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Language Acquisition Vs Ethnic Identity: How Family Involvement Affects Heritage Language Maintenance, Lyndsy Cadet

Education Student Scholarship

Major: Elementary and Special Education
Minor: Spanish and Public and Community Service

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ana Cecilia Iraheta, Foreign Language Studies

This project analyzes the relationship between ethnic identity and maintenance of a heritage language. Specifically, how the level of familiarity with the parent’s culture affects the acquisition of Spanish in first generation participants in the North-East region. The study has implications for participants and teachers. For participants, it is important to learn about their heritage culture to maintain their language skills to then pass down their history to future generations. For teachers, to promote the maintenance of a student’s …

Linguistic Attitudes About Bilingualism: Implications For Teachers And Administrators, Abigail Curry

Education Student Scholarship

Major: Elementary and Special Education
Minor: Spanish Minor

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ana Cecilia Iraheta, Foreign Language Studies

This study was designed to assess the linguistic attitudes of bilingual students at Providence College. It was conducted from the perspective of a student researcher with a background on elementary and special education as well as Spanish. Overall, the participants exhibited a generally positive attitude about bilingualism, and there was a noticeable correlation between the celebration of bilingualism as a child and the celebration of bilingualism as a college student. The majority of participants also emphasized the importance of their bilingualism in a …

Using Robots To Promote Social And Emotional Learning, Maya Young, Claire Sullivan, Emma Hendricks

Education Student Scholarship

Claire Sullivan ’21
Major: Elementary and Special Education

Maya Young ’21
Major: Elementary and Special Education

Emma Hendricks ’21
Major: Elementary and Special Education

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lin Zhang, Elementary and Special Education

Technology based interventions, such as computer programs and virtual reality, generally yield positive results when used with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is speculated that these devices may be successful because of their novelty and because they do not require the student with ASD to be socially interactive with a person. This project builds on the existing body of research and uses Root robots to …