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Research Methods in Psychology (PSYC 362) Posters: Benevolent Sexism on Perceived Competence and Indirect Aggression in Women
Get PDFStudents taking Research Methods in Psychology are tasked with generating a novel research question, designing a study to answer that question, and analyzing and interpreting data within the context of their original hypotheses. These posters represent the culmination of this semester-long project
U.S. Sanctions on Chinese, Russian Firms
No full textElizabeth Larus, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, was a featured guest on the Pakistan news program In Focus South Asia on December 1, 2020. Professor Larus debated guests from China, Russia and Hungary on U.S. sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms that participate in Iran’s missile program
Supporting Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Practices for Facilitating Prospective Teachers’ Mathematical Explanations in Content Courses
No full textThe push for more student-generated explanations in K-8 mathematics classrooms, together with prospective teachers’ well-documented weaknesses in both providing adequate explanation and appreciating what constitutes a sound mathematical explanation, points to the need for more experiences for prospective teachers to formulate explanations of mathematical ideas before asking them to facilitate students’ explanations. Creating experiences for prospective teachers to wrestle with challenging mathematics and learn to elicit, develop, and evaluate mathematical explanations is a responsibility of mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) who teach content courses for teachers. Our work considers MTEs’ practices that encourage prospective elementary teachers to construct and critique explanations. Through examination of data from a professional development designed for MTEs, we identified what aspects of prospective elementary teachers’ mathematical explanations MTEs attended to while observing and discussing a math content course for prospective elementary teachers. From this study we identified five MTE practices that provide opportunities to engage PSTs in constructing mathematical explanations. Specific strategies for MTEs to implement these practices are shared and related dilemmas are discussed
Challenging Bosnian Women’s Identity as Rape Victims: The Fetishization of Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict Discourse
Get PDFHow does one call attention to the gender dimensions of war violence or postwar inequalities without reproducing images of passive female victimhood and support for patriarchal notions of the protection of women? In the case of the Bosnian War, because of the large scale of sexual violence and the attention focused on this violence, Bosnian women have been stereotyped and relegated to the role of rape victim. Although women suffered from grave violations of human rights, this stereotypical portrayal is not adequate, and neglects the active role played in the perpetration of violence by some women. It also neglects women’s roles as activists, peace builders, sole supporters of their family, or political elites in a war effort.This project seeks to identify how existing scholarly literature and media representation about the Bosnian War has contributed to the victimization of women. Most of the literature on women and warfare, or women and gender, analyzes the role of women from a victim-centred perspective. Although research shows that the majority of perpetrators are men, women too have been involved in the perpetration of war crimes. Hence, this project utilizes scholarly material, interviews with Bosnian women, and newspaper articles to make the case that the securitization of sexual violence has unintentionally resulted in its fetishization and enhanced the invisibility of women in post-conflict discussions
The Subtle Body: Religious, Spiritual, Health-Related, or All Three?
Get PDFIn the West today, Eastern philosophies of the subtle body have been changed, appropriated, and popularized within modern forms of yoga. The subtle body refers to assumed energy points within the human body that cannot be viewed by the naked eye, but is believed by several religious traditions to be part of our physical existence. Notions of subtle body systems have migrated and changed throughout India and Tibet over many years with much controversy; the movement of these ideas to the West follows a similar controversial path, and these developments in both Asia and the West exemplify how one cannot identify a singular, legitimate, “subtle body”
Introduction to the Publishing Industry
Get PDFThis individual study was designed to help me come to a better understanding of the publishing industry and how a writer bridges the gap between writing and publication, between a hobby and a profession. Creatively, my goal was to revise, develop, and polish a novella rooted in ENGL 470B, fiction seminar. Professionally, I learned and implemented the process of producing, preparing, and sending out original creative work to literary magazines for publication. The outcomes of the project included a significantly revised fantasy novella, a series of cover letters, a strong and flexible understanding of the literary marketplace, and completed submissions for several literary magazines. During the project I submitted to the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, and Driftwood Press. This project built on what I have learned throughout my time at UMW, particularly my creative writing classes; but more than that, this project has been the beginning of the rest of my career as a writer
Menander: A Greco-Buddhist King?
Get PDFEver since western scholars became aware of the Buddhist text the Milindapanha, where a Greek king conversed with a Buddhist monk, a debate has raged over whether Menander, the IndoGreek king identified with the king in the work, did what his counterpart was said to have done and converted to Buddhism. While numismatic and textual evidence has allowed for the placement of Menander to within the middle of the second century BCE, where the elements for such a conversion would have existed, those same sources do not allow for any clear picture on the matter. The lack of verifiable information on Menander has meant that much of the literature on him has been clouded by speculation and conjecture. While there are some hints in the textual as well as numismatic sources that he had at the very least a positive relationship with his Buddhist subjects, to speculate any further would be to go beyond what can be known with certainty
The Impact of Drawing Post-Reading on Third Grade Reading Comprehension
Get PDFThe purpose of this research was to investigate how drawing affects third grade students’ reading comprehension. Students participated in two phases of this action research. First, students read and completed a comprehension quiz. For phase two, students read, drew a picture to show what they remembered from the story, then completed the same comprehension quiz as before but as it related to the second story. The goal was that students were able to express better comprehension after drawing and they did just that. Student scores for response accuracy improved, and even more significantly, scores for depth of response on comprehension questions improved, all with an arts integration intervention for reading comprehension
A Student Teacher’s Journey through Learning to Plan and Teach Writing: An Autoethnography
Get PDFResearch has shown that the increased use of social media and texting has started to take a toll on the way students are writing. This trend of using “text-speak” in formal writing was taking place in my classroom, too. While looking for ways to help students improve their writing, I came across research that used rubrics as an instructional tool. I decided to try using rubrics during instruction to improve the writing skills of my students. Instead of studying the students, however, I decided to study myself. Autoethnography is a form of qualitative research that relies on the author reflecting on their practices and writing about their experiences. In this study, I reflected on how I planned and taught writing. The reflections that came from my research journal were used as the main data source for this study. The data from my research journal fell into four major themes: scaffolding information, adapting to situations, writing for fun versus writing for work, and using structured writing assignments. Based on these themes, I found that not only did I prefer to teach with writing assignments that have more structure, but my students also preferred them to have structure. Not only does it make completing the assignment easier for the students, but it makes it easier to grade and get feedback to students in a timely manner
Nueva edición crítica de El lugar sin límites de José Donoso en Colección Biblioteca Chilena: notas en torno a un proyecto de edición
No full textHe tenido el honor y el placer de editar, para Colección Biblioteca Chilena de Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, esta novela de José Donoso (1924-1996) que, a más de cincuenta años de su primera edición en México (1966), constituye tanto una de las principales novelas del escritor chileno como un hito dentro la literatura latinoamericana. Agradezco al comité editorial de (an)ecdótica, especialmente a Ana Laura Zavala Díaz, que me invitara a participar del diálogo centrado en la labor ecdótica de textos con el que la revista contribuye, llenando desde su primer número un vacío indiscutible en nuestro campo al proveer esta instancia de reflexión y colaboración en torno al quehacer de rescate y fijación de textos iberoamericanos