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3F: Prompted Journal Writing for Increased Metacognition in Middle Grades Math
No full textThe purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to further the exploration into the use of journal writing in mathematics in the eighth grade middle school classroom. In this pre-test/post-test-control-group design (N = 87), thirty-seven eighth grade students in a suburban middle school completed writing journals in math class for the duration of two academic units. Prior to beginning the journals, the intervention group viewed a presentation on the benefits of journal writing and metacognitive prompts which included information on why and when certain metacognitive strategies and prompts are useful. In addition to the pre-test and post-test, the students completed an attitudinal measure before and after the intervention to determine if there was a change in students’ attitudes towards writing in math after implementing the journal writing intervention. This study explored whether using a writing journal in mathematics would significantly impact the students’ learning outcomes and if it would significantly impact the students’ attitudes towards writing in mathematics. Additionally, the study sought to discover if a significant relationship exists between students’ mathematics learning gains and attitude toward writing in mathematics.
Keywords: mathematics education, metacognition, reflection, writing journals, informed prompts, attitude, middle grades math, communication, writing in mathematic
3L: Examining Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia through a Tanzanian Lens
No full textFemale circumcision ignites political controversy within societies as some activists assert that the cutting violates the human rights of children due to lack of consent involved as well as the physical torture imparted by cutting. Others cite their protected religious and cultural freedoms as a means of legitimizing the practice.
This presentation will present a comparative case study that evaluates the effectiveness of anti-FGM legislation in Tanzania and how similar methods to outlaw FGM might be implemented in Indonesia. Specifically, I argue Tanzania’s age restriction around performing FGM is an effective tool to decrease the number of non-consenting girls who receive the procedure.
With nearly one in two girls undergoing FGM in Indonesia, the Indonesian government declined to fully outlaw FGM following the disapproval of religious leaders. However, the Indonesian government has not attempted to place an age restriction on the procedure. The findings of the case study will be used to suggest whether Indonesia should consider implementing an age restriction on undergoing female circumcision
03. Skeletal variation in Didelphis virginiana (Runner up - Best Overall Presentation)
Get PDFAssessing sexual dimorphism is one method for understanding how species determine mating rights. In this study, we measured the skeletons of Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) to determine the degree of sexual dimorphism present in our sample (N=68). Each specimen is collected as roadkill from northern Georgia, sexed, given an identification number, and skeletonized using a dermestid beetle colony on the UNG Dahlonega campus. When possible based on skeletal damage, we collected 11 cranial and 8 post-cranial measurements from each skeleton. This dataset will be compared to a large dataset from central Georgia to determine potential differences across habitat scales in Georgia. In addition, our study investigates size relationships within the skeleton of Dideliphis virginiana. Understanding this correlation can help infer the overall size of an individual when only some bones are present, which will prove valuable for understanding body size estimates in fossil marsupials. These analyses will provide an interpretive framework for elucidating the neo- and paleoecology of this important taxon
25. Mental health consequences associated with college students’ negative interactions on social media.
No full textSocial media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become a popular tool for communication and networking, especially in teen and young adult populations. While social media can be a helpful tool for connecting with others, social media use by college students has also been linked to depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem (Frost & Rickwood, 2017). Specifically, receiving a high frequency of negative comments on social media has been positively correlated with depressive symptoms (McCloskey et al., 2015), while the amount of time spent daily on social media has been identified as a significant predictor of anxiety symptom severity (Vanucci et al., 2017). However, previous research has focused on older platforms, especially Facebook, and has traditionally utilized variables like time spent online and number of friends (Frost & Rickwood, 2017). Our study expands this research by including some of the more popular platforms among today’s college students and looking specifically at online interactions. We will compare depression and anxiety scores in college students who have vs. have not experienced a social media interaction that they found distressing (e.g., an argument about politics). Furthermore, we will examine potential associations between mental health symptoms, amount of time spent on social media, and the most frequently used social media platforms. We hypothesize that students who report having experienced a distressing interaction on social media will score higher in anxiety and depression symptoms than those who have not.
Key words: Social media, depression, anxiety, mental healt
10. Absorption of N-Hexanes via a Microwaved Synthesis of Zif-8
No full textZeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are a subfamily of porous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) which mimic the 145⁰ Si-O-Si dihedral angle in zeolite minerals. They are prepared by reacting metal salts with imidazole linkers to form crystalline materials that have found application in gas and liquid separation, drug delivery, and catalysis. The purpose of this research is to test a new laboratory manual for the chemistry elective; Materials Chemistry. The laboratory manual seeks to employ a microwave synthesis technique to provide students with a hands-on approach to a common synthesis technique as well as studying the materials absorption properties that can be quantized with further instrumentation. The synthesized ZIF will be characterized via TGA/DSC and then the absorption of n-hexanes by the ZIF will be observed by TGA/DSC. Three upper level chemistry majors were sought out to follow the laboratory manual step by step and provide the experimental results. Within the process, feedback to improve the lab is given from the students and the collected results show that more time is required to optimize the procedural details. These parameters include the concentration of the reacting solution as well as the microwave specifications. With extended time, the project will be modified to be able to implement into an annual materials laboratory as an experiment to study the absorption properties of a ZIF
2H: The Division of America: A Content Analysis of Individual Factors that Discourage Productive Political Conversations
No full textAbstract— Introduction: Americans increasingly sort themselves into opposing political camps – and it is not entirely clear why. The purpose of this research is to better understand the individual factors that inhibit people or make them less willing to have conversations with one another across the ideological divide. Methods: To offer first insights into this phenomenon, 30 students from a regional university in the South were interviewed using an unstructured format. Couched in a grounded theory framework, the interviews focused on the nature, content and outcomes of the students’ conversations. Interviews were recorded and transcribed using QSR’s Al-based transcription service. The resulting transcripts were proofread for accuracy and then uploaded into NVIVO 12.0 to be analyzed using an inductive-deductive coding approach. Results: Preliminary findings suggest three major processes that students use when navigating political conversations: communicational mechanisms, conflict management, and information processing. These three major themes encompass a range of personal factors that prevents students from engaging in conversations with those that do not share their political convictions. It will be argued that, interpersonal stress is the main individual factor that contributes to lack of willingness to have conversations. Additionally, the investment and passion of students in their own political views, prevents them from engaging in the political views of others. Discussion & Conclusion: Theoretical explanations will be discussed using an identity theory framework. This could suggest that based on group membership, each individual may face a unique barrier during political encounters. Suggestions for future research and implications will be discussed.
Keywords— Civic culture, identity, interpersonal communication, political discourse, political divide
Professor Cedric Watts\u27s Book
Get PDFMike Hill discusses Cedric Watts\u27t book on covert plots, particularly where Graham Greene is mentioned
The Shadow Within: Solving the Mystery of \u27A Day Saved.\u27
Get PDFGraham Greene’s lifelong obsession with the theme of man’s innate duality is well known, but his short story, A Day Saved, never seems to have been read with this central preoccupation in mind. Originally written for radio, the narrative purports to be a detective or spy story – the tale of one man shadowing another, waiting for an opportunity to steal something from him. But the mystery of what this man seeks and why is never solved. Our article argues that the solution is very simple: the two characters of the story are not two separate people, but two parts of one and the same man, a social persona and his shadow. We further suggest that in this portrayal of a split consciousness, Greene is providing us with an insight into his own divided nature.
The evidence for our thesis comes from a close textual analysis of the story itself which reveals the narrator’s very close resemblance to Carl Jung’s concept of a shadow (the dark and hidden side of every psyche). This is supported by an examination of the developmental arc of Greene’s first three novels, the epigraphs to which reveal his fascination with ‘the man within’ and the idea of the shadow, as well as his reading of the metaphysical poets and T.S. Eliot. We trace the origins of The Day Saved to events in Greene’s own life evidenced in his journalism and letters, and suggest that our thesis also provides an explanation for how Greene could successfully compartmentalise his own life and avoid being torn apart by the conflicts that so often beset the characters in his novels
Rose and the Modern “Religious Sense” in Graham Greene’s \u3ci\u3eBrighton Rock\u3c/i\u3e
Get PDFGraham Greene’s fictional women have increasingly been recognized in the field of Graham Greene scholarship as significant members of the author’s body of complex characters. This paper participates in that interest and engages with Greene’s nuanced treatment of his characters: there is a want for a more robust understanding of Rose found in Greene’s Brighton Rock (1938), his first ‘Catholic novel,’ whose character is frequently obscured in both the literary narrative and the scholarship by Ida’s and Pinkie’s more dominant personalities. Should we approach Rose with a particular sensitivity towards Greene’s dovetailing religious and literary impulses, it becomes clear that she supplies the novel with its metaphysical ground. Mark Bosco’s concept of the “religious sense” in Greene’s novels (Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination [2005]) and his work on Greene’s modernism (“Shades of Greene in Catholic Literary Modernism” [2017]) inform this paper’s argument that Rose’s innocence and subsequent fall into mortal sin reveal God’s presence through individual and freely-chosen human acts of love and faith. Rose’s love is a powerful redemptive force and its expression through charitable feeling towards the sinful is an example of a spiritual ideal as it appears amidst humanity’s moral failings. Her sustained faith as she willingly commits herself to sin and damnation for Pinkie’s sake not only captures the paradoxical nature of human experience, but suggests that her practice of love is as close as one can get to a positive affirmation of the divine. By the novel’s conclusion, it falls to Rose to explore the role of the self-aware individual against a world at once governed by and broken from its faith-based principles, through which, this paper argues, she represents one of Greene’s earliest attempts to view that world through a female perspective