label, Kara Christine Allen

LMU Theses and Dissertations

The term “at risk” is a label that is used to describe students who encompass a host of prominent socially and politically constructed titles that are intended to simplify student understanding and awareness and allow for clear reporting. The purpose of this study was to demythologize the concept of “at risk” by creating the conditions for student voice and critical dialogue to emerge, through the use of narrative inquiry. This research hoped to provide an outlet for young people to find and use their own voices, while finding their own place within their lived histories. The research also aimed to …