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Investigation and Discovery
Get PDFInvestigation and discovery are how mathematics is applied outside the classroom. Richard Skemp, author of The Psychology of Learning Mathematics, says that gradually equipping students with the analytical skills to address mathematical situations without their aid is one of three tasks for mathematics teachers. This ability involves a different skill set than understanding the mathematics for solutions. The self-talk required to explore a non-routine situation to determine how to get started mimics questions the teacher uses to guide students through assisted learning. Discovery is the creative process of modifying existing schemas to accommodate the new situation. Whereas problem-solving is considered by students as narrowing to an answer, investigation and discovery are expansive to new learning
Editorial: Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in Healthy Academic Communities: Always and in All Ways
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A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for University Students: A Feasibility Study
Get PDFBackground: Koru is a 4-week group mindfulness-based intervention that previously demonstrated psychological benefits in university students through its offering via a counseling center (Greeson, Juberg, Mayatan, James, & Rogers, 2014).
Aim: This study examined the feasibility of Koru offered universally to students via collaborative outreach (i.e., student interest, attendance, adverse events, participant acceptability, and participant willingness to complete assessments).
Method: Across five semesters, Koru was advertised via flyers, emails to student organizations and faculty and staff, and counseling center referrals at a southeastern public university with 29,000-students. Interested students were randomly assigned to Koru or a waitlist. In-person Koru groups took place in classrooms on campus. Assessments included practice logs, program evaluations, and pre- and post-intervention surveys measuring mindfulness and psychological symptoms.
Results: Interest was sufficient to offer 2-3 groups per semester (171 students). Of those assigned to Koru, 44.4% completed 3-4 sessions and 34.9% did not attend any sessions. The adverse event rate was 2.9%. Evaluations were positive and all participants attending the last session completed them. The response rate was 29.0% for log completion and 17.9% for survey completion.
Conclusion: Results support student interest in, and acceptability of Koru offered to all students on campus outside of a counseling center. Data collection was challenging
A Message from BHAC Board President: Promoting Mental Health Across the U.S. by Banding Together
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Health Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Ohio
Get PDFBackground: Many documented disparities associated with health behaviors and access to health care impact the health outcomes of sexual and gender minorities (SGM). The current study aimed to gain insight into the health dispari-ties experienced by SGM adults living in Ohio to obtain data to plan future health-related programs. Methods: A secondary data analysis was conducted using 2018 Ohio Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. Health behaviors, health care access, and health outcomes were analyzed by sexual orientation (n=11 301) and gender identity (n=11 426) to determine health disparities faced by sexual minority males, sexual minority females and transgender individuals. Results: Significant SGM health disparities in Ohio are related to substance use (ie, binge drinking, current smoking status, e-cigarette use, and marijuana use); poor physical and mental health status; lack of health care coverage; and experiencing COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis (all p < 0.001). In addition, fewer sexual minority females reported being within recommended breast cancer screening guidelines than heterosexual females (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Sexual and gender minority adults in Ohio report disparities associated with several health behaviors and access to health care. These findings may be due to factors at the patient level (eg, experiencing minority stress), provider level (eg, implicit bias), system level (eg, discrimination), and/or society level (eg, lack of legal protections). Study results will be used to plan health campaigns and programs targeted to SGM adults and providers to achieve health equity for the SGM population in Ohio
Mapping Intercultural Communication Imperatives of Police-Public Interactions in Rural Spaces
Get PDFThis research note seeks to generate fruitful pathways to advance a new discourse on intercultural encounters between the police and individuals from multilingual communities in Australia’s increasingly diverse rural and regional settings. How might police officers better relate and communicate with groups of migrants whose language practices are complex, unpredictable and eschew the widely used logics of translation and interpretation? How might we encourage hope in our social communities that intercultural understanding between policing agencies and new migrants is key to co-creating peaceful and resilient rural communities? How might police communication protocols that assist in supporting the retention of migrants’ linguistic capabilities and funds of knowledges contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities? What would policing rural and regional communities look like if we were to centre sociolinguistic and intercultural imperatives? In this research note, we consider these questions in our search for the next steps in mapping police communication protocols that work for all in Australia’s rural and regional settings. The goal is to contribute new conceptual approaches we can use to foster partnerships and trusting relationships between the police and our increasingly diverse rural populations
‘Facebook is the Devil’: Exploring Officer Perceptions of Cyber-based Harms Facing Youth in Rural and Remote Communities
Get PDFPolicing research, still largely concentrated on urban contexts, is increasingly recognizing the unique features of police work in rural regions. Beyond notable differences such as lower overall levels crime and fewer (though more sporadically distributed) people, little is also known regarding rural police understandings and responses to online mediated harms, including relatively serious forms of cyberbullying, non-consensual ‘sexting’, and other forms of crime mediated online. Interviews with police officers (N = 42) here focus on their views regarding police work in response to cyber-mediated harm facing youth in rural and remote Atlantic Canada. Responses center on how rural regions play a role in mediating the nature of online conflict and police respond to such conflict. Officers highlight several related challenges, such as lack of parental support, and how some youth ‘define deviancy down’, referring to a lack of recognition regarding the harm caused by cyberbullying and non-consensual sexting (including issues related to the distribution of child pornography). Implications are discussed for research on rural policing where evidence-based practices remain lacking
A Brief Literature Review of Structuring District Heating Data based on Measured Values
Get PDFThis study reviews existing literature regarding district heating (DH) data and its clustering. In district heating, heat is produced at a central plant and supplied via a pipeline network to consumers (for example: homes, businesses, and industrial facilities). Different approaches were used—some based on consumption data and others based on heat load/demand data. Common methodology was researched and checked. New methods were double checked if reused in related work or developed single purpose only. Most databases are highly susceptible to being inconsistent, incomplete (lacking attribute values), and/or noisy (containing errors or outlier values). The major obstacle to obtain knowledge is poor data. It is necessary, therefore, to ensure that the knowledge discovered from the databases is, in fact, reliable. The PRISMA flow chart was applied to screen over 60 articles and to perform the literature review. As a result, 12 papers were identified dealing with the structuring of district heating data—almost all use either K-means methodology directly or another methodology based on K-means. Additionally, this study identified a research gap regarding eastern Europe in the data used and descriptions of applied methods
Amish Mortality Rates in the Twenty-First Century
Get PDFThis research documents the mortality rates of the Amish from 2014 through 2021 using data found in The Diary of the Old Order Churches, a monthly publication designed to serve the Old Order Amish throughout the Americas. Data collected included month and year of death, age at death, gender, place of death by state/province/country, reported cause of death, and family name of parents in cases of stillbirth or infant mortality. Data revealed that the Amish have experienced five peaks in death rates, two prior to COVID and three during the COVID pandemic. Data also revealed differences in deaths due to accidents, cancer, and heart issues related to gender
