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The effects of remote learning on students in an urban school district
Get PDFRemote learning is a new concept to our entire country. Does the equity and accessibility in a school district play a role in academic performance for students through remote learning? For this study, I am going to be surveying teachers on how they perceive student performance levels during and after remote learning. Typically, it is the in-person teaching that has the greatest effect on students to increase their academic performance in content area subjects. With COVID-19 prohibiting in-person instruction, schools were forced to transition into remote instruction for their students. With this study, I am going to ask teachers a series of questions on how remote teaching went for them as well as their students in the spring of 2020. Once school restarts in the fall of 2020, I will re-conduct the interviews to see how remote learning affected students’ performance levels. I hypothesize that if schools remain online, academic performance levels will continue to decrease, and if schools reopen to in-person instruction, students will be at the equivalent, or lower academic performance levels as they were when schools originally transitioned to remote learning. This study will be conducted in grades 1, 3, and 5. In grades 1, it may be hard to gauge their academic performance levels because their brains are at a very young developmental age and it may be harder to retain information, however in grades 3 and 5 their retention rate is higher and they should be apt to recall more information. (Author abstract)Soucy, K. (2021). The effects of remote learning on students in an urban school district. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Academic catalog fall 2021 international programs
No full textThe SNHU international programs catalog features information for College for America (CfA), Global Education Movement (GEM), INTI International University - Malayasia, and Vietnam National University (VNU) programs such as the academic calendar, admission and financial aid information, an overview of tuition and expenses, different types of academic support services, academic program descriptions,and standards and regulations
Academic catalog fall 2021 campus programs
No full textThe SNHU campus programs catalog includes the academic calendar, admission and financial aid information, an overview of tuition and expenses, different types of academic support services, academic program descriptions, standards and regulations, and information about non-academic on-campus features such as athletics and residence life
Survey of New Hampshire amphibians for Chytrid fungus
Get PDFAre New Hampshire amphibians affected by Chytrid fungus? Chytrid fungus, is a fungus that can cause Chytridiomycosis amongst amphibians. This amphibian disease has devastated several amphibian populations in Central and South America. Chytridiomycosis causes a thickening of the keratin layer of the skin on amphibians. Amphibians breathe through their skin. The thickening of the keratin layer of their skin, reduces effective gas exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide, resulting in death. Using PCR (polymerase chain reaction), and gel electrophoresis, several frog DNA samples were tested and produced some positive results. This warrants further research and testing in the New Hampshire amphibian population. (Author abstract)Song, Y. & O'Grady, L. (2021). Survey of New Hampshire amphibians for Chytrid fungus. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Global Inquiries Scholars: Design thinking on Spain's dropouts
No full textWe introduce you to Manuel from Spain and he has a certain perspective when it comes to
his own countries dropout rates. Here we will take you through the Design Thinking and Liberatory Design Process to help solve Manuel's issues and test our own cultural bias. (Author abstract)Bowie, E. (2021). Global Inquiries Scholars: Design thinking on Spain's dropout rates. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Investigation of the role of childhood adversity on adult antisocial behavior
No full textStudies have found that there is a high prevalence of trauma and a lack of parental attachment in those with antisocial behavior. This study aims to reflect these findings using the Adverse Childhood Events Questionnaire (ACE-Q) to measure trauma, Psychological Maltreatment Review (PMR) to measure attachment, and the Self-
Report Antisocial Behavior Measure (SABM) to measure antisocial tendencies. The hypothesis is that Childhood trauma and Parental Attachment will significantly predict variance in Adult Antisocial Behavior. Findings did not support the hypothesis, although there were findings that allude to a variance in antisocial behavior dependent on the relationship with the father, versus the mother. (Author abstract)Knox, N. (2021). Investigation of the role of childhood adversity on adult antisocial behavior. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Education in the prison system: The effects on recidivism
Get PDFThis project discusses the impact prison education has on the rate of recidivism. The goal
of the criminal justice system is explored and how recidivism is affected based on the
programs implemented in the system. Background research was conducted on the term
recidivism before delving into how prison-based education impacts it directly. Education in
the prison system positively impacts the rate of recidivism and is essential to those who are incarcerated to be able to better themselves upon release. Prior to concluding, ways in which education in the criminal justice system can be continued are discussed. (Author abstract)Collins, E. (2021). Education in the prison system: The effects on recidivism. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Simulating crossword lottery tickets
Get PDFThis project studies the process the New Hampshire State Lottery must go through when
creating a particular type of crossword scratch ticket. For this scratch ticket, the player
uncovers a letter bank, and scratches the letters which appear in the letter bank from the
crossword. Prizes are awarded depending upon the number of words in the crossword
which are completely scratched away. This project creates two functions using MATLAB.
The first function has a crossword configuration and a prize amount as inputs, and
generates a specific letter bank corresponding to a desired prize amount. A second function allows a user to input the crossword and a letter bank from a lottery ticket to check the amount of prize money that should be awarded. Further, an analysis is performed which calculates the probabilities of winning particular prize amounts with randomly chosen
letter banks. This analysis concludes that the State Lottery is not assigning the letter banks
randomly, and thus analyzing the crossword before the letter bank is revealed does not
allow the player to gain an advantage. (Author abstract)Cooper, A. (2021). Simulating crossword lottery tickets. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
The relationship between anxiety and responses to politically charged images
Get PDFSocial media use has increased significantly in recent years, underscoring the need to
consider reactions to politically charged images in this context. Further, research has
shown that people with high anxiety tend to focus more on threats, are more critical of
information, and worry more about political issues (Caporino et al., 2020; Marcus &
Mackuen, 1993; Mogg et al., 1994), delineating the need to explore anxiety in interpretation of political imagery. The current study examines anxiety as an extension of a previous study that investigates the psychological and physiological reactions to political
images. In a sample of thirty-one undergraduate students, we collected demographic and
anxiety variables through self-report prior to completion of a political propaganda task.
Task stimuli consisted of liberal and conservative images with and without text. K-means
cluster classification analyses were conducted to determine groups of high (N=11) and low (N=20) trait anxiety individuals. Mixed design ANOVAs revealed a significant three-way interaction (text*political alignment*anxiety) on image rating, F(1,29)=4.443, p=0.044,
where high anxiety individuals rate conservative images without text more positively than
liberal images without text. Similarly, these individuals rate liberal images with text more
positively than conservative images with text. Further, data revealed a trend for a threeway interaction (text*political alignment*anxiety) on reaction time, F(1,29)=3.659,
p=0.066, where individuals with low anxiety have a longer reaction time to conservative
images with text. These results suggest that anxiety plays an integral role in the reactions to political imagery along with the political alignment and inclusion of text within the images. (Author abstract)Marendes, J. & Brau, J.M. (2021). The relationship between anxiety and responses to politically charged images. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Let's talk about mental health!
Get PDFIn today’s society, mental health is taking a toll on millions of people, yet it is still not a topic we openly discuss with one another. When one has a mental illness, they are often looked down upon by others or themselves because society has made it seem like the illness makes you weaker. We are living in 2021 and yet we still cannot openly discuss what is going on inside of our heads. This narrative needs to change and normalizing the conversation of mental health needs to continue. This paper outlines research on mental health and mental illness in relation to social media. The findings present within this paper showcase the connections made between the three topics as well as how social media can be used positively in regard to mental health. Social media impacts on mental health, the categories of mental illness, as well as educational aspects of social media will be explored further within this paper. In the end, the hope is that promoting mental health and discussing mental illness online will continue to help normalize these topics on social media platforms as a whole. (Author abstract)Montpelier, L. (2021). Let's talk about mental health! Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed