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Emma Vogel Honors Portfolio, Emma Vogel

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Emma Vogel's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Carly Kuhlman Honors Portfolio, Carly Kuhlman

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Carly Kuhlman's Honors Portfolio captured in December 2024.

Aryee Mccabe Honors Portfolio, Aryee Mccabe

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Aryee McCabe's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Nomin Senadheera Honors Portfolio, Nomin Senadheera

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Nomin Senadheera's Honors Portfolio captured in December 2024.

Alysha Kruger Honors Portfolio, Alysha Kruger

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Alysha Kruger's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Megan Narveson Honors Portfolio, Megan Narveson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Megan Narveson's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Leah Reynolds Honors Portfolio, Leah Reynolds

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Leah Reynolds' Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Madeline Tilotta Honors Portfolio, Madeline Tilotta

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Madeline Tilotta's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Marielle Calanza Honors Portfolio, Marielle Calanza

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Marielle Calanza's Honors Porfolio captured in December 2024.

Samuel Christenson Honors Portfolio, Samuel Christenson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Samuel Christenson's Honors Portfolio captured in December 2024.

Pk-12 Faculty And Staff Capacity To Support Student Mental Health, Chin-Chih Chen, David B. Naff, Xun Liu, Jennifer Murphy, Margaret Wallace, Sunny Shin, Kade Goldin, Shenita Williams, Caleb Armwood, Riley Jenkins, Marlene Gooding

MERC Publications

This report from the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) depicts findings from a regional survey of PK-12 faculty and staff exploring their professional capacity to meet the mental health needs of their students. Based on responses from approximately 1,000 educators in the MERC region, there were six dimensions of capacity: mental health knowledge, mental health training and confidence, multi-tiered systems of support, positive mental health culture, supportive policies and practices, and responsibility and impact. Findings in the report include position comparisons along these six dimensions as well as an exploration of how capacity varies by school size and demographic composition. …

Exploring Parental Involvement In Children’S Literacy Development: A Study Of A Kenyan Junior Public Secondary School, Daniel Ommila Shilenje

Master of Education

Parental involvement plays a significant role in children's literacy development. This qualitative study explored the opportunities for parental support in literacy growth, parents' challenges, and practical strategies to increase parental engagement. Interviews were conducted with parents, teachers, and students at a public junior secondary school in Nairobi, Kenya. Observational data was also collected through home visits.

The findings revealed various avenues for parental involvement, such as shared reading, maintaining a print-rich home environment, acting as literacy role models, communicating effectively with teachers, and assisting with homework. These opportunities helped strengthen parent-child bonds and fostered a love for reading. However, challenges …

The Honors Beacon, Issue 22, 2023-2024, Honors Program At Minnesota State University, Mankato

Honors Beacon

2023-2024 newsletter of the Honors Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Kadiatu Kamara Honors Portfolio, Kadiatu Kamara

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Kadiatu Kamara's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Prospective Teachers' Conceptions Of Area, Betsy Mcneal, Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, Michael Battista, Ayse Ozturk

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This study explored 10 prospective teachers’ (PTs’) understanding of the area of a rectangular region using square and non-square rectangular area-units. In an hour-long interview, each PT was first asked to explain how they would find the area of a given rectangular region in terms of a non-square notecard. For several PTs, this task prompted discussion of a square unit defined by the edge of the notecard. In a second task, PTs were presented with a rectangular array of squares and were asked to explain to a fictional child why multiplying length times width does not count the top left …

Supporting Those Who Support Us: An Exploration Of Strategies To Address Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Educators' Concerns And Needs, Karthik Mani, Diane M. Collins, Lima Ghulmi, Amy Boyd, Anita C. Zaricor

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Fieldwork (FW) education is integral to occupational therapy (OT) education and enables the transition of a student to an entry-level practitioner. Clinicians who serve as FW educators play a significant role in this process. To deliver OT education, universities must support FW educators and address their needs and concerns. This study surveyed OT FW educators who supervised entry-level OT doctoral students from a public university for Level I and/or Level II FW regarding strategies to address their concerns and needs. An anonymous survey was distributed to the FW educators (n=349) who supervised the students for FW between Spring 2021-2023. By …

Feeling At Home In The Basic Communication Course: A Qualitative Case Study Of Faculty And Student Perceptions Of A Connected Classroom Climate At One Midwestern University, Cynthia A. Grobmeier

Dissertations of Practice

The concept of a connected classroom climate considers that peer-to-peer interaction, not just instructor-student interaction, contributes to a sense of community in the classroom that can impact student outcomes. This qualitative case study considers both student and instructor perceptions of what contributes to that sense of connection in the classroom at a mid-size, four-year, Hispanic-serving university. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and member checks with students and instructors who engaged in the first-year basic communication course during the Spring 2022 semester. Five themes emerged in this study: a) the communication classroom is uniquely positioned to create a sense of …

Maternal Involvement, Parenting Styles And Socioeconomic Status As Predictors Of Academic Achievement Of Standard 5 Students In Trinidad And Tobago, Edison Greenaway

Dissertations

The Problem

Underachievement remains a long-standing issue for the Ministry of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. This has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which deleteriously impacted the education system. School closures became mandatory, and online learning was implemented throughout the education system. The results of the 2022 sitting of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exams emphasized the issue of underachievement, with a significant decline in performance. Only 37.06% of students scored above the 50% mark. Familial factors such as parenting styles and parental involvement have been noted in the literature to positively impact students’ academic achievement (Borup et al., …

Tsion Zewdie Honors Portfolio, Tsion Zewdie

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Tsion Zewdie's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

The Lived Experiences Of School Counselors And Ell Teachers Who Support Ell Students Who Exhibit A Symptom Of Mental Illness, Trenise Duckens

Dissertations

The current literature regarding the lived experiences of ELL teachers and school counselors who support ELL students who may exhibit a symptom of mental illness in high school is very limited. Research is available discussing school counselors and their role when supporting students who may exhibit a symptom of mental illness or may have mental health concerns. This study sought to add to the literature by exploring the lived experiences of ELL teachers and school counselors who support ELL students who may exhibit a symptom of mental illness. By adding to the literature, the researcher hopes to provide a better …

Brooke Andel Honors Porfolio, Brooke Andel

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Brooke Andel's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Aidan Forberg Honors Portfolio, Aidan Forberg

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Aidan Forberg's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Naomi Kinney Honors Portfolio, Naomi Kinney

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Naomi Kinney's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Alayna Kunshier Honors Portfolio, Alayna Kunshier

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Alayna Kunshier's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Sachita Pokhrel Honors Portfolio, Sachita Pokhrel

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Sachita Pokhrel's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Carly Abelson Honors Portfolio, Carly Abelson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Carly Abelson's Honors Portfolio captured in December 2024.

Elizabeth Peterson Honors Portfolio, Elizabeth M. Peterson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Elizabeth Peterson's Honors Portfolio captured in December 2024.

Differences In Student-Ai Interaction Process On A Drawing Task: Focusing On Students' Attitude Towards Ai And The Level Of Drawing Skills, Jinhee Kim, Yoonhee Ham, Sang-Soog Lee

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Recent advances and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have increased the opportunities for students to interact with AI in their learning tasks. Although various fields of scholarly research have investigated human-AI collaboration, the underlying processes of how students collaborate with AI in a student-AI teaming scenario have been scarcely investigated. To develop effective AI applications in education, it is necessary to understand differences in the student-AI interaction (SAI) process depending on students' characteristics. The present study attempts to fill this gap by exploring the differences in the SAI process amongst students with varying drawing proficiencies and attitudes towards AI in …

When Would You Feel Like A Writer? Exploring Writing With Newcomer Students, Sinélia Peixoto, Thea Williamson

English Faculty Publications

The authors share a story of a middle school writer's experience navigating across languages in an English for Speakers of Other Languages support classroom.

Books, Boots, And Beer Halls In Germany: Observations By A Young Nebraskan Studying In Europe, 1876–1878, George Elliott Howard, Michael R. Hill

Zea E-Books Collection

Long before George Elliott Howard (1849–1928) became one of Nebraska’s premier sociologists and was elected president of the American Sociological Association (1917), he was a footloose young scholar who pursued postgraduate education in Germany during 1876–1878. Eager to share his adventures, Howard wrote and dispatched seven insightful essays that were quickly published in Nebraska newspapers. Here, collected together for the first time, are Howard’s firsthand observations on travel in Europe, life and learning in Germany, studying the German language, student beer-drinking societies, and a walking tour in Austria. Edited and introduced by Michael R. Hill, Howard’s essays are placed squarely …