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Work Readiness and Job Satisfaction of Youth with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in a Supported Employment Program
Get PDFA summer supported employment program was provided by a vocational rehabilitation agency to prepare transition-aged youth with intellectual disabilities for the workforce. This study examined the views of youth with intellectual disabilities on their pre-post-program work readiness and job satisfaction using survey methodology. Although youth seemed satisfied with their jobs, they reported no significant change in their perceived job readiness, and their job coaches also reported similar perceptions.
As a summer program, the duration may not have been adequate to increase youth’s views of their work readiness. For summer supported employment programs, obtaining youth participant insight and feedback, although sometimes a challenging task, can assist in making program refinements
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Variety Trial and Fertility of Fescue Cultivars in Southeast Kansas
Get PDFIn fall 2021, five varieties of fescue were planted at the K-State Research station outside of Columbus, Kansas. The varieties included two endophyte free (E-) varieties, two novel endophyte (NE) varieties, and one endophyte (E+) variety. The varieties were Atlas (E-), Cajun (E-), Bar Optima (NE), Estancia (NE), and K-31 (E+). Three rates of nitrogen were applied in the spring to each variety; 0, 50, and 100 units and each treatment was replicated three times. Due to the drought, measurements were not taken in 2022 but samples were obtained in 2023. The only stress the plots received was lack of moisture as the drought persisted in 2023. These plots were not grazed. Overall, addition of nitrogen increased biomass production in all cultivars evaluated. There was no difference in biomass produced in K-31 fescue between 50 or 100 units of nitrogen. Bar Optima had the greatest response to the additional nitrogen in regard to biomass production. However, as nitrogen increased, the crude protein increased for each variety. When biomass was measured in May, Cajun at both 50 and 100 units of nitrogen had the greatest yield, followed closely by yields with 100 units of nitrogen on Bar Optima and Estancia. Atlas and K-31 fescue varieties at both 50 and 100 units of nitrogen had similar biomass and had the lowest yields of the fertilized treatments. However, for total accumulation through the growing year, varieties fertilized with 100 units of N varieties out-yielded K-31. At 50 units of N the Bar Optima had the lowest total yield
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Edgar Allan Poe Lesson Plan for Engaging Resistant Learners
No full textEngaging with 19th century writing is often a challenge for high school students. This lesson plan gives an overview of how to invite students into “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and achieve buy in. Utilizing close reading, art, and acting, the lesson plan is student focused and connects with many literary elements. An emphasis on atmosphere allows students to better understand symbolism and overall themes within the text. The lesson includes a graphic organizer and a prompt for a summative assessment. All objectives as based on the Ohio Department of Education English Language Arts Standards
2024 Cattlemen\u27s Day Full Report
Get PDFThis report includes research conducted in 2023 on beef cattle management, nutrition, and meat science conducted at Kansas State University. Specific topics include effects of prescribed burning and grazing in the Flint Hills, managing livestock pests with prescribed range burning, feeding techniques and methods in feedlots, nutrition supplements for improved health management, and beef thawing methods and consumer palatability preferences
Daily 5 Implementation to Improve ELL Students’ Performances
Get PDFThis paper focuses on an action research project that integrated the Daily 5 literacy framework into a fourth-grade classroom in a small rural town in Kansas. The study aimed to enhance the literacy skills of English Language Learners (ELL) using the Daily 5 method, which includes five key activities: Read to Self, Work on Writing, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, and Word Work. The research involved a six-week intervention and used student performance data, including daily assignment scores and oral reading fluency, to assess the impact of this framework on ELL students. The findings indicated significant improvements in students\u27 literacy skills, suggesting the effectiveness of the Daily 5 in this context. Discussion, reflection and implications for further studies were included
Rurality, Resilience, & Identity: A Soft Systems Methodology Approach to Understanding Self-Reported Issues in Rural America
Get PDFThis study investigates how rural communities In Oklahoma conceive of their socioeconomic position in larger systems, as well as their resiliency and ability to withstand challenges. Utilizing systems thinking and polycentricity literature, we analyze interviews to construct an understanding of how rural communities perceive themselves, and how this impacts interactions with other communities and governments. Rural communities and their associated challenges are complex and impacted by a range of factors. We find that rural residents also feel this complexity, and understand their issues as products of overlapping systems and structures, and both internal and external factors. Additionally, we observe little mention of issues defined by liberal-conservative lines, but instead as defined by the rural-urban divide, indicating these issues are defined not by political identity necessarily, but a place-based identity