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Impact Of A Puppet On Music Performance Anxiety In Elementary Students, Jessica Nohner Jan 2022

Impact Of A Puppet On Music Performance Anxiety In Elementary Students, Jessica Nohner

Graduate Research Showcase

Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a common problem among musicians and has been shown to impact young children. There are many factors that may contribute to student feelings of MPA including perfectionism. Music educators are in a unique position and have a responsibility to assist students with MPA. While some strategies have been used to help individuals cope with feelings of MPA, music educators do not have researched strategies available to them which are easily implemented in general music classrooms. In music therapy and psychology, puppets have been used in work with children. In this study I research the use …


Increasing Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Nurses Orienting To Cardiovascular Surgery Using A New Periop 202 Program, David Reinhart Apr 2020

Increasing Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Nurses Orienting To Cardiovascular Surgery Using A New Periop 202 Program, David Reinhart

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Translational and Clinical Research Projects

The operating room theater can be intimidating for new nurses, thus leading to a shortage of nurses who are comfortable working in this environment. Evidence supports that 50% of perioperative nurses in 2017 were between the age of 50 and 59. Additionally, no formal didactic courses are being offered in undergraduate programs and the challenging environment related directly to the future shortage of perioperative nurses. This negatively impacts the number of trained perioperative cardiovascular nurses. The project proposed a new didactic educational Perioperative (Periop) 202 program that aimed to increase nurses’ self-efficacy to function on the cardiovascular operating room (CVOR) …


The Nucleus 2013-2014, Rosalie A. Richards Apr 2014

The Nucleus 2013-2014, Rosalie A. Richards

Science Education Center

No abstract provided.


The Nucleus 2012-2013, Rrosalie A. Richards Jan 2013

The Nucleus 2012-2013, Rrosalie A. Richards

Science Education Center

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Audio Books On Middle School Students With A Mild Intellectual Disability, Justin Schanck, Milkia Waller Jan 2013

The Impact Of Audio Books On Middle School Students With A Mild Intellectual Disability, Justin Schanck, Milkia Waller

The Corinthian

The purpose of this research is to determine what types of interventions improve the basic reading skills of children diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability, which is defined as having an IQ score of 70 or below. Often these students struggle to keep up with the academic rigor in the middle and high school setting. They lack the basic reading skills necessary to complete coursework and pass their end-of-course tests, which often leads to them dropping out of school. This study is a start to seeing if specific interventions have the capabilities to improve basic reading skills for students with …


The Nucleus 2011-2012, Rosalie A. Richards Jan 2012

The Nucleus 2011-2012, Rosalie A. Richards

Science Education Center

No abstract provided.


The Nucleus 2010-2011, Rosalie A. Richards Jan 2011

The Nucleus 2010-2011, Rosalie A. Richards

Science Education Center

No abstract provided.


The Nucleus 2009-2010, Rosalie A. Richards Jan 2010

The Nucleus 2009-2010, Rosalie A. Richards

Science Education Center

No abstract provided.


Incentives: The Effects On Reading Attitude And Reading Behaviors Of Third-Grade Students, Gayle M. Stanfield Jan 2008

Incentives: The Effects On Reading Attitude And Reading Behaviors Of Third-Grade Students, Gayle M. Stanfield

The Corinthian

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether third grade literacy students who receive incentive rewards as part of their instruction will exhibit significantly higher reading habits and attitudes toward recreational reading than they did before the incentives were introduced. The study examined 19 third grade students with fairly high intellectual abilities. The students were given an Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (ERAS) as a pre- and postmeasure. Weekly data were kept on the number of Accelerated Reader (AR) books read as well as scores on the AR tests. Baseline was student AR performance during the first four weeks of …


Do Students Who Have Greater Parental Involvement Perform Better Academically Than Students With Less Parental Involvement?, Christa L. Hall Jan 2008

Do Students Who Have Greater Parental Involvement Perform Better Academically Than Students With Less Parental Involvement?, Christa L. Hall

The Corinthian

Parental involvement is a significant factor in increasing student achievement. The participants were twenty-one first grade students during the 2006-2007 school term at a Title I school located in middle Georgia. A parent survey using a Likert-type scale was used to measure parental involvement within the home setting. Student performance was measured by using the scores from graded homework as well as the results of reading, math, and sight word pretests and post tests. There was a moderate positive correlation between the results of the parent survey and the student performance scores. One hundred percent of the parents responded that …


Effects Of Fluency Instruction On Literacy Skills In The First Grade Classroom, Susan A. Buchanan Jan 2008

Effects Of Fluency Instruction On Literacy Skills In The First Grade Classroom, Susan A. Buchanan

The Corinthian

The effects of fluency intervention strategies on students’ fluency rate, comprehension, and word identification were the focus of this study. Both the experimental and control groups were first grade classes, taught by the same teacher, at a primary school in central Georgia. The study was conducted over a 15-week period. The results of the study were inconclusive. The Lexia Comprehensive Reading Test was used at the beginning and end of fall semester. While the experimental group showed expected progress in comprehension, fluency rate, and word identification, there was no statistical difference in the achievement of both groups. Both groups improved …


Parent-Assisted Reading Using A Paired Reading Model, Angela Howell Jan 2008

Parent-Assisted Reading Using A Paired Reading Model, Angela Howell

The Corinthian

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of parentassisted reading on reading comprehension. The study involved the use of the paired-reading model. The teacher made a short video of herself and each child implementing the model. Parents were given the video and a short list of instructions along with a reading log. The study lasted for the first six weeks of the school year. The researcher analyzed data from the students’ selection tests that accompany the basal reader using an interrupted timeseries design. The scores showed considerable variation with marked improvement on test five of six weekly …


Does Looping Enhance Student Achievement?, Robyn G. Meeks Jan 2008

Does Looping Enhance Student Achievement?, Robyn G. Meeks

The Corinthian

The purpose of this study is to investigate the pros and cons of looping, while discovering its social and academic effects on student achievement. This was done by analyzing the standardized test scores in reading, language arts and math of a control group that did not loop and an experimental group that looped for one year. Results showed there was no significant difference in academic achievement between the group of students that looped and the students that did not loop in grades 4-5. There was statistical significance in the improvement of reading test scores from the students that looped. Although …


Reflection And Remembrance: Oral Histories And Critical Thinking, Robin O. Harris, John Pilgrim, Jennifer Puckett, Teresa Pike, Jill Simmons, Paula Berenguer, Brad Brinkley, Ivan Bracic, Keshae Cobb, Chandler Rushing, Shannon Kitchens, Karen Hall Jan 2001

Reflection And Remembrance: Oral Histories And Critical Thinking, Robin O. Harris, John Pilgrim, Jennifer Puckett, Teresa Pike, Jill Simmons, Paula Berenguer, Brad Brinkley, Ivan Bracic, Keshae Cobb, Chandler Rushing, Shannon Kitchens, Karen Hall

The Corinthian

The research assignment for this class was to interview someone who lived through World War II. The interviewee could be someone who served in the military service, someone on the home front or even a child-anyone who was touched by the experience of World War II.


See Dick Run: Developing Literacy In Kindergarten, Rachel Moss Jan 1999

See Dick Run: Developing Literacy In Kindergarten, Rachel Moss

The Corinthian

Literacy has become an issue of great importance in our country. Many children have reached middle and high school without the ability to read fluently. Educators have therefore earnestly sought the best method of teaching literacy. Children in younger grades are now being taught beginning language arts skills. Standardized tests have been developed to measure the extent of these skills. Parents are also inquiring about the most effective means of preparing their children for school.