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News Media Bias: An Analysis of News Coverage on January 6, 2021
No full textWith the “fake news” phenomenon entering the spotlight in recent years, media slant and bias has become an ever-growing topic within political discourse. This project uses the process of coding to analyze three articles from varying news organizations written about the United States Capitol Insurrections on January 6, 2021. It identifies language patterns that are associated with media bias as well as how notable concepts such as omission and framing shape the ideas readers may take away from a news piece. Findings as well as conclusions about the significance of these concepts will be presented
How Relationships with Students Help to Endorse an Effective Learning Environment
No full textRapport is one of the most important aspects of education. However, it does not always get the recognition that it deserves because it looks different in each and every classroom that you encounter. This research will examine the connections between rapport and effective learning environments and how to build both of them in a positive and inviting way. It will look to answer a few questions: Does teacher rapport with student’s affect student learning? How can educators develop rapport and a safe learning environment in the classroom and maintain it? Both of these questions can be difficult to answer. In this research there has been careful consideration to these questions especially due to the global pandemic, COVID-19. Yet, even with these limitations, rapport and effective classroom environments are still as important as ever
How to Motivate IEP Students to Complete Online Assignments
No full textThe following paper will focus on the best way to motivate IEP students to complete online assignments at home and during class time. A variety of methods will be used to ensure that the correct technique is utilized including, but not limited to making the assignments interactive, offering bonus points, and giving answers to assignments through the videos. This paper will include several forms of data including qualitative and quantitative and will provide a breakdown of the benefits of each piece of data collected. The limitations of online learning as well as the limitations of only seeing the students for a few days at a time will be considered during this study
Online Learning VS Face-to-Face: What’s Effective?
No full textWith the recent spike in online instruction, students have had to quickly develop a unique learning style that fits each of their individual characteristics. The difference from a traditional classroom setting to a remote setting comes with challenges as well rewards that these students have had to face. High test scores, participation, and quality of work have been a struggle to obtain for today’s educators and will continue to fall unless addressed. Since this decline, test scores on average have been statistically lower in almost every case. By comparing test scores from students at home to test scores from students in the classroom, educators can start to implement strategies to close the gap on the learning experience
Examining the use of Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for people with Substance Use Disorders
No full textBackground: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) affects occupational performance in activities throughout an individual’s daily life (Rojo-Mota et al. 2017). Ten percent of Americans have had a SUD at some point in their lives (National Institute of Health, 2020). In 2018, there were 67,367 drug overdose deaths that occurred in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020).
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify what occupational performance problems (OPP) are typically identified by individuals receiving treatment for SUD, and to track any changes in perceived performance and satisfaction in these OPP’s during their time in SUD treatment, as measured by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM).
Methods: Twelve individuals in a substance use recovery center volunteered to complete COPM’s.
Results: Nineteen OPP’s were identified across multiple areas of dysfunction including social-emotional, mental health, self-help, and life skill areas. Findings also showed that those participating in occupational therapy within their recovery program increased in both performance and satisfaction areas surrounding OPP’s
Effect of Metformin on Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells
No full textAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a highly deadly cancer which is characterized by an over-proliferation of immature white blood cells, leading to crowding out of functional cells. Our research focuses on the effects that metformin, a drug used to treat type II diabetes, has on AML cells. The primary hypothesis being tested is that metformin will decrease the survivability of these leukemia cells. To that end, two lines of AML cells are being used as a model system to test our hypothesis, THP-1 and HL-60. We have demonstrated that metformin kills these cells in a dosage dependent manner. To determine a mechanism of action, we plan to examine proteins using western blotting. Two target proteins that we will measure expression of are Cdk2, which is a protein that is involved in the cell cycle, and Caspase-3, a protein that is involved in apoptosis
Functional ADL Patterns of Older Adults Aging in Place
No full textThis study in progress by Masters of Occupational Therapy (MOT) students aims to look at the functional patterns of activities of daily living (ADLs) in community-dwelling older adults who are aging in place. The participants aged 65 and older were recruited using snowball techniques through social media and posted flyers. A virtual descriptive survey through Survey Monkey allowed the researchers to ask participants how they are completing the ADLs of bathing, dressing, upper and lower, grooming, toileting, and transferring at home. The 35- question online survey’s design will be analyzed and emerging results and discussion will be presented
How Grades are Influenced by Virtual, Hybrid, and Traditional In-Person Learning
No full textToday’s teachers and students have been faced with many obstacles during the past two school years because of COVID-19. Many teachers have found that student performance at all levels have been significantly low while experiencing hybrid and virtual learning during the 2020-2021 school year. The amount of missing assignments are at an all-time high as well as the number of failing grades. This research project compares grades from tests, quizzes, and assignments from traditional in-person learning, hybrid learning, and virtual learning. The researcher will attempt to discover the key elements or factors that students need to succeed while experiencing hybrid and virtual learning at home. What can teachers do to help students excel while they are experiencing hybrid and virtual learning
Relationship Between Extra-Curricular Activities and Academic Achievement
No full textThere is often debate about whether or not participation in extra-curricular activities is beneficial for students in terms of academic achievement. These activities include athletics, fine arts, clubs, etc. Several studies have shown that participation in extra-curricular activities can greatly impact the lives of students. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between extra-curricular activities and academic achievement in terms of GPA, student attendance, and ACT scores at a rural school in southern Ohio. A survey was given to each student to determine the percentage of those who participate in extra-curricular activities and those who do not. Students were also asked why or why not they participate in these activities. GPAs, attendance records, and ACT scores of each student were collected and analyzed. The goal is to find patterns in the data that show either a positive or negative correlation between extra-curricular activities and academic achievement