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High stakes test anxiety in students: perceptions of students and principals
No full textAn increasingly large number of students are experiencing test anxiety in the school setting. Cognitive Interruption Theory (CIT) can explain why students who experience test anxiety can lose their prior knowledge while in a testing setting. Schools often use traditional identification strategies to address test anxiety; unfortunately, these identification strategies are typically ineffective at identifying borderline students. This can lead to a higher portion of students with below grade level proficient test scores on standardized tests. The purpose of this qualitative study was two-fold: 1). to understand students’ experiences related to anxiety during high-stakes testing and 2). to discover principals’ perceptions about how they address the issue of test anxiety for their students. This rural Indiana study used an adapted version of the Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale- 2nd Edition (CTAR) to validate that the students who were interviewed suffer from test anxiety. The students who identified with the highest level of test anxiety from the CTAR were interviewed for the study. By the end of the study, the findings showed that there were incongruencies between how administrators and students perceived the school’s support of test anxiety. The study also found that administrator strategies sometimes caused students to experience more test anxiety, and many students stated that the school did not provide resources to assist them with their test anxiety.D. Ed
Environmental intervention center
No full textWe have the opportunity to correct the impacts of some 200 years of heavy industry. We must move away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy to reduce our carbon footprint. The purpose of this diploma project is to design a prototype Environmental Intervention Center that would actively fight against some of the major environmental issues caused by humans while also educating the public on how to achieves this. This Facility will employ five strategies: food production, water collection, air filtration, energy production and environmental education. The first four strategies cover the main necessities that we need to live as humans. The last strategy is meant to act as a preventive measure. This protype is intended for use nearly anywhere in the world in rural and urban applications. This protype will be in balance with nature as it demonstrates not only our impact on nature but also how important and impactful nature is on our emotions and perception of space. Specifically, biophilic design is used to create beautiful, peaceful, and inviting spaces that connects people with nature. This connection will help lead the visitors in learning how it is possible to reverse environmental damage and enhance human health.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Architecture of the unknown world
No full textArchitecture is inherently a form of storytelling. The built environment is a landscape through which the people journey throughout their daily life, and should ideally propose a journey of intrigue and excitement. For centuries, the art of storytelling has evolved from its roots into modern literature and cinema. Learning from this evolution, Architecture can refine the ways in which it communicates to its occupants. Architecture of the Unknown World seeks to reverse-engineer common storytelling techniques to inspire memorable and dynamic spaces and satisfying spatial progression. In particular, the proposed library project located in downtown Los Angeles creates a hero’s journey with the occupant at its center. The project showcases how movement and pause can mimic tension in an act-based structure, how framed views can cinematically capture moments, and how site context can formulate themes. The project will also incorporate motifs from the surrounding site, imbuing the design with themes related to Los Angeles and its history. While the proposed Los Angeles Library is one example of how narrative concepts can influence the design process, it represents how all architecture can benefit from similar design practices.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Comfort within cure: integrating biophilia in cancer centers to optimize occupant comfort
No full textTypical cancer center facilities are designed to provide efficient and effective operational care, but they do not provide the comfort that its users need. They do not support the patients who want a break from confronting their diagnosis, the families who need a space in which to decompress after watching their family member receive painful treatments, or the staff who are endlessly and tirelessly working with few breaks. This cancer center emerges from an understanding of the patient journey by transforming the typical operational cancer center into a sanctuary for healing that resonates with and supports the emotional and physical needs of every one of its occupants.
Located in Bluffton, Indiana, this center provides tranquil spaces that are infused with natural light and vibrant greenery to all occupants. This haven reduces stress and enables occupants to focus on a journey of reflection, processing, and healing from the stressors and mental traumas that result from cancer diagnosis and treatment.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Embracing impermanence
No full textHuman experience is a construct of time. We are not static; rather, we are constantly evolving, being shaped, and molded by the contexts, landscapes, and people that we interact with.
These very elements that shape us, from the earth's materials to our interactions, often go unnoticed as we perceive ourselves as separate from nature. This detachment has given rise to a built environment driven solely by efficiency and profit, resulting in sterile, formulaic structures that lack resilience in the face of change.
This design exploration seeks to transcend this stagnation, becoming a living narrative of time’s passage. It aims to reframe the ordinary, drawing attention to the subtle shifts of growth, decay, and regeneration, intertwining the threads of human experience and nature through the lens of impermanence.
The impermanence spatially manifests itself as a Garden, a Community Kitchen, and a Greenhouse - three interconnected spaces that serve as sanctuaries for discovery and renewal, cultivating a sense of belonging not only within the community but also within nature.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
The Yak and the machine
No full textThe Yak and the Machine is an architectural world-building project that speculates on humanity's relationship with architecture and the environment. Architecture's current situation boasts large-scale construction to the benefit of corporations and governments at the expense of people, as exemplified by the fourth-world conditions seen in American post-industrial cities throughout the Midwest. This, in addition to increasing climatic variability, embodies a dystopian condition of slow decay. Rooted in a questioning of architecture's origins, the project proposes a revitalized definition of architecture and its methods of representation. It suggests architecture is a primordial result of life expressed through craft and making. To best represent architectural objects, they must be seen within their physical and emotional context. For this reason, a story acts as a way of representing architecture. The pursuit of understanding craft through participation identifies with the story's morals and results in architectural outputs. Together, this architecture suggests a paradigm shift in humans' relationship to habitat under the pressures of climatic chaos and social stratification.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Overlooked: placemaking within neglected landscapes
No full textThe world was not created on a nice, even grid. As we’ve expanded our habitation across the world, our settlements have always been developed in response to the conditions put forth by geography, climate, socioeconomic health, world events, and profitability. This has resulted in an abundance of empty space existing between homes, businesses, and everything else we construct. Though the source of these spaces is varied, these plots of land more often than not serve little to no purpose despite close proximity to communities that could very much benefit from local sources of companionship or respite.
How can we use architectural interventions in order to reprogram neglected, abandoned or overlooked space? What if, rather than allowing these plots to remain vacant and neglected, communities are instead given the opportunity to reprogram these locations to create social retreats that cater to what they will benefit from most as a whole? By supplying a kit of parts that allow communities to select what they know will benefit them most, we become capable of activating these overlooked locations for the physical and mental betterment of those who will get to inhabit them.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
New Latin American music for trombone
No full textThis creative project aims to expand the solo trombone repertoire by commissioning three
new works from Costa Rican composers that incorporate characteristic elements of the genres
and rhythms of Costa Rican folk music. Despite Costa Rica's rich musical traditions, there is a
lack of literature on solo trombone that draws on these influences. To address this gap, the
project commissioned composers Hugo Castillo Castro, Oscar Felipe Ruiz Solano, and Eduardo
Araya Fernández to create original compositions for solo trombone that combine academic
concert music with Costa Rican rhythms such as tambito, parrandera, and pasillo. The resulting
works - Ticombon, Don Chepe, and Ventum para trombone y piano - represent the first examples
in Costa Rican music of pieces for solo trombone based on the country's folkloric genres. These
compositions provide an avenue for trombone students to explore their cultural heritage while
developing techniques for playing the trombone. This project lays the foundation for further
cultivation of a distinctively Costa Rican repertoire for solo trombone.M. M
Case study analysis on the impact of lighting in medical spas
No full textThe built environment has long been acknowledged as an influential factor on occupant health. This project examines the functional & aesthetic effects of lighting in medical spas to discover how light is perceived differently to bring attention to the built environment’s impact on occupants. A single method of case study analysis is being utilized for this project. Multiple case studies which look at lighting in medical spas or health facilities were analyzed to determine the best strategies for creating a clinical and therapeutic environment. The literature presented in this paper and an analysis of factors will support the blend of medical standards with design aesthetics. Design factors determined from the method will be analyzed with and against literature found to uncover the most elements mentioned, how frequently they are mentioned, and the correlation with the impact of lighting in medical spas. Ultimately, the literature and results from this project will reveal how a blend of natural and artificial light can support sustainability, occupant well-being, and enhance the design of a space
Love is
No full textIn this collection of poetry, Love Is, I unpack my experiences and the layers of love. I
recount certain moments of euphoric obsession, infatuation, and bliss. Showcasing how one can
truly be consumed by it. Among those moments, I also confront being in love and in pain as well.
The anger, longing, and heartbreak of it all. Some of these poems explore what it is like to be the
“other woman” at times as well as spending years waiting on the love that I had given to be
reciprocated. While most of the poems are dealing with the love I have experienced in the outer
world, I still wanted to display the unconditional love I learned to have for myself in my inner
world. In summary, this collection houses the balance, I have found, that love holds within itself
and how unconditional love is personified through me.M. A