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I want to be Where the Activities are: Engagement and Activities for Information Literacy Sessions
Get PDFBeing engaging with students during an information literacy session is always a challenge. In my presentation, I will go over four different activities that I am attempting to use to increase engagement among my students. Two of the activities, Information Literacy Bingo and Slido, typically happen while I am presenting to the students. The other two are activities, scavenger hunt and podcast creation, happen once I have concluded my presentation. I will discuss where I got these idea, how I executed them, how they were received by the students, and any changes I might make in the future. I will also be doing a hands- on demonstration of the Bingo concept that I will be talking about with the potential for prizes at the end if they complete the BINGO
ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION’S (AVID) IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION FOR FIRST-GENERATION BLACK AND HISPANIC FEMALES IN COLLEGE
Get PDFOn December 10, 2015, former President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), which reauthorized the 50-year-old ESEA commitment to equal opportunity for all students (U. S. Department of Education, n.d.). One of the provisions included all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers. As female college students continued to surpass their male peers in college enrollment and retention, a gap in the literature was found in how AVID and a sense of belonging contributed to their success rate. Through an interpretive, qualitative study, I examined the phenomenon of college enrollment and retention of first-generation Black and Hispanic female college students who participated in the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) college and career readiness program. As female college students continued to surpass their male peers in college enrollment and retention, a gap in the literature was found in how AVID and a sense of belonging contributed to their success rate. My sample consisted of 18 first-generation Black and Hispanic female college students from Georgia who participated in AVID during high school. Participants completed a 14-item questionnaire and five participants volunteered to be interviewed. Through the analysis of data, I concluded participation in AVID’s curriculum, implementation of organization and collaboration strategies, and support systems gave first-generation Black and Hispanic female college students the motivation and tools to persist toward a college degree. The answers to the research questions validated that the role of an AVID elective teacher has changed lives, and if implemented with fidelity, AVID strategies should be taught schoolwide
Comparison of Two At-Home Sleep Monitoring Technologies
Get PDFBackground: Despite the importance of regular sleep patterns being well-known throughout society, a growing number of people claim to be sleep-deprived. There is a need to identify a simple and unobtrusive method in which people can accurately track their sleep to monitor changes and track how their sleep affects their daytime function. Methods: Here, we compared two at-home sleep monitors, the Zeo EEG headband system and the OURA physiological ring, in twenty-seven healthy young adults to determine their relative accuracy in classifying the various sleep stages. The two devices track sleep differently. The ring relies on hand movements and hemodynamic and respiratory changes in the body, while the headband system analyzes forehead EEG brain activities. Subjects wore both devices to sleep for 3-5 nights. Total sleep time, latency to sleep, time in wake, percentage and time in REM, percentage and time in light sleep, and percentage and time in deep sleep were recorded. The means and mean standard deviations of the two systems\u27 sleep variables were assessed. Results: Compared to the EEG headband, the ring overestimated the awakening episodes\u27 duration and underestimated the sleep latency. The ring was also more variable in capturing the total awakening episodes and deep sleep duration. Notably, the EEG headband gave information about the number of awakenings, which the ring does not report. Conclusion: Sleep quality, or the lack thereof, has relevant applications in physical rehabilitation. The results of the study point to the need to continue developing reliable and simple methods to monitor night sleep quality. While this study looked at individuals who do not have sleep dysfunction, it is possible that the discrepancies between the two sleep monitoring systems would be wider among people with sleep disorders
Adult Learning Theories: The Science of How Your Students Learn
Get PDFBefore we can discuss the science of how your students learn, we need to discuss how you teach. Do you lecture only? If you engage students in the learning, how do you engage them? We will answer these questions as we dive into adult learning theories and the concept of andragogy (learning outcomes). An understanding of different adult learning theories helped faculty select the best instructional strategies, learning objectives, and assessment approaches (Mukhalalati & Taylor, 2019). Being able to draw on learning theories to explain the impact of individual student differences on their learning outcomes helped faculty understand the student learning process (Mukhalalati & Taylor, 2019). How students preferred to learn changed from being instructor-led to a more self-directed approach (Self-concept) (Knowles, 1984). Adults had lots of experience from which they drew knowledge and references, and we can take from these experiences and learn from them (Adult Learner Experience) (Knowles, 1984). How can we apply this approach in our classroom
PERCEPTIONS OF USING MULTIPLE MEASURES FOR STUDENT PLACEMENT AT RURAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Get PDFRemedial courses have been part of the college landscape in the United States since at least the 1800s when nearly 250,000 students were placed into remedial courses. Traditionally, students who enrolled in remedial courses were placed into that course solely based on one test score. Students who enrolled in traditional remedial courses were more likely to not graduate than their peers placed into college-level English and Mathematics courses. This research aims to understand the rural Virginia community college English and mathematics professors’ perceptions of implementing and using multiple measures to place students into first-year English and mathematics courses. The data for this study was collected from questionnaires sent electronically to professors from two rural community colleges in Virginia. There were 13 participants in this study. All the professors agreed that using noncognitive variables to place students would be helpful, especially grit, maturity, socio-economic factors, growth mindset, perseverance, work ethic, and letters of recommendation from high school teachers. All of the professors reported using GPA and test scores to place students into their first-year courses, a change from strictly test scores before implementation. Most participants found that using multiple measures to place students had increased the percentage of students who completed college-level courses. These findings indicate a need to implement noncognitive factors when placing students to ensure students complete college
Raising Awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Critical Care and Emergency Department Nurses
Get PDFProblem Statement: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are experiencing increasing rates of symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), particularly after the collective trauma many nurses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses are often unaware of this problem and are underdiagnosed which can negatively impact their health and the quality of healthcare.
Purpose: Implement and determine the effect of an educational intervention to increase awareness and symptom recognition of PTSD among high-risk acute care nurses.
Methods: An outcome evaluation approach using a pretest-posttest design was used with an educational intervention that provided information on PTSD including high-risk groups, symptoms, and protective factors.
Sample: Intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department (ED) registered nurses (RNs) recruited from a tertiary referral medical center with level one trauma status.
Analysis: Demographic data of the participants and pre-test and post-test results were statistically analyzed using paired t-tests to determine the effect of the educational initiative. The p-value was determined to be less than a significance level of 0.05 indicating an increase in knowledge of PTSD awareness and symptoms after the educational intervention.
Implications for Practice: Increasing awareness and symptom recognition of PTSD in RNs may lead to earlier recognition or prevention among nurses. This project supports educational interventions as an effective means of raising awareness which can positively impact their mental health, the organization, and improve quality of patient care
The Problem That “Will Recur”: Sunny Handicraft v. Envision This! And The Problem of Properly Classifying Foreign, Non-Corporate Business Entities
Get PDFEstablishing subject-matter jurisdiction is an antecedent question in every case before every court. Classifying foreign, non-corporate business entities poses unique problems that have led to a decades-long circuit split. To classify these foreign entities, judges are left with two competing approaches: the “juridical entity approach” and the “features approach.”The juridical entity approach, championed by the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, holds that if a foreign business entity is classified as a juridical person under the laws of that foreign nation, then it will be determined as such in the American federal court system. As a juridical person, its single domicile under diversity jurisdiction will be applied under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). The features approach, developed by the Seventh Circuit, provides a holistic review, basing an entity’s classification on certain features it has. If an entity contains features that a typical American corporation has, its domicile under diversity jurisdiction will be applied under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c).These two approaches differ greatly. Worse, the lower courts have received no guidance from the Supreme Court, as the Court is weary of entering this jurisdictional thicket. So, with this decades-long circuit split coming to the fore as recently as last year, it is time for action. Only one body can resolve this issue: Congress.Neither approach is perfect, but Congress would be well-advised to adopt the features approach. This approach provides courts with a clear and repeatable analytical template, as well as end this ongoing—and unnecessary—circuit split