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Uab History Journal For Student Scholarship Wins A National Award, Staff

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Nadja Meier Named Sun Belt Women's Tennis Player Of The Week, Georgia Southern University

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• Nadja Meier Named Sun Belt Women's Tennis Player of the Week

Women’S Golf Signs Mia Kness For 2021-22, Georgia Southern University

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• Women’s Golf Signs Mia Kness for 2021-22

Quarterly Report - 3rd Quarter, Period Ending March 31, 2021, Etsu Foundation, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Foundation Quarterly Reports

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Restorative Justice And The School-To-Prison Pipeline: A Review Of Existing Literature, Hani Morgan

Faculty Publications

Black students experience out-of-school suspensions at a higher rate than other students. The higher rate at which these students are suspended is believed to contribute to a school-to-prison pipeline. This review article is designed to enhance the understanding of this problem by focusing on the factors that play a part in the school-to-prison pipeline. A purposeful sample of recently published literature by some of the leading scholars in this area was selected for analysis. Some studies indicate that school personnel may be biased in the ways they respond to Black students. The lack of teacher preparation and support has been …

A Program Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of A University’S Student Persistence Model, Anthea Daniels Henderson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Many universities have implemented initiatives designed to address first year retention and persistence. Various prevention and support programs, including summer bridge programs, TRIO and Student Support Services, have been funded for the primary purpose of improving the outcomes of underserved populations. Although these initiatives and programs have been somewhat impactful, higher education leadership continues to seek ways to improve the outcomes of students at their institutions. Graduation outcomes continue to be a challenge for higher education leaders and researchers alike. Talbert (2012) states “Strong communication and cooperation between academic departments, learning support, student services, and federally funded programs is paramount …

Impact Of Starting Right, Now On Unaccompanied Homeless Youth’S Mental Health And School Engagement, Camille A. Randle

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Comprehensive, holistic, and individualized interventions for homeless youth are recommended in order to meet the complexity of their needs, but few of such interventions exist. The current study adds to this sparse literature base by examining the effects of a multifaceted, community-based intervention for unaccompanied homeless youth called Starting Right, Now (SRN). SRN provides unaccompanied homeless youth with a broad range of home-, school-, and community-based services in order to meet their unique needs. Previous research has supported the effectiveness of the intervention on participants’ well-being and quality of life. However, the current study was the first to quantitatively examine …

From The Margins: Impact Of Academic Advising On First-Generation Student Retention, Xavia Harrington-Chate

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

This study examines the influence of academic advising on first-generation student retention using secondary data via data from an online survey. Specifically, the researcher explored advising experiences to explain the retention of freshman first-generation college students from Year One to Year Two. A total of 1,716 freshman students during the 2017-2018 academic school year participated in this study. The survey's setting is a mid-sized, four-year public university in the Midwestern United States. The research questions seek to identify if first-generation students' status or self-reported data of academic advising experiences affect student retention during the critical first year of college enrollment. …

Spectrum, Volume 46, Issue 7, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Business Students Take Top Three Places in CT at Microsoft Championship -- SHU Obtaining Vaccines for Students -- Anti-Asian Attacks in Atlanta -- Netflix Cracks Down On Password Sharing -- Another COVID Holiday -- Sharing is Caring -- She Means Business

Bridging The Gap: A Closer Look At Educational Inequities And Strategies To Support African American Students, Terry Daily-Davis, Lachrisa Crenshaw, Gina M. Jenkins

Dissertations

This autoethnography shares our personal experiences, narratives, and counter-stories as we view the social justice issues of inequities in the education of African American students. Through our journey, we highlighted our personal views and real scenarios as seen through the eyes of a reading specialist, social worker, and college-level administrator. Critical Race Theory in Education (CRT) served as our primary guiding force allowing us to focus on the following tenets: counter-stories, permanence of racism, whiteness as property, interest convergence, and critique of liberalism (Dixson, Anderson & Donnor, 2017). Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the framework in Social Sciences that examines …

Serving Military Students From Application To Graduation, Valerie Kisseloff, Edward Trombley

Publications

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide presentation about how Admissions & the Registrar work together to serve their military and veteran population. This session focused on questions asked during the application process, various policies and procedures within each department, challenges faced, and how both offices work together for a seamless transition from application, to evaluation of credit, and beyond.

A Process Evaluation Of Human Resource Practices In Support Of Title I Turnaround Schools With Instructional Vacancies, Herbert Peeples

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Superintendents, human resources personnel, and principals are under immense pressure to ensure that their students perform well on standardized tests due to school accountability and school grades. This pressure is magnified for principals who are leaders of high poverty, high minority, Title I schools. These principals are constantly trying to hire quality teachers to meet the needs of their students. Researchers agree that the most important decision a principal must make is who to hire (e.g., Peterson, 2002; Rothman, 2004). Quality hires help schools move their students toward academic success.

This study examined how a human resource (HR) partner worked …

The Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Attendance, And Attrition In A Group-Based Parent Management Training Program, David Rubio Jr.

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Disruptive behaviors rate among the most common referral concern for young children to mental health clinics (Kazdin, 2003). The preferred treatment for child behavior problems is parent management training (PMT; Matthys & Lochman, 2017). Raising a child with externalizing behaviors is associated with high levels of parenting stress, which can interfere with treatment engagement (Deater-Deckard, 2004). One negative outcome that has been associated with high levels of parenting stress is dropping out from treatment (Kazdin et al., 1997). Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children’s Skills (HOT DOCS; Agazzi, Childres, & Armstrong, 2017) is a PMT program that has experienced participant …

Momentum For Learning: Defining A Pedagogy Of Movement For Improved Learning And Cognition, Gretchen L. Stewart

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study reports the findings of a mixed-methods investigation into learning and cognition that has been theoretically and methodologically positioned as embodied. Embodied learning places pedagogical value on the biophysiologically dependent nature of learning on the development of the central nervous system. Rooted in empirical evidence of structural and functional brain change through movement, the purpose of this study was to investigate the primary teaching and learning features of a neurodevelopmental approach to schooling. The research question was, how do interdisciplinary experts operationalize movement as fundamental pedagogy in a brain relevant school model? Methods included qualitative interviews, a consensus building …

Changes In Educator Attitudes Related To Trauma-Informed Care, Amira Mattison Boylston

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Historically, teachers have been primarily focused on fostering the academic success and progress of their students. Over the years, the role of a teacher has evolved to also encompass meeting the behavioral and social-emotional needs of their students as well. Students with difficulties in these areas are often at-risk for struggling academically and may make limited progress without adequate social-emotional or behavioral support. Unfortunately, many teacher training programs have not adequately prepared their educators to fulfill this need. This is especially concerning because of the growing number of youths who have adverse childhood experiences, which is exposure to traumatic events …

Dogs, Stress, And Tests, Oh My! A Wellness Program For Students Taking A High Stakes Test, Kathryn (Tina) Alessandria

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

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Chad Willis 2021 Volleyball Camp Dates Set, Georgia Southern University

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• Chad Willis 2021 Volleyball Camp Dates Set

Georgia Southern Golf Course Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

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• Updated COVID-19 Protocols
• Faculty, Staff & Friends is BACK!

Georgia Southern Golf Course Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

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• Updated COVID-19 Protocols
• Faculty, Staff & Friends is BACK!

Works By Musicians With Uab Ties Featured In Birmingham Art Music Alliance Project, Shannon Thomason

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New Partnership With Oakwood University Helps Recruit Students To The Uab School Of Medicine, Kendra Carter

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Perceptions, Learner Characteristics, And Preferences Of Limited Literacy Moroccan Women: The Feasibility Of Acquiring Darija Literacy Skills Through M-Learning, Nada El Maliki

Theses and Dissertations

This study explored the perceptions, learner characteristics and preferences of Moroccan women with limited literacy skills towards the use of their smartphones to improve reading literacy skills in Latin script Moroccan Darija (LSD). The goal was to generate a range of recommendations for instructional designers, curriculum developers and education policymakers designing literacy programs for the target population. Specific focus was given to the fundamental reading sub-skill of matching letters to sounds (also known as phonemic awareness or decoding) for the Darija language. This study employed target population analysis (TPA) as a phenomenological approach that consisted of interviews with a sample …

定义与测量语言水平的基于Irt的潜在类别方法, Tammy D. Tolar, David J. Francis, Paulina A. Kulesz, Karla K. Stuebing

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

英语学习者(EL) 的状态对决定何时以及如何评估英语学习者的学业成就具有至关重要的意义。在美国， 被指定为英语学习者的学生每年都要接受英语水平(ELP) 的评估，这是一个复杂的构念，其概念的形成 近年来不断发展，以更准确地反映达成学科内容领域成就所需的语言要求，如各个州和州语言评估联盟 (如WIDA和ELPA21) 的标准所反映的那样。本文的目的是探讨使用学科内容领域成就测试来验证掌握语 言水平的标准的可能的作用和效用。具体来说，我们应用混合项目反应模型来识别两类EL学生：(1) 一 类EL学生他的英语语言艺术和数学成就测试题目具有与non-EL相似的难度和区分度参数和(2)另一类是测 试题目功能不同的EL学生。我们使用潜在类别IRT方法来识别两类EL学生，并评估ELP的不同分量表(读、 写、听、说) 对成员分类的影响。只有阅读和写作是成员分类的显著预测因子。基于ELP总分的划界分数 并不是学生成员分类的完美的预测指标，并表明需要在最高水平类别内进行更精细的区分。这项研究证 明了将语言水平的定义与使用语言水平的(评价) 环境联系起来的重要性，并提出了当语言水平标准与学 科内容领域成就所需的语言要求联系起来时，心理测量分析的可能的价值。

A Latent Class Irt Approach To Defining And Measuring Language Proficiency, Tammy D. Tolar, David J. Francis, Paulina A. Kulesz, Karla K. Stuebing

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

English language learner (EL) status has high stakes implications for determining when and how ELs should be evaluated for academic achievement. In the US, students designated as English learners are assessed annually for English language proficiency (ELP), a complex construct whose conceptualization has evolved in recent years to reflect more precisely the language demands of content area achievement as reflected in the standards of individual states and state language assessment consortia, such as WIDA and ELPA21. The goal of this paper was to examine the possible role for and utility of using content area assessments to validate language proficiency mastery …

中国新高考改革中的教育测量理论、方法和技术的应用创新, 梁 正妍, 张 敏强, 黄 菲菲, 康 德荣, 徐 玲玲

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

中国新高考改革为教育测量学的研究者和应用者提供了一个直接参与中国高考改革的契机。因而，对新高考的特点及其所面临的问题进行深入研究，并从理论、方法或技术上给出有针对性的解决方案，不仅利于中国新高考改革的顺利开展，还将拓展和丰富教育测量学的研究和应用。本文针对中国新高考改革中由计分方式和自主选科所带来的考试的稳定性问题、不同年度和“一年两考”分数等值问题，以及如何基于高考数据分析对基础教育教学进行反馈的问题，给出了研讨性的研究成果并提出了相应的建议。

Application Innovation Of Educational Measurement Theory, Method, And Technology In China’S New College Entrance Examination Reform, Zhengyan Liang, Minqiang Zhang, Feifei Huang, Derong Kang, Lingling Xu

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

China’s new college entrance examination (the new gaokao) reform provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners of educational measurement to directly participate in the reform. Therefore, conducting in-depth research on the characteristics of the new gaokao and the issues it faces, and finding corresponding solutions theoretically, methodologically, and technically will not only help to deploy the education examination reform smoothly, but also expand and enrich the research and application of educational measurement. This article provides discussions and suggestions on some issues related to the new gaokao reform, including the stability issue of the examination brought by the scoring methods and …

教育高危群体在写作过程上的性别差异研究, Randy E. Bennett, Mo Zhang, Sandip Sinharay

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

本研究基于一个中学同等学力测验，考察了教育高危群体在写作过程上的性 别差异。研究涉及了来自美国23个州的合计三万多考生，每一考生均参与了 该语言测验的12副本考卷中的一个。研究借助键盘记录中抽取出的特征推断 背后的写作过程，并将之整合为7个过程指标。研究结果发现女性被试的作文 得分和语言测验总分均领先于男性，但领先程度很微弱。更重要的是，当控 制了语言测验总分、年龄和作文题目后，全部7个过程指标均显示出显著的性 别差异，其中，最突出的指标是流畅性和编辑性的不同方面。当前研究结果 在许多重要方面与先前一些对在校生和成人的研究结果相一致，也与在线和 纸笔写作任务的研究结果相吻合。关于对使用字符类语言(如汉语) 进行写作 的个体如何开展类似研究，文章结尾给出了一些建议。

How Do Educationally At-Risk Men And Women Differ In Their Essay-Writing Processes?, Randy E. Bennett, Mo Zhang, Sandip Sinharay

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

This study examined differences in the composition processes used by educationally at-risk males and females who wrote essays as part of a high-school equivalency examination. Over 30,000 individuals were assessed taking 12 forms of the examination’s language arts writing section in 23 US states. Writing processes were inferred using features extracted from keystroke logs and aggregated into seven composite indictors. Results showed females to earn higher essay and total language arts writing scores than males, but only by trivial amounts. More pertinent was that, after controlling for language arts writing score, age, and essay prompt, all seven process indicators showed …

Listen Like Thieves - Using Pop Music To Teach Literary Analysis, Foster Engagement, And Build Positive Relationships, William Visco

Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference

It has been said that teachers are some of the greatest thieves in the world, stealing ideas and altering them to fit their classes. A resource that is being "stolen from" and increasingly used in classrooms is that of pop culture. I have found that one of the most easily accessible forms of pop culture to use effectively and efficiently is that of popular music. Popular music spans generations and connects millions. I’ll discuss the benefits of connecting curriculum to pop music in order to enrich classroom lessons, enhance student's ability to do literary analysis, and actively engage students while …

Adventuring Into Complexity By Exploring Data: From Complicity To Sustainability, Tim Lutz

Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS)

Problems of sustainability are typically represented by major present-day challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental and social injustice. Framed this way, sustainable lives and societies depend on finding solutions to each problem. From another perspective, there is only one problem behind them all, stated by Gregory Bateson as: “…the difference between how nature works and the way people think,” and complexity provides a way to define and approach this problem. I extend Edgar Morin’s conceptions of restricted and general complexity into pedagogy to address problems of simplicity and reductionist teaching. The proposed pedagogy is based on long …