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The Positive Effects Of Delayed Immersion Bathing For Newborns, Aubrey Stuart

Scholars Week

Problem: Newborn infants were once bathed only 2-4 hours after birth. The rate at which newborns experienced hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and a difficulty with exclusive breastfeeding was once much higher than it is today.

Methods: This project was a meta-analysis of multiple clinical trials regarding delayed infant bathing. Three main studies that implemented a 24 hour or later bathing program were chosen and reviewed to assess for trends in hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and the exclusive breastfeeding rates of newborns.

Results: In each study reviewed, the rates of hypoglycemia and hypothermia decreased while the rates of exclusive breastfeeding increased.

Implications: By delaying newborn …

The Benefits And Use Of Intranasal Versed (Midazolam) In Pediatric Patients Requiring Procedural Sedation And Seizure Cessation In The Emergency Department, Coleman Austin, Madison Simmons

Scholars Week

Pediatric emergency department’s across the country have developed specific methods for treating injuries and illnesses in the pediatric population. However, many adult emergency departments that treat pediatric patients have outdated methods for treating children who come through their doors. A great example of this would be the current standard of care for pediatric patients who are in need of some form of sedation for treatment. Many adult emergency departments currently will use moderate to deep sedation techniques for treatment that should typically only require light sedation, like for lacerations and imaging scans. After lots of research, it seems that where …

The Benefits Of Bedside Handoff, Abby Cimarolli, Abbey Pike

Scholars Week

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Benefits Of Minimizing Foley Catheterization Time In Nursing Homes, Carly Robertson, Laney Farmer

Scholars Week

Foley catheterization is a commonality seen in various healthcare settings. There is a high risk of infection, trauma, and dependence associated with indwelling urinary devices. This research project addresses the benefits of decreasing foley catheterization time, specifically in nursing home patients. Previous research has deemed foley catheters as dangerous, invasive, and in some cases unnecessary. Foley’s are accompanied by many complications, trauma to urinary structures, as well as a major source of infection. This project used meta-analysis nursing journals to support the importance of decreasing catheterization time. This evidence-based practice project has discovered many risks associated with foley catheters and …

Say It Louder: The Importance Of Reading Aloud In Your Pre-K Classroom., Kaleb Reiner

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

When you think about the key features of growing up, one of the prominent memories is being read bedtime stories by your parents. Why is that so memorable? Because read aloud stories are an imperative part of early education and literacy. From toddlers to 2nd or 3rd grade, being read to in and out of the classroom is an immensely important tool for reading and writing, and in this poster, I’m going to show you just how important it is.

Using Diverse Genres To Develop Emerging Readers, Jason Owen Hamstra

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Students at the emerging level are at a critical point in their language development journey. They are learning how the words they say look on paper and how those words can convey meaning. Each genre contains different elements that will help build and strengthen emergent literacy skills. Different genres can be used to teach important literacy skills that emergent learners need to develop. Looking through the lens of emergent literacy we can find out which genres are best suited for developing different skills.

What Teacher Needs To Know About Stem-Nonfiction, Simranjeet Kaur

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

What educators need to know about STEM nonfiction is covered in this presentation. Teaching subject like maths, science, technology, and engineering isn’t always mean going to lab or completing written worksheets. Different non-fiction book types are preferred by different children, and some students are better suited to specific subjects than others. Unlike traditional non-fiction, there isn't just one set of guidelines for selecting books for learners. Therefore, understanding the categories of STEM nonfiction can help educators with exploring science, technology, engineering, and maths.

Teaching Music Theory And History With Collaborative Awareness, Karin Thompson, Max Keller

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

The disciplines of music history and music theory are integrally linked: One cannot be studied without the other. Courses in these disciplines are at the core of many undergraduate music degree programs, and upon completing a graduate degree in music at Andrews University, students are expected to demonstrate the ability to synthesize their knowledge in both disciplines. The path towards successfully teaching these skills of synthesis involves awareness and collaboration between teachers in both disciplines, and it involves active inclusion of students’ own choices and goals in the music they study.

How To Incorporate Reading Strategies In Music And Why That Is Crucial To Student Learning, Daniel Victor Soochkoff-Cerna

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

This poster takes a look at reading strategies in the area of music. It will also describe what music literacy is and why good reading strategies are an important component in creating competent musicians.

P.L.A.Y., Marco Vinicio Ruppel

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

When it comes to learning in a classroom, teachers always expect students to just sit and listen. However, there are ways to be able to teach students while being active through play and other activities. When you have little kids in your classroom, sure you want them to sit and learn, but there are times when you need to have them move around and play. That is because since they are so little, their attention span is not that long.

Don't Tax The Teacher!, Nicholas Gunn

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Don't Tax the Teacher is a presentation presented by Nicholas Gunn as a solution to help with teacher pay issue. Don't tax the teacher introduces multiple strategies to better the pay for teachers across the United States. While using backed research, evidence and polls conducted by creditable sources, Nicholas introduces a resolution to not ax teachers along with other public servants.

The Benefits Of Diverse Literature For Emergent Readers, Bianca Nicole Loss

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Studies show that students learn better when they see themselves in the classroom. Our classroom demographics are changing; our classrooms are becoming more diverse, with more cultures being represented. Every student should be able to make text-to-self connections while reading. How do we ensure this goal is reached? What are good examples of representative literature? This poster will explore the benefits of diverse literature for emergent readers.

How To Incorporate Reading Strategies In Religion And Why That Is Crucial To Student Learning, Hunter S. Penn

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Now, more than ever, young people are being bombarded with a secular worldview that promotes ideas contrary to the Bible. As Christian educators we know that our work of education is also a work of redemption. Showing our students a Saviour who cares, loves, and died for them should be at the pinnacle of our curriculum. What better way is there to show them than for them to read it for themselves! This poster presentation focus will be on techniques and creative strategies to integrate reading into Bible classrooms. Come and find out how you can lead your students, through …

Guns In School, Katlin Diane Nelson

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

My poster discusses the pro’s and con’s of having firearms present on school properties, whether it is in the form of safety officers or allowing faculty to carry them. My poster shows the research on both sides and why they believe they are right, along with my personal stance when it comes to the issue as well. My research also includes a graphic regarding the statistics of where the incidences occurred and why they happened.

Recess In K-8 Schools: Why Are Some Schools Cutting Down?, Olivia Jordan

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Recess is an important part of our elementary schools today. Schools across the country have taken away recess while others have required a certain amount of recess each day. This poster takes you through the positive and negative sides of recess so you can make an educated decision for your school.

Exploring The Connection Between Literature And Physical Education, Andrew Potts

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

In many school settings, physical education and literature are thought to not be connected in any way. However, it can be argued that there is indeed a connection between these two seemingly unrelated subjects. Making a concerted effort to include physical movement and learning within core classroom subjects, including literacy, can help students understand that different areas of learning can be introduced and intertwined in other subjects to create a more wholesome and well-rounded learning experience for them.

The Importance Of Storytelling, Niang Lun-Ngai Hatlangh

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

The Importance of Storytelling is the topic of my presentation. My presentation topics will be based on my research on the effects that storytelling has on various curricula (in schools), homes, and daily life. This implies that the presentation will go into detail on how storytelling affects reading and writing, how storytelling affects other subjects or how we may utilize storytelling in other subjects, how it affects our emotions, and how it affects the relationship between parents and children.

Strategies For Teaching Reading In High School Music Classes, Megan Case

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

When you think of subjects that benefit from literacy, music may not be the first one that comes to mind. While "reading" music usually refers to interpreting the notes and symbols on the page being able to read texts about music can give students context and background they wouldn't otherwise have. This enables them to connect to the music on a deeper and more meaningful level. This project describes just a few of the ways increasing literacy in the field of music enhances the quality of education students receive

Secular/Non-Religious Education Vs. Christian/Religious Education, Bianka Rinko

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

This poster briefly presents the contradiction between secular/non-religious education and christian/religious education. It shows the reasoning behind secular education leaving out religion in school and also the reasoning behind Christian education including religion in school.

Furthermore, the poster proves that Christian education shapes the students' moral decisions and later family/relational choices in a much better way than secular education. This research taught me that, as Christian Adventist educators, we have the privilege and the responsibility to share with students such significant principles from the Bible which can give a good direction to their lives.

The Uniform Debate, Sabree Arianna Botelho

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

This presentation outlines the benefits and drawbacks of enforced school uniforms as well as how the numbers of schools with mandatory uniform are rising across many public schools in the United States. It also brings to light the mixed reactions many parents have to this trend, specifically the monetary implications.

Disciplinary Literacy In History Grade 9-12th, Daseph Jovid Edwards

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

I will be presenting a poster on reading for my EDTE 417/ EDTE 517 Teaching Reading Content Area/Secondary class. As my content area is social, my emphasis will be on how to engage students more in reading about history and social issues such as poverty and inequality.

Language Dominance In Esl Classroom: Home Language Or English Only, Eric Lau

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Home language is a valuable resource for ESL learners to make progress in learning English. Having said that, there are also critics commenting that it hinders students' ability and diminish their chance to employ their target language. This poster is going to explore the merits of the involvement of these two languages and the author's point of view.

The Value Of Arts In Education, Jordan Anderson

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

This presentation focuses on the pros and cons of arts education programs. It also dives into why art programs are being cut. It defines arts education as more than just art classes but visual arts, music, dance, and theatre. The presentation provides statistical data for state Common Core Standard participation, as well as the benefits of arts education. The purpose of this presentation is to bring light and possibly funding to arts education programs. Once people understand that the benefits outweigh the costs, they may reconsider funding.

Interdisciplinary Diffusion Lab, Sable Rosana Canales, Chloe Gaban

Andrews University Teaching and Learning Conference

Diffusion is a principle in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Students can model the rate of diffusion based on particle size by contrasting blue and yellow dyes. Two petri dishes containing agar-agar receive a drop of dye at the center. The radius of expansion is recorded over time and variance increases linearly with time. Diffusion constants vary by particle size, allowing for a size ratio comparison between blue and yellow dyes. Relating the data to cells, students predict that smaller molecules diffuse into living cells, whereas larger molecules need some assistance from protein channels as in facilitated diffusion.

Small Demos, Big Impacts When Teaching Exercise Physiology, Erin White

Educational Practices in Kinesiology

Comprehension of exercise physiology topics as an undergraduate student can be difficult. Thus, finding creative ways to present material can improve student comprehension and retention. The purpose of the three demonstrations presented will teach three concepts to lower-division students in an undergraduate Exercise Physiology course (prerequisite knowledge in college-level Human Anatomy and Human Physiology courses). These demonstrations take place in-person, in the classroom, with an estimated total time commitment of approximately10 minutes. The purpose of demonstrations 1 and 2 will aid students in differentiating between Golgi Tendon Organs (Demonstration 1) and muscle spindles (Demonstration 2), including their location and protective …

The January 21, 2019 Lunar Eclipse, Richard W. Schmude Jr.

Georgia Journal of Science

The B- and V-filter brightness values of the eclipsed Moon on January 21, 2019 were measured. The brightness values near mid-eclipse are B = –0.33 (0.15) and V = –2.07 (0.05) magnitudes. Uncertainties are in parentheses. The V-filter brightness near mid-eclipse compares well with a recent lunar eclipse model by Mallama; however, the measured B – V value [1.74 (0.16) magnitudes] is below the predicted value of 3

Implementing Universal Design Of Instruction In Information Literacy (And Almost Anything Else): The Success Of Our Students Depends On It., Peter R. Dean

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This proposal focuses on the importance of universal design when teaching either one-shot library instruction or semester long information literacy courses. This presentation will discuss how all students can benefit from a course that is barrier-free to students who have already self-disclosed as students with disabilites.

This presentation also will discuss the intense reluctance of students with disabilities to self-disclose at the college level. And how some students may not even be aware of the fact that they have a learning disability—making it even more importance to implement (and hence include) universal design principles into your teaching methodologies.

In this …

Training Student Assistants On Diversity Literacy Through A Cross Departmental Mentorship Program., Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Jessica Garner

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This presentation will focus on a unique collaboration between library departments to train student assistants with an emphasis on inclusive excellence literacy. As Georgia Southern University made Inclusive Excellence a central theme in the university’s strategic plan, the University Libraries wanted to ensure that student assistants also receive diversity literacy skills that directly translates to their current role at the library. The Access Services and Technical Services Departments joined forces to create a student assistant mentorship program that includes professional development workshops offered by the University Libraries Diversity Council. This program is focused on connecting diversity and inclusive excellence literacy …

A Method And Payment System For Managing Expenses By Using A Payment Card, Sangeetha Venkatesh

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a method and payment system for making payments from a specific account. The method includes receiving a transaction request from a user for making a payment of at least one of, travel expense or miscellaneous expense. Followed by determining a payment account by detecting a transaction domain based on predefined keywords associated with the transaction request. The payment account is associated with at least one of, travel expense or miscellaneous expense. Thereafter, redirecting the transaction request to the identified payment account and performing a verification to check whether balance associated with the identified payment account …

Call Audio Quality Determination And Root Cause Analysis Using Machine Learning, Yu Liu, Jack Chan, Qin Zhang, Xiantao Sun

Defensive Publications Series

Accurate assessment and categorization of real-world audio quality in a call, e.g., a call over VoLTE/VoNR, is essential to provide a satisfactory call experience. However, current techniques to determine call quality do not accurately categorize the audio quality. Also, there are no techniques to determine the root cause of poor audio quality or to identify potential solutions. This disclosure describes the use of machine learning clustering techniques to cluster audio metrics and using the obtained clusters to generate a root cause table. Further, a classifier is trained to determine whether an ongoing call has unsatisfactory audio quality. The quality can …