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Towards Building Intelligent Collaborative Problem Solving Systems, Dipesh Gautam Jan 2019

Towards Building Intelligent Collaborative Problem Solving Systems, Dipesh Gautam

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Historically, Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) systems were more focused on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) issues, such as providing good experience of communication among the participants. Whereas, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) focus both on HCI issues as well as leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in their intelligent agents. This dissertation seeks to minimize the gap between CPS systems and ITS by adopting the methods used in ITS researches. To move towards this goal, we focus on analyzing interactions with textual inputs in online learning systems such as DeepTutor and Virtual Internships (VI) to understand their semantics and underlying intents. In order …

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The Construction Of Systems Thinking Pedagogy During A Professional Development Institute, Gretchen S. Goode Jan 2019

The Construction Of Systems Thinking Pedagogy During A Professional Development Institute, Gretchen S. Goode

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The prevalence of systems thinking is growing in classrooms because of its inclusion in the Next Generation Science Standards and its potential as a tool for addressing complex, global problems (Capra & Luisi, 2014). While most of the research on systems thinking pedagogy targets the ways students develop system thinking skills (Cabrera & Cabrera, 2015; Curwen, Ardell, MacGillivray, & Lambert, 2018), this study explores teachers' construction of systems thinking as a pedagogy. Using social constructionism, discourse analysis, and systems theory, I conducted an exploratory case study to analyze how teachers privileged certain language and ways of knowing during a professional …

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Temples For Tomorrow: The Journal Fire!! And African American Modernism During The Harlem Renaissance, Ashley Goulder Jan 2019

Temples For Tomorrow: The Journal Fire!! And African American Modernism During The Harlem Renaissance, Ashley Goulder

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This dissertation explores the one-issue Fire!! created, edited, and published by Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Bennett, Aaron Douglas, and Richard Bruce Nugent in 1926 - during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. By giving a close examination of the short stories, plays, poems, editorials, and illustrations included in the journal, I examine the editorial and aesthetic choices of the younger generation of artists and their collective effort to broaden the perspectives and representations of African Americans in art and in culture. By publishing a journal outside of the constraints of the race leaders social science journals …

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"Repossessing Her Self-Possession": A Lesson In Communal Pedagogy, Crystal Dekesha Harris Jan 2019

"Repossessing Her Self-Possession": A Lesson In Communal Pedagogy, Crystal Dekesha Harris

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This dissertation uses historical and literary mediums to assign pedagogical skills and communal benefit to African American female subjugation and labor typically associated with turmoil, ignominy, and struggle. Accordingly, Black feminist commentary (Lorde) is in conversation with theories of pedagogy (hooks, Ladson-Billings, Dewey) as well as literary philosophy and criticism (Bakhtin, Baraka) about the particular ways each field of study contribute to the analysis of twentieth century African American literature but also provide specific methods for Black communities to construct, implement, and sustain educational principles throughout time. Using the term communal pedagogy, I argue that African American culture has an …

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Invisible In Plain Sight: The Lived Experiences Of Black Female Graduates Of Private Schools, Teresa Leary Jenkins Jan 2019

Invisible In Plain Sight: The Lived Experiences Of Black Female Graduates Of Private Schools, Teresa Leary Jenkins

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This qualitative study was an examination of the lived experiences of 12 Black female graduates of P-12 private schools in the United States to understand the nature and essence of their schooling experiences. The objective of this research was to understand what happens to Black female students in private schools and what that experience means to them, either positively or negatively. The phenomenological research and composite narrative design entailed conducting semistructured interviews. The criterion-based sample gathered using the snowball method included 12 participants who identified as Black female graduates of P-12 private schools in the United States.The study supported the …

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Borders As Documents Of Violence: Colonial Cartography And The Epidermal Border, Kalemba Kimera Kizito Jan 2019

Borders As Documents Of Violence: Colonial Cartography And The Epidermal Border, Kalemba Kimera Kizito

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This dissertation analyzes the role of violence as constitutive and integral to border experiences. I focus on my lived experiences through transnational interaction with borders as analytical texts through which I realize that I am and have always been branded a Black man. I analyze the role of colonial cartography in the construction of the racialized body in Half of A Yellow Sun (2013) by relating the contrived mapping of Africa as symbolic of the mapping of race on to the black body. I also analyze the fixity of the colonial gaze in The Last King of Scotland (2006), focusing …

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Teachers Meaning-Making Process Of Yoga As An Embodied Self-Regulation Tool In High School Environments: The High School Yoga Mat Study, Andrea Paige Pirkey Jan 2019

Teachers Meaning-Making Process Of Yoga As An Embodied Self-Regulation Tool In High School Environments: The High School Yoga Mat Study, Andrea Paige Pirkey

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In yoga-research applied to education, yoga is viewed as an embodied self-regulation (ESR) tool to benefit students and teachers thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiology. Yoga is being widely implemented into schools to facilitate academic and non-academic growth and development. Teachers are essential in providing yoga as an ESR tools to students and supporting ESR development. To understand yoga as a tool for teaching and learning ESR, this research explores three areas: (1) initial phase of introducing and educating teachers about school-based, yoga program implementation; (2) the complexities of teachers meaning-making (M-M) and learning process in understanding yoga as a tool; …

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Targeting Self-Critical Thoughts In The Treatment Of Non-Sucidal Self-Injury In Adolescents: Accentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative, William Ramsey Jan 2019

Targeting Self-Critical Thoughts In The Treatment Of Non-Sucidal Self-Injury In Adolescents: Accentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative, William Ramsey

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The primary purpose of this investigation was to examine the added benefit of directly targeting self-critical thoughts in the treatment of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in youth undergoing Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A). This was a randomized study of 40 adolescents with recent engagement in NSSI at a partial hospitalization program using DBT-A. This study utilized an additive component treatment design with randomization to either DBT-A or DBT-A Plus. All study participants received the full DBT-A protocol, and those randomized to the DBT-A Plus condition received a brief cognitive intervention developed to decrease self-critical thoughts in adolescents. Of the 40 …

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The Relation Among Phonological Processing, Oral And Silent Reading Fluency, And Reading Comprehension For Students With Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Investigation, Melissa Fetterer Robinson Jan 2019

The Relation Among Phonological Processing, Oral And Silent Reading Fluency, And Reading Comprehension For Students With Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Investigation, Melissa Fetterer Robinson

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among phonological skills, oral and silent reading fluency, and reading comprehension for a longitudinal sample of students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia. Only two studies to date have modeled the relation between oral and silent reading fluency and comprehension, of which only one addressed phonological processing. No studies to date have modeled these relations in students with dyslexia. Participants in this study were 104 students in grades 2-5 with dyslexia, who were administered oral and silent reading fluency and comprehension assessments and selected phonological processing measures at the beginning …

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Constructing Black Mothers As Educational Leaders: A Source Of Knowledge And Theory, Sheron T. Davenport Jan 2019

Constructing Black Mothers As Educational Leaders: A Source Of Knowledge And Theory, Sheron T. Davenport

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This dissertation follows a three article format. The articles represent a building upon research with the first article exploring the history of Black women leadership in the U.S. and the need to incorporate the leadership traits of Black mothers in educational leadership. The second article, through critical phenomenological inquiry, allows current college students from urban k-12 institutions to construct their mothers as educational leaders and identify traits that formal educational leaders should adopt. The third article expounds upon the lived experiences of Black students and the critical care leadership necessary to ensure their academic success. Care in education and education …

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Sleep Matters For Adolescents To Rise And Thrive: A Brief Motivational Intervention For Short Sleep Among Adolescents With Large Bodies, Kristina Decker Jan 2019

Sleep Matters For Adolescents To Rise And Thrive: A Brief Motivational Intervention For Short Sleep Among Adolescents With Large Bodies, Kristina Decker

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Sleep plays an essential role in health and well-being throughout the lifespan. Short sleep duration (< 8 hours/night) is highly prevalent among adolescents and is associated with a myriad of problematic psychosocial and physical health outcomes including obesity. There are a number of mutable, behavioral predictors known to be associated with short sleep; however, interventions targeting these behaviors to increase sleep duration are either limited or yield inconsistent findings. Researchers suggest that Motivational Interviewing (MI) interventions may be a feasible and acceptable means to improve sleep duration, yet no known research has examined MI to improve sleep duration among adolescents with large bodies. The purpose of the current study was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a brief, individually-delivered, MI intervention that utilized tailored feedback and values-based strategies to improve sleep among adolescents with large bodies. Thirteen adolescents (aged 13-18; 62% female; 77% Black; Mage=15.2) with large bodies and self-reported short sleep participated in an MI intervention incorporating personalized sleep feedback generated from weeklong monitoring via sleep diary and Fitbit. The present study employed a one-group design with pre-test/post-test assessment to examine the feasibility and acceptability of this brief MI intervention. Session attendance was feasible given high retention from baseline to post-intervention (100%) and follow-up (92%, N=12). Monitoring sleep via Fitbit was acceptable and moderately feasible, while sleep diary completion was neither. Regarding intervention content, teens found personalized sleep feedback helpful and activities easy to understand. From baseline to six-week follow-up, teens reported improvements on perceived importance of sleeping more as well as increased confidence in their ability to get more sleep and readiness to sleep more. Findings support the feasibility and acceptability of an MI intervention for short sleep among teens with large bodies and will be used to inform future intervention development and adaptation for use in a randomized controlled trial. The brevity and practicality of this intervention also enhances long-term sustainability and ease of integration into busy multidisciplinary clinics.

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Stories Of The 3%: Foster Care Alumni Narratives Of Resilience And Postsecondary Attainment, Molly Sarubbi Jan 2019

Stories Of The 3%: Foster Care Alumni Narratives Of Resilience And Postsecondary Attainment, Molly Sarubbi

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Although education continues to be a pathway for social mobility, disparities remain in post-secondary attainment for traditionally marginalized populations such as the half-million youth in foster care (Children's Bureau, 2016). Due to multiple personal, social, and system barriers, only 46% of foster youth will earn a high school or GED diploma, and less than 3% will enroll in postsecondary education (Naccarato, Brophy & Courtney, 2010; Sarubbi, Parker, & Sponsler, 2016). Barriers impacting foster care alumni (FCA) have been widely documented, yet their narratives of resilience receive less attention. This study employs a participatory action research design in which FCA participants …

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Crisis Intervention Team Training For Law Enforcement: Analyzing The Factors That Influence Verbal De-Escalation Skills Knowledge Attainment In The Memphis Model, Paul M. Dunaway Jan 2019

Crisis Intervention Team Training For Law Enforcement: Analyzing The Factors That Influence Verbal De-Escalation Skills Knowledge Attainment In The Memphis Model, Paul M. Dunaway

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Crisis intervention team (CIT) training has been proven to be effective at increasing officers knowledge of mental health, improving attitudes toward those with a mental illness, and reducing use of force rates and arrest leading to incarceration of mental health consumers. Prior research has been primarily limited to outcome evaluations of CIT programs. The current study had 105 participants and examined officer-level variables identified in the literature that may affect verbal de-escalation skills knowledge attainment in the Memphis Model of CIT training. This was accomplished through the use of a hierarchal regression analysis. Results of the study found that officers …

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Frontline Residential Staff Perceptions Of Mental Illness And Burnout, Justin Keith Dodson Jan 2019

Frontline Residential Staff Perceptions Of Mental Illness And Burnout, Justin Keith Dodson

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AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine whether perceptions of mental illness have a relationship with burnout among frontline staff in adolescent treatment facilities. Participants include 199 frontline staff with a minimum of a bachelors or basters degree who serve as direct care staff to adolescents including medical, milieu, and clinical staff serving at various institutions. Frontline staff completed two self-report inventories. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to determine the risk of burnout measuring three areas: depersonalization, exhaustion, and personal achievement. Participants also completed the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale (BTMI) measuring dangerousness, incurability, and poor interpersonal …

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Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy In High School Latin Language Learning, Dennis Clark Dickerson, Jr. Jan 2019

Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy In High School Latin Language Learning, Dennis Clark Dickerson, Jr.

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Research suggests that computational thinking is a necessary skill exercised in STEM courses, non-STEM fields, and in everyday life. However, very little research has investigated the potential transfer of computational thinking self-efficacy available through classical Latin courses. This causal comparative study contrasted the computational thinking self-efficacy of computer science students with no exposure to Latin to computer science students with exposure to Latin at a Memphis all-boy high school. The independent variables were Latin language learning experience, i.e., up to 6 years total of Latin language learning (n = 33), versus 0 years of Latin language learning experience (n = …

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The Impact Of Task Difficulty On Reading Comprehension Intervention With Computer Agents, Ying Fang Jan 2019

The Impact Of Task Difficulty On Reading Comprehension Intervention With Computer Agents, Ying Fang

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According to Vygotskys zone of proximal development (ZPD), students benefit from tasks that are difficult but can be achieved with the guidance of a skilled partner. This concept has often been implemented during the development of intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs), but there remains a need to empirically investigate the validity of this concept in reading comprehension interventions. Individual differences need to be considered in order to assign tasks to individual students with the right level of difficulty. Mixed results have emerged from previous research that specifically investigated the potential interaction between student attributes and ITSs on learning in the domain …

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The Relationship Between Student Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Merit Pay, And Selective Teacher Demographics In A Rural School District, Jill Webb Faulkner Jan 2019

The Relationship Between Student Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Merit Pay, And Selective Teacher Demographics In A Rural School District, Jill Webb Faulkner

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Teacher merit pay has become popular among policymakers to meet accountability mandates related teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Legislation at the federal level has provided grants and financial incentives to state and local districts to implement merit pay plans. In 2013, Tennessee required all districts to develop a differentiated compensation plan by revising an earlier differentiated compensation policy from 2008. With more rigorous standards and testing at the forefront of education reform in Tennessee, the rural school district in this study developed a strategic compensation plan with bonus pay based on student test scores as one of the components. The …

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Essays In Applied Microeconomics, Sidketa Ida Fofana Jan 2019

Essays In Applied Microeconomics, Sidketa Ida Fofana

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My dissertation consists of two essays in applied Microeconomics. I study the main determinants of Diabetes and breast cancer. My first essay is on diabetes, it assesses racial differences and the impact of health care coverage in self-Care management and quality of care for 9,805 diabetes patients in Texas. Using a multiple logistic regression model, I find that Hispanics with diabetes in Texas are still struggling to improve their self-management and gain access to quality care compared to Black and White non-Hispanics. For instance, 41.4% of Hispanics fail to perform daily foot care compared to 34.2% of White non-Hispanic and …

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"Good Food" In The City Of The Blues: A Nexus Analysis Of Memphis Alternative Food Networks, Andrew Carter Jan 2019

"Good Food" In The City Of The Blues: A Nexus Analysis Of Memphis Alternative Food Networks, Andrew Carter

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This dissertation explores both the complexities and transformative potential of Good Food networks to contribute to more just and sustainable food practices. By comparing two farmers markets with distinct cultural histories in Memphis, Tennessee, I examine how narratives of Good Food are constructed against the larger backdrop of the citys racial, social and cultural legacy and food economy, and how those narratives map onto the citys current socio-spatial construction. Employing Scollon and Scollons (2004) nexus analysis theoretical and methodological framework, I analyze both macro-level structures that shape local food systems (e.g. access to farmers markets) and micro-level structures that shape …

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Implications Of Functional Limitations In Older Cancer Survivors A Medicare Beneficiary Survey, Prachi Chavan Jan 2019

Implications Of Functional Limitations In Older Cancer Survivors A Medicare Beneficiary Survey, Prachi Chavan

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The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the impact of physical and functional limitations among older cancer survivors and its effect on healthcare utilization and mortality among them. The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is nationally representative longitudinal study of older Medicare beneficiaries. Physical Limitations (PL), Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) were measured on a five-point scale. MCBS data from 2005 to 2013 were used in this study. Propensity score weighting was developed using logistic regressions. Design-based descriptive analysis and logistic models with adjusted survey weights were performed. Logistic and Poisson regression …

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Novel Perspectives Of The Iraq War, Olivia R. Clark Jan 2019

Novel Perspectives Of The Iraq War, Olivia R. Clark

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My dissertation, "Novel Perspectives of the Iraq War," explores literary representations of the American occupation of Iraq. Responding to Roy Scrantons argument that the prevailing narrative of the traumatized veteran returning home from war with experiential knowledge (what David Buchanan calls combat gnosticism) has overshadowed other important perspectives, this project interrogates the manner in which cultural representations can both sustain and challenge national mythologies. Each of my chapters responds to a specific problem in our cultures popular narratives of war and argues that solutions to extant misperceptions are available via counternarratives. What connects these problems are their prevalence in the …

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Nontraditional Students Academic Success Experiences At A Large Public University In The American South: A Phenomenological Investigation, Megan Elizabeth Russell Jan 2019

Nontraditional Students Academic Success Experiences At A Large Public University In The American South: A Phenomenological Investigation, Megan Elizabeth Russell

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This article explored the academic experiences of nontraditional students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. For the purposes of this study students were deemed to be nontraditional if they met one of the following characteristics: had delayed enrollment into postsecondary education; attended college part-time; worked full time; were financially independent for financial aid purposes; had dependents other than a spouse; were a single parent; and/or were a GED recipient (NCES, n.d.). The researcher sought to justify the importance of gleaning additional information regarding different components of the learning processes and academic experiences in which nontraditional students were engaged in throughout …

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Examining How Parent Child Interaction Therapy (Pcit) Skills Influence Childrens Eating During A Structured Eating Task, Tiffany Mary Rybak Jan 2019

Examining How Parent Child Interaction Therapy (Pcit) Skills Influence Childrens Eating During A Structured Eating Task, Tiffany Mary Rybak

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Early childhood is a critical period for the development of healthy eating behavior. This study aimed to examine how mothers behaviors during an eating scenario align with evidence-based parenting skills (e.g., Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) skills) and to determine how these skills influence childrens eating. This study observationally coded videos of dyadic parent-child interactions for 50 mothers and 50 children (ages 4 to 7 years old) from a primarily low-income population using Noldus Observer XT software. It examined interactions during a structured eating task (e.g., taste testing of foods) by first, applying and modifying the PCIT coding scheme to determine …

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Making In The Moment: The Dynamic Cognition Of Musicians-In-Action, Kevin J. Ryan Jan 2019

Making In The Moment: The Dynamic Cognition Of Musicians-In-Action, Kevin J. Ryan

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Watching highly-skilled experts in the midst of improvised performance can be a source of mystification and wonder. Understanding this mystery in more detail, especially for music, is a major motivation for my dissertation. Moreover, while there are multiple avenues through which one could explore improvisation, I will primarily utilize the tools of embodied cognitive science to help better understand it in general and bebop jazz improvisation in particular. I furthermore consider possible ways to define improvisation as an essential precondition of my project.In what follows, I will not defend one type of embodied approach over all alternatives. Instead, I will …

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I Am A Quiet Struggler: Conceptualizing The Identities Of Muslim American High School Students Within The Context Of Islamophobia., Wesam M. Salem Jan 2019

I Am A Quiet Struggler: Conceptualizing The Identities Of Muslim American High School Students Within The Context Of Islamophobia., Wesam M. Salem

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The spread of Islamophobia in the U.S. positioned Muslims as different and inferior to American society and racialized their experiences by subjecting them to narratives of prejudices and stereotypes. This postcolonial interview study examined how Muslim American high school students conceptualized and negotiated their racialized identities within the context of Islamophobia and how the negotiation processes informed their learning in school, particularly the construction of their mathematics identity. The study built on postcolonial theorists, mathematics research, and decolonizing approaches to research to interrogate and (un)settle traditional and predetermined interviewing practices. Participants included six high school students (2 males and four …

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The Influence Of Mentoring And Sense Of Belonging On Self-Efficacy Development In Psychology Doctoral Students Of Color, Shondolyn Danielle Sanders Jan 2019

The Influence Of Mentoring And Sense Of Belonging On Self-Efficacy Development In Psychology Doctoral Students Of Color, Shondolyn Danielle Sanders

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Objectives: The current study examined the conditions under which having a sense of belonging to ones academic community moderated the impact of mentor effectiveness of dissertation chair on self-efficacy beliefs (i.e., academic, career-decision, and research) in psychology doctoral students of color. Method: Data from 104 non-White psychology doctoral students (78.8% female and 19.2% male) were collected from psychology doctoral programs across the United States and analyzed using PROCESS 3.2 for SPSS. Results: Effective mentoring from dissertation chair was positively associated with research self-efficacy. Sense of belonging was positively associated with academic, career-decision, and research self-efficacy. The association between effective mentoring …

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Exploring Help-Seeking Behavior Among Minority Women Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) In The Mid-South Of The United States, Michael Schmidt Jan 2019

Exploring Help-Seeking Behavior Among Minority Women Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) In The Mid-South Of The United States, Michael Schmidt

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One in four US women have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV): lifetime prevalence of physical IPV 31.5% and psychological aggression 47.1% among survivors. African American and Hispanic womens lifetime IPV is 43.7% and 37.1%, respectivelyhigher than White womens (34.6%). IPV poses significant risks to physical, psychological, and emotional health. Women affected by IPV, especially minority survivors, face barriers in seeking help from informal and formal supporters. Barriers and facilitators to formal help-seeking for minority survivors are not well understood. This study explored barriers and facilitators to formal support help-seeking among African American and Hispanic IPV women survivors. Qualitative study using …

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Building Self-Efficacy And Persistence Through Stem E-Mentor Training: A Multi-Site Case Study, Kathryn Marie Sharpe Jan 2019

Building Self-Efficacy And Persistence Through Stem E-Mentor Training: A Multi-Site Case Study, Kathryn Marie Sharpe

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The limited number of women persisting in STEM degree programs and pursuing STEM careers is concerning, particularly when one considers the absence of minority women in this field. One way of addressing this issue is to explore avenues that build womens STEM self-efficacy. Providing connections with other more experienced women involved in STEM through e-mentoring is one approach that could give women the support and experience they need to feel confident in their ability to succeed in STEM fields. Highly qualified mentors are a key component in the mentoring process and, therefore, need focused training that prepares them to support …

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More Is Better: A Meta-Analysis Of Dose And Efficacy In Face-To-Face Psychological Treatments For Gambling Disorder, Rory A. Pfund Jan 2019

More Is Better: A Meta-Analysis Of Dose And Efficacy In Face-To-Face Psychological Treatments For Gambling Disorder, Rory A. Pfund

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The dose-response relation is a well-established finding in the general psychotherapy literature. Investigators from this literature define the dose-response relation as how much face-to-face treatment is needed to realize a statistically reliable improvement in psychological symptoms. However, there is presently mixed evidence on the presence of a dose-response relation in the literature on face-to-face psychological treatment for gambling disorder. In the present study, meta-regression was employed to synthesize results from past studies on the efficacy of psychological treatment for gambling disorder to determine the possible presence of a dose-response relation in those treatments. The hypothesis was that there was no …

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Supervision Satisfaction: What Impacts Masters Level Supervision When Reviewing Supervisor Category And Student Concentration?, Leigh Pitre Jan 2019

Supervision Satisfaction: What Impacts Masters Level Supervision When Reviewing Supervisor Category And Student Concentration?, Leigh Pitre

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The purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction ratings of masters counseling students with their group, doctoral, and off-site supervisors. The researcher hypothesized that doctoral students supervisors and clinical mental health would demonstrate higher levels of overall student satisfaction. Two-hundred and ninety-eight supervisor evaluations were utilized for this study. A regression was initially run to test for satisfaction ratings, but no power or significance was found after running the statistical analysis. Therefore, the researcher ran a one-way ANOVA (after categorizing the type of supervision into two subgroups: faculty and nonfaculty). The results were as follows: the faculty yielded …

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