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Reimagining Technology Preparation For Pre-Service Teachers: Exploring How The Use Of A Video Self-Analysis Instructional Component, Based On The Evidential Reasoning And Decision Support Model, Impacts Pre-Service Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, James Jang Dec 2019

Reimagining Technology Preparation For Pre-Service Teachers: Exploring How The Use Of A Video Self-Analysis Instructional Component, Based On The Evidential Reasoning And Decision Support Model, Impacts Pre-Service Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, James Jang

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Teachers often teach on their own in their individual classrooms and thus have to mostly rely on themselves to reflect on their teaching practices and make improvements. This study explores how the use of a video self-analysis instructional component, based on the evidential reasoning and decision support model (ERDS), impacts pre-service teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Using the explanatory sequential mixed methods design, the researcher first collected quantitative data. The collection of qualitative data then followed. This two-step process helped explain and elaborate on the quantitative results of this study. Participants in this study were 21 pre-service teachers enrolled …


Knowing Leaders: Centering Gender And Identity Among Women Leaders In Higher Education, Meredith Harper Bonham Dec 2019

Knowing Leaders: Centering Gender And Identity Among Women Leaders In Higher Education, Meredith Harper Bonham

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This dissertation centered the experiences of women academic leaders – their backgrounds, educational experiences and leadership styles – to illuminate the intersection of identity and leadership. Using narrative inquiry as a methodological framework (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Creswell, 2013), the researcher conducted a qualitative study by interviewing seventeen women presidents and chief academic officers in a semi-structured format. In exploring and analyzing the stories of women leaders, the researcher avoided unidimensional characterizations and binary comparisons with male leaders. To incorporate the interlocking components of identity, the researcher considered the impact of race, class, gender, and first-generation status, as well as …


How Does A Gamification Design Influence Students’ Interaction In An Online Course?, Jiaming Cheng Dec 2019

How Does A Gamification Design Influence Students’ Interaction In An Online Course?, Jiaming Cheng

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This study created and examined a gamification design that aimed at improving students’ interaction in a graduate level online course. By using a design-based research approach, the study investigated the application of principles from Self-Determination Theory in the gamification design and its influence on students’ interaction in discussion forums in terms of quantity, interaction dynamic, and interaction quality. The gamification design included a positive feedback system, contextualized in a narrative environment that was based on the original course project design. Participants were 49 students enrolled in the online course in three versions of the course, which were the non-gamification version …


Early-Year Undergraduate Research Experiences: How Students Are Mentored, How Valuable They Find This Experience, And What Kinds Of Costs They Associate With It, Gaye D. Ceyhan Dec 2019

Early-Year Undergraduate Research Experiences: How Students Are Mentored, How Valuable They Find This Experience, And What Kinds Of Costs They Associate With It, Gaye D. Ceyhan

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Undergraduate research has been considered as a high impact practice. Engaging in research in early college years are crucial to attracting and retaining students in research-related STEM careers. However, undergraduate research literature mostly focuses on the research experiences of students that are later in their undergraduate years. This dissertation is formed in an article-style format, which is a compilation of two separate research efforts to explore undergraduate students’ research experiences in their freshman and sophomore years. This article-style dissertation is part of a larger investigation into the academic and social experiences of high-achieving low-income undergraduate students. The context of the …


Destress For Success: Improving Student Mental Health With A New Healthy Monday Program, Mary Kate Schutt Dec 2019

Destress For Success: Improving Student Mental Health With A New Healthy Monday Program, Mary Kate Schutt

Population Health Research Brief Series

College students’ mental health is declining at alarming rates. Rates of depression and suicidal ideation among students have doubled since 2007. This causes campus counseling centers and staff to become overburdened and under resourced. This issue brief describes the launch of the DeStress for Success program, a new Healthy Monday program that provides a positive resource for students to help increase mental health and improve academic performance.


Veterans Day Ceremony, Kent Syverud Nov 2019

Veterans Day Ceremony, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.


Results From The Su Health & Wellness Goal Survey, Shannon M. Monnat, Mary Kate Schutt, Ashley Van Slyke, Alexandra Punch Nov 2019

Results From The Su Health & Wellness Goal Survey, Shannon M. Monnat, Mary Kate Schutt, Ashley Van Slyke, Alexandra Punch

Population Health Research Brief Series

In Spring 2019, SU’s Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion surveyed over 600 SU faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students to identify their goals related to health and wellness. This research brief summarizes the top ranked goals, including increasing physical activity, improving diet and nutrition, and better managing stress. There were interesting differences in goals across SU roles, sexes, and racial/ethnic groups.


Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Kent Syverud Oct 2019

Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.


Literacy Curricula, The Common Core, And Defending An Unpopular Profession: The Lived Experiences Of Undergraduate Preservice Literacy Teachers, Susan A. Sturm Oct 2019

Literacy Curricula, The Common Core, And Defending An Unpopular Profession: The Lived Experiences Of Undergraduate Preservice Literacy Teachers, Susan A. Sturm

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

This study explored the lived experiences of eight pre-service teachers, specifically their understandings of teaching Common Core-aligned English language arts (ELA) and their feelings about becoming teachers of literacy amid the current era of accountability. Phenomenological methods were used to interview participants and analyze data for significant statements made by all eight pre-service teachers involved. Major themes to emerge include that pre-service teachers felt prepared to design ELA lessons but unprepared to develop an ELA curriculum; they felt the Common Core State Standards had changed everything about teaching; and they were anxious about becoming teachers during a time of great …


Analyzing A Piece Of Teaching Through The Lens Of "The Abc's Of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, And When To Use Them", Kimberly Alexander, Paul Vermette Oct 2019

Analyzing A Piece Of Teaching Through The Lens Of "The Abc's Of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, And When To Use Them", Kimberly Alexander, Paul Vermette

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

For the continuing development of quality instructional practices, educators must have access to the findings of research and be in a position to explore applications of those findings. We think we may have found such a resource: A 2016 book titled The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically proven approaches, how they work, and when to use them by Schwartz, Tsang, and Blair is a concise, insightful, and applicable set of 26 short articles that explain key learning factors, provide examples, and identify the supporting scholarship. In this article, a first-year middle school science teacher and a veteran …


Being In Tension: Faculty Explorations Of The Meaning Of Social Justice In Teacher Education, Mary Shelley Thomas, Christine D. Clayton, Shin-Ying Huang, Roberto Garcia Oct 2019

Being In Tension: Faculty Explorations Of The Meaning Of Social Justice In Teacher Education, Mary Shelley Thomas, Christine D. Clayton, Shin-Ying Huang, Roberto Garcia

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

This study explores faculty perspectives of social justice in teacher education within one New York institution with a social justice focus. Grounded in the institution’s self-study process for accreditation, the researchers were a part of a team that collected data from structured interviews, including a card sort, of 42 full time teacher educators across 16 programs in the institution. Informed by sociocultural theories (Vygotsky, 1978, Wertsch, 1991), a content analysis revealed the language selected by faculty as well as their meaning-making process and describes how individuals contextualized those meanings. Findings demonstrated a range of meanings and lack of a shared …


Implementing Social And Emotional Learning Standards By Intertwining The Habits Of Mind With The Casel Competencies, Kimberly Alexander, Paul Vermette Oct 2019

Implementing Social And Emotional Learning Standards By Intertwining The Habits Of Mind With The Casel Competencies, Kimberly Alexander, Paul Vermette

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) adopted a set of three standards for social and emotional learning (SEL) in August 2018. In doing so, they have paved the way for explicit instruction in and assessment of 21st-century skills. The three-goal framework selected by NYSED (2018) is modeled after the five competencies of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL, 2018). The authors are overjoyed by this movement to promote dual objective learning (Vermette & Kline, 2017) targeting affective and cognitive goals, but are hesitant to use the CASEL (2018) framework for such SEL standards. Prior …


Letter From The Editors, Christine E. Ashby, Julia M. White Oct 2019

Letter From The Editors, Christine E. Ashby, Julia M. White

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.


Letter From The President, April W. Bedford Oct 2019

Letter From The President, April W. Bedford

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.


12.1 Table Of Contents, Julia White Oct 2019

12.1 Table Of Contents, Julia White

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.


Alumni Awards Celebration, Kent Syverud Sep 2019

Alumni Awards Celebration, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.


The Barnes Center At The Arch Dedication, Kent Syverud Sep 2019

The Barnes Center At The Arch Dedication, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

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Fall 2019 Welcome Message, Kent Syverud Aug 2019

Fall 2019 Welcome Message, Kent Syverud

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Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds Of Collective Black Girlhood, Blair Ebony Smith Aug 2019

Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds Of Collective Black Girlhood, Blair Ebony Smith

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This dissertation is an autoethnography of my three-year and ongoing participation in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT), a creative organizing collective that focuses on envisioning and creating spaces within the local community that celebrates the complex lived experiences of Black girls with Black girls. In this project, I argue sounds of collective Black girlhood, created in SOLHOT, reveal the importance of collective music-making practices in Black girlhood studies and girl programming. Cruising, Crossings and care, as sounds of collective Black girlhood created in SOLHOT, resound us towards 1) being with Black girls and women across difference in deep …


2019 New Student Convocation, Kent Syverud Aug 2019

2019 New Student Convocation, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.


How Tesol Contributes To Bringing Quality Education In Myanmar, Sam Yung Aug 2019

How Tesol Contributes To Bringing Quality Education In Myanmar, Sam Yung

English Language Institute

TESOL can contribute to bringing quality education in Myanmar by helping students to succeed in academic/professional settings and teachers to attain/deliver knowledge more proficiently thereby creating quality education.


An Overview Of Migration In The Northern Countries Of Central America, Fatima Rodriguez Pacas Aug 2019

An Overview Of Migration In The Northern Countries Of Central America, Fatima Rodriguez Pacas

English Language Institute

While migration is a positive and empowering experience for many, it is quite clear that forced migrants from Central America tend to be disproportionately vulnerable. Often their human rights and fundamental freedoms are at risk, not just in the countries they leave but in the dangerous route and places they settle. This poster promotes an understanding of migration from a critical though that challenge normative and dominant ideas provide a wider understanding of the complexity of the problem in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, territory called northern triangle of Central America.


How To Get Rid Of Student Loans, Imane Ait Mohand Aug 2019

How To Get Rid Of Student Loans, Imane Ait Mohand

English Language Institute

As young adults, students are increasingly confronted with the need to borrow money to build their future, and the longer the studies are, the longer the repayment period will be. In some countries, such as the United States, indebtedness issue has become very problematic. The present work based on a real case study aims to highlight an effective solution to get rid of these loans and ensure a better future.


Epigenetic Regulation On Plant Stress Memory, Febri Adi Susanto Aug 2019

Epigenetic Regulation On Plant Stress Memory, Febri Adi Susanto

English Language Institute

Plants are sessile organisms; they cannot move like animals when the environment is not favorable. Therefore, plants need a mechanism to cope with environmental changes. For example, when a plant experiences stress, like water deficit, it will employ a certain mechanism that allows the plant to survive the next exposure (see Fig. 1), often referred to as “Epigenetic” regulation. By application, epigenetics deals with the changes of the level of the gene expression without change in the DNA sequence, by DNA methylation, histone modifications, and or small RNA regulation. Plant epigenetic regulation is related to the Lamarckian theory of evolution. …


Northeastern Brazilian Music Features In Ascensão, Helder Alves De Oliveira Aug 2019

Northeastern Brazilian Music Features In Ascensão, Helder Alves De Oliveira

English Language Institute

Musical elements from Northeastern Brazil served as a source for Brazilian nationalist art music. Its principal representatives are Villa-Lobos and Camargo Guarnieri. According to José Maria Neves, “Brazilian nationalism [a musical movement] is essentially neoclassical with respect to formal principles and language: it employs classical forms (suite, sonata, variations, etc.) and traditional melodic and harmonic structures using elements of Brazilian folk music.


Social Aspects Of The Influence Of Syracuse University On Local Community: Social Marketing Analysis, Olga Khokhryakova Aug 2019

Social Aspects Of The Influence Of Syracuse University On Local Community: Social Marketing Analysis, Olga Khokhryakova

English Language Institute

People are born with antipathy for those who are different. The reason for that is “the behavioral immune system” that for years helped people to protect themselves from diseases brought with strangers (Schaller, Park, 2011). Today that instinct is expressed in “experience of disgust, for extroversion and social interaction, for xenophobia and other prejudices, and for the origins of the cultural differences” (p.99). Research of Syracuse University students showed that the one of the best ways to increase empathy between people is in working with younger children. That is how “Empathy Matters” appeared – social project of Hendricks Chapel, the …


Women's Empowerment In The Middle East, Dina Rishmawi Aug 2019

Women's Empowerment In The Middle East, Dina Rishmawi

English Language Institute

This research aims to point out the argument for empowering women in the Middle East, and why it is important to the development of a country.


Metaheuristic Algorithms For Transit Network Design, Ni Luh Putu Satyaning Paramita Aug 2019

Metaheuristic Algorithms For Transit Network Design, Ni Luh Putu Satyaning Paramita

English Language Institute

Public transportation is a crucial part in developing sustainable transportation in urban areas. Without a good public transportation system, private vehicle ownership increases, which lead to many problems: traffic congestion, air pollution, energy exploitation. Planning and designing efficient public transportation is essential.


How To Improve Higher Education In Panama, Gustavo Jose Santamaria Gonzalez Aug 2019

How To Improve Higher Education In Panama, Gustavo Jose Santamaria Gonzalez

English Language Institute

Panama is a country with potential for economic growth. Its higher education system is internationally considered the second most problematic.A stronger focus on quality , access and resources are key to a competitive higher educational system in order to support the Panamanian economic growth.


Changes To Landscape And Its Effects On Environmental Sustainability, Angela Maria Cortes-Gomez Aug 2019

Changes To Landscape And Its Effects On Environmental Sustainability, Angela Maria Cortes-Gomez

English Language Institute

Since about the 1960´s the changes in landscapes have been more intense and have affected biodiversity due to society becoming increasingly urbanized. At the same time natural ecosystems have deteriorated (Metzger et al., 2006, Laurance et al. 2014). Reducing environmental change is one of the most important sustainability pillars of our world because all societies and businesses depend on the natural system for well-being. The complexity of this problem, arises as a result of diverse cultural, political and social factors. In this poster, I focus on how agriculture has transformed landscapes and decrease global sustainability.