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The Effects Of Movement On Elementary Students’ Behavior And Academic Achievement, Susan M. Lehman

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It is recommended that children engage in sixty minutes each day of physical activity. Many children do not achieve this goal. Schools are attempting to incorporate more movement into the school day without negatively impacting instructional time and academic outcomes. This research review aims to uncover three questions. How can schools incorporate more physical activity into students’ days? How will this additional movement impact students’ on-task performance and academic achievement? What impact will additional movement have on students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and students with ADHD symptoms (deficits in executive function skills)?

The Neuroscience Of Reading And Implications For Early Reading Instruction, Edward J. Barron Jr

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The following literature review investigates current research focused on the neural networks involved in reading and the implications of the research on early literacy education and instruction. The neural network is located in the left hemisphere of the brain and consists of two distinct pathways utilized during word reading, a decoding pathway and a sight-recognition pathway. As a reader learns to read they primarily utilize the decoding pathway and as their proficiency increases the more efficient sight-recognition pathway is used more frequently. It is clear from the research that the most effective way to move students toward the use of …

Trauma Informed Practices In Education, Simonne Starr

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Trauma-informed teaching has become widely known since the COVID-19 pandemic despite it being adopted into teaching practices after trauma-informed care was introduced by Harris and Fallot in 2001. Through the many years of research surrounding trauma and its impact on the brain of developing children, studies have addressed the in depth information on how trauma-informed teaching can pave the way of success for our students and support school personnel. This thesis will explore the research regarding trauma-informed care and teaching in order to further define what trauma is, how it can impact children and their learning process, how children perceive …

The Impact Of Visuals And Graphic Organizers On Student Learning Of Social Studies, Nicole Eldred

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This literature review examines the impact of nonlinguistic teaching methods on enhancing student learning. The review covers studies on using visuals, Content Acquisition Podcasts (CAPs), videos, and animations to improve vocabulary and content comprehension. Additionally, it investigates graphic organizers in both interactive and pre-made formats as tools to support learning. The findings indicate that combining nonlinguistic and linguistic approaches can significantly increase student understanding. Complex visuals should be paired with verbal explanations and sufficient processing time. Videos are particularly effective for illustrating complex vocabulary. Graphic organizers require careful scaffolding to minimize cognitive load. Premade graphic organizers are effective tools, especially …

The Impact Of Multicultural Literature On Empathy In A Covid-19 World, Jack Kevin Hageman

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This review investigates the isolated nature of distance learning caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on learners in regard to their empathic abilities. This review looks into the socio-emotional growth of the youth and possibilities to rebuild and reinforce the ability to understand and sympathize with the perspectives of others. In part, careful, considerate, and intentional instruction is required to help students establish increased empathy through the critical reading and discussion of multicultural literature. This thesis explores the evidence pertaining to the negative effects of distance learning, investigates the benefits teaching of multicultural literature, and identifies pedagogical approaches …

Flipping The Classroom: Exploring Engagement, Technology, And Student Perceptions, Ryan J. Oden

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This literature review examined the effects of the flipped classroom on student engagement, perceptions, and academic performance. It reviewed studies comparing student outcomes in flipped classrooms to traditional classrooms. Meta-analyses were used to support overall trends. Quantitative and qualitative results were used to support the effects in five areas of the flipped classroom: independent learning, active in-class sessions, teacher-student interaction, technology, and academic performance. Results suggest that the emphasis on independent learning fosters self-regulation, but students may require support when transitioning to this new model. Technology tools were shown to enhance out-of-class learning and motivation. The model facilitated stronger student-teacher …

The Impact Of Implementing A Four-Day School Week, Ashley Grittner

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the impact of the four-day school week (4DSW) on stakeholders in public education. It reports research on many impact areas such as student achievement, stakeholder well-being, and finances. While the 4DSW model shows promise in alleviating some financial and staffing pressures, its effects on academic and overall student well being outcomes are varied. This study also examines the potential for fifth-day programming to reduce negative impacts. Such programming may include targeted instruction to support struggling learners and offer enrichment for advanced students, which could mitigate academic drawbacks. Additionally, it explores the role of the 4DSW in improving …

Development Of A Repeatable Overnight Memory Task To Study The Effect Of Nocturnal Seizures On Memory, Nahal Destiny Heydari

Theses and Dissertations

Memory impairment is a common comorbidity of epilepsy, particularly in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) for whom the hippocampus and surrounding memory-dependent regions are directly involved in seizure activity. Sleep is known to facilitate memory consolidation processes; however, whether, or the extent to which, nocturnal seizures disrupt memory processes in TLE is unknown. Investigating the effect of nocturnal seizures on memory requires a task designed to assess memory in the morning for material learned the evening before a period of sleep, ideally over multiple days. Accordingly, we have created a psychometrically sound, word paired-associates (WPA) memory task with five …

Coping With The Covid-19 Pandemic: Examining Meaning-Making In A Socioecological Framework, Emilia Eva Mikrut

Theses and Dissertations

During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a threatening, unpredictable, and uncontrollable stressor. Meaning-making, or one’s ability to make sense of a stressful life event, integrate the event into one’s narrative of the world and meaning in life, and accordingly revise life goals, is a salient intrapsychic process contributing to psychological adjustment in the face of very stressful or traumatic experiences such as chronic health issues, interpersonal grief, and natural and man-made disasters. Early findings provide evidence for the critical role of meaning-making in coping with stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Though meaning-making is a universal process, one’s capacity …

Bigfoot: From Folk Legend To Commercialized Symbol, Samantha Pate

Charles R. Barnum History Award Papers

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Novel Edna Sampling Method For Macroinvertebrate Species Of Greatest Conservation Need (Sgcn) In Texas, James York

Biology Theses

Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling is a new sampling technique that allows for non-invasive sampling of target species or the characterization of entire communities based on barcoding genes. The goal of this study was to sequence common barcoding genes such as 28S rRNA and Cytochrome C Oxidase I (COI), and then develop species-specific primers for eight macroinvertebrates listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Texas. After sampling for the target species, five were not found, all of which were in the Order Trichoptera (caddisflies). A sixth target species, Isoperla sagittata, was found to have only one gap and …

Capitalism, Democracy, And Adam Smith, John Thrasher

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

How can we better understand the relationship between capitalism and democracy today? This article challenges the prevailing “independence thesis” that views capitalism and democracy as separate and often antagonistic systems. By revisiting Adam Smith’s integrationist approach to political economy, I argue for a more nuanced understanding of the symbiotic relationship between political and economic orders. The article critically examines common responses to the independence thesis – insulation and implementation strategies – and proposes an alternative framework based on Smith’s integrated political economy. This Smithian perspective not only offers a more accurate description of the interdependence between capitalism and democracy but …

“Comrade Mrs. Johnson”: A Biography Of Socialist Politician Olive M. Johnson, Sydney Marenburg

History Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Resume Guide: A Worksheet And Sample Resumes For The Job Applicant, Handout Courtesy Of Career Services

Employment Materials

No abstract provided.

The 4 Ps Of Marketing In Film: Examining The Relationship Between Power, Perspective, And Product Placement On Consumer Perception, Julia Haddad

Honors Projects in Marketing

In today's society, automobiles are the most used type of transportation and with that comes vast marketing opportunities for vehicles. However, with the growing popularity of media forms of television and film, marketing techniques such as the use of product placement have also become more common. This paper analyzes the effects of power through point of view in product placement, specifically through automotive advertising. By showing the population movie and television clips both from a driving, 1st-person perspective or an out of car, 3rd-person perspective, after a power priming question, it portrays the relationship between them. Additionally, the data collected …

Coworker Support In A Sexual Harassment Climate: A Conservation Of Resources Perspective, Michelle Russen, Aysin Pasamehmetoglu, Priyanko Guchait, Michael J. Tews

Marketing Faculty Publications

Sexual harassment is still an issue in the hospitality industry, despite ample research on the topic. A sexual harassment climate – one that tolerates instances of unwanted sexual attention – produces negative impacts on employees’ well-being, job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, and engagement, which may lead to increased turnover, absenteeism, and decreased productivity. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of a sexual harassment climate in employees’ emotional exhaustion and employee engagement. Grounded in the conservation of resources theory, a moderated mediation analysis of a survey of 236 Turkish citizens who work in hotels confirmed that a sexual …

The Promise Of Pell: Pell Grants For Justice System Involved Youth After The Fafsa Simplification Act, Mary Hornschemeier Bandstra

Children's Legal Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Calvin Bibliography 2024, Sam Ha

Calvin Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

Smokejumper Magazine, January 2024, National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

This issue of the National Smokejumper Association (NSA) Smokejumper Magazine, contains the following articles: Message from the President; NSA/Smokejumper History Update -- Forgotten by His Country; First, Put Out the Fire: Blowtorch Forestry; The Effects of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Management of National Forest Lands; The Jump List; Sounding Off from the editor; Who Is To Blame, and What Happened?; One Eye Fire -- Fifty Fire Seasons Ago -- Training Interrupted Rookie Class Jumps First Fire After Five Training Jumps; Speak Softly and Plant Big Trees: American Foreign Policy for the 21st Century; Introducing You to the …

Smu Launches Urban Institute Focused On The Study Of Asian Cities, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

As Asian cities urbanise at an unprecedented rate, urban policy-makers face the increasingly complex and pressing challenge of balancing urban growth with resilience and sustainability. With migration and the rapid flow of ideas online, old and new city-making practices have become uncomfortably entwined, resulting in contestation for space, resources, and municipal services. In response to megatrends that underscore the critical need to prioritise urban research, Singapore Management University (SMU) today launched the SMU Urban Institute (UI), a new research institute dedicated to multi- and inter-disciplinary research on cities in Asia. SMU UI will look beyond the development of infrastructure, and …

Girl Child Marriage And Governing Party Ideology: Evidence From India, Divya Kapoor

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Although India has made significant advances in reducing girl-child marriage compared to other countries in South Asia, one in three of the world’s child brides still lives in the country. The literature on girl child marriage focuses mainly on the effects of socioeconomic factors and examines the implications of child marriage. I argue that, in addition to socioeconomic factors, the practice of girl-child marriage may be explained by political factors. My study focuses on the case of India and examines the impact of political factors at the legislative assembly constituency (AC) level in two states with varying political traditions and …

Characteristics Of Gait In Patients With Early Hip Osteoarthritis, Mai M. Kamel, Salwa M.A. Dahesh, Amr M. Gamil, Ahmed A. Elatreby

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background: Quantitative gait analysis is used to characterize the spatiotemporal parameters and sagittal plane hip kinematics in patients with early-stage unilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) compared to healthy controls. Our aim was identifying gait changes that occur in the early stages of hip OA, before maladaptive patterns become fully established.

Patients and Methods: The study included thirty (30) patients with unilateral symptomatic painful hip OA and forty (40) healthy persons as the control group. Both groups underwent a plain x-ray of their hip joints, and the Kellgren and Lawrence (KL) radiographic classification system was used to assess the degree of …

Rights & Realities Of Self-Determination In Brazil, Starr Gibens

International Program Papers

No abstract provided.

A Guide For United States Firms On Maintaining The Protection And Enforcement Of Trademarks And Copyrights In Mexico, Keyana Banisadre

International Program Papers

Intellectual property (IP) is a critical asset for many businesses. Understanding the laws governing IP is especially important in international markets, where US based businesses may face additional challenges in enforcing their rights. Targeted at business professionals, this paper details how U.S. firms can achieve strong IP protection and reduce risks associated with infringement and unauthorized use in Mexico. First, it will offer a basic overview of Intellectual Property and what may be protected under U.S. law. Then, offer an outline of the legal frameworks involved and best practices essential for safeguarding trademarks and copyrights in the Mexican market, as …

International Law As A Tool For Reviving, Preserving, And Protecting The Tajik Language In Uzbekistan, Lindsay Saligman

International Program Papers

No abstract provided.

Uzbekistan’S Decision: A New National Identity, Kirby Voss

International Program Papers

No abstract provided.

From The Vault - Winter 2024 Newsletter, Archives & Special Collections

From the Vault: Archives & Special Collections Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Ssri/Snri Medications Vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In The Treatment And Management Of Postpartum Anxiety, Kelsey Sederquest

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Papers

The purpose of this literature review is to determine the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI/SNRI) in women suffering from postpartum anxiety. Efficacy of nonpharmacological, pharmacological, and combination therapy compared within this review. Lastly, prophylactic treatment of anxiety was examined in women who were pregnant or who were newly postpartum without diagnosis of anxiety. In this review the database PubMed was utilized to conduct research that included many different keywords. The articles included were limited to within the last 30 years, and research was narrowed by limiting patient population to postpartum …

A Mindfulness Approach To Regulate Depressive-Associated Emotional Eating, Jillian G. Montefusco

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects

Background: Depression affects 350 to 500 million people globally, with depressive-associated emotional eating (DAEE) impacting approximately 43.5% of these individuals. Depressive-associated emotional eating contributes to obesity through poor dietary choices and weight gain, leading to the projection that by 2048 all United States citizens will be overweight or obese.

Local Problem: At a Chicago weight loss center, the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire screened 75 patients, revealing that 56% (N = 42) ate more during sadness, boredom, and loneliness, and 50.7% (N = 38) ate more during depression, indicating significant DAEE.

Methods: This quasi-experimental quality improvement project uses a pre- and post-evaluation …

The Best Children's Books Of 2024: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee

The Center for Children's Literature

Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!