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Community Engagement & You / Human Interactions
No full textThe UNI Office of Community Engagement and the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley work to elevate and communicate the benefits of community engagement work both across campus and to community partners. Join us to learn more about how UNI staff and faculty can be engaged in the greater Cedar Valley Community and the importance of service and engagement
Empathy as a Tool for Engagement / Human Interactions
No full textThe hidden curriculum, which normally entails values which contribute to the social and emotional development of individuals and work teams is sometimes not prioritized. The development of empathy at both the individual and community level is a tool and approach to building an inclusive and socially engaged educational environment. Participants will explore how to foster their own empathy in hopes to cultivate its growth in their classrooms and departments through the exploration of empathy tools to support skills growth and increase community engagement
Deceptive Recruitment Practices by Admissions
Get PDFThis paper investigates the pervasive issue of deceptive recruitment practices employed by higher education institutions, with a particular focus on for-profit colleges. It explores how misleading advertising regarding job placement rates, tuition costs, financial aid, and institutional accreditation misguides prospective students, leading to financial hardship, unmet academic expectations, and erosion of trust in the higher education system. Through historical cases including Corinthian Colleges, the University of Phoenix, and Temple University’s Fox School of Business this study highlights the legal and ethical implications of such misconduct. It evaluates the regulatory responses by the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Trade Commission, while advocating for stronger enforcement, institutional accountability, and student financial literacy. By proposing actionable reforms and emphasizing ethical recruitment, the paper aims to restore transparency, equity, and public confidence in college admissions practice
Benefits of Play Within Mathematics
No full textThe purpose of this project was to reflect upon the benefits of play within mathematics in a preschool classroom. As a preschool teacher, I noticed a shift in my classroom, which is having more 3-year old students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in a 4-year old classroom. As I identified the problem that I had in my preschool classroom, I began to implement more developmentally appropriate play-based math games to attempt to support all students while giving them some play-based learning opportunities within mathematics. I implemented these games 4 days a week. Before starting these games, I formally collected data using the Teaching Strategies GOLD (Teaching Strategies, Inc., 2010) math objectives. Throughout the project, I would informally do dipstick checks to see how the students were learning. As a result these games supported the students\u27 growth within mathematics, by increasing their counting skills as well as their number and shape knowledge. In conclusion, as I move forward in my career, I would like to continue to implement play opportunities into my daily schedule for students and would like to continue to see how we can look at implementing this into other grades as well as other academic areas
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No full textAlt Text: Anna Anderson with their poster, The Schooling Experiences of Heritage Speakers in Iowa: In Their Own Words .https://scholarworks.uni.edu/rcapitol2025_photos/1020/thumbnail.jp
Las experiencias en escolarización de hablantes de herencia en Iowa: sus propias palabras (The Schooling Experiences of Heritage Speakers in Iowa: In Their Own Words)
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Mientras ya existen muchas investigaciones sobre lo que es efectivo o no efectivo en las clases de español para hablantes de herencia en los Estados Unidos, hay algunos huecos. No hay muchas investigaciones en el contexto del medio oeste, que tiene una demografía y una cultura única. También no hay muchas investigaciones que examinen los sentimientos de los hablantes de herencia en sí mismos. A través de entrevistas con preguntas abiertas, los sentimientos, los pensamientos y las perspectivas de siete hablantes de herencia que asistieron a escuelas secundarias en Iowa salieron a la luz. Centrándose en tres ideas principales — desarrollo de la lengua, experiencias con otros estudiantes, y relaciones con maestros y profesores — es aparente que los hablantes de herencia tenían experiencias más negativas en sus clases mezcladas en la escuela secundaria pero tenían más experiencias más positivas en una clase solo por hablantes de herencia en la universidad.
English Language Abstract:
The experiences of heritage speakers (i.e. people who grew up speaking Spanish) in Spanish classrooms in Iowa vary greatly. Heritage speakers have different academic needs, prior knowledge, and cultural backgrounds than those who are learning Spanish as a second language. Previous research discusses the academic benefits or disadvantages of mixing heritage speakers into classes with second language learners, however less research exists that discusses the feelings, thoughts, and perspectives of the heritage speakers themselves, especially in the Midwestern context. Through interviews with seven heritage speakers who studied Spanish in both high school and college (where they took a class designed specifically for heritage speakers), it came to light that many participants felt their Spanish did not improve in their high school classes and reported uncomfortable experiences with both teachers and peers. The findings of this project suggest that the educational system in Iowa often leaves heritage speakers to fall in the cracks, both academically and socially. Heritage speakers deserve equitable access to improving their Spanish, unmitigated by social stigma or curriculum that works against them, in order to find better success in their future schooling and/or career endeavors
Second-Language Acquisition of French Nasal Vowels: Phonological and Orthographic Considerations
No full textFigure 013. Leptuca thayeri
Get PDFAlt Text: Composite photograph of the Leptuca thayeri fiddler crab which includes several black & white images of different views of the crab, a color photograph, and a distribution map.
Composite Image Description: Figure 13. Leptuca thayeri (Rathbun, 1900). UNI 151. Collected: June- 2003, USA, Florida, Monroe Co., Chokoloskee Bay, West Everglades (25.818773, -81.359583). Scale Bar = 10 mm. (A) Dorsal view. (B) Front view. (C) Inner cheliped. (D) Ocular view. (E) Ambulatory. (F) Color Photo. (G) Distribution Map (Finke 2024).
Species Description: Large species (width \u3c 30 mm). Carapace shape near trapezoidal (Fig. 13A). Carapace length 66% width; frontal region 22% carapace width (Fig. 13A, D). Eyestalks moderate length. Lateral sides strongly angled inward Fig. 13A). Tufts of pubescence scattered along dorsal lateral margins. Dactyl and pollex 50% to 80% longer than manus (Fig. 13B,C). Pollex usually straight or bent downward, slightly (Fig. 13B). On inner surface of large cheliped, line of oval tubercles follow gap at edge of pollex (Fig. 13C). Gap moderately wide. Oblique ridge progresses to carpal cavity. It turns and follows carpal cavity a short distance. Merus segments of walking leg unusually wide; width (Fig. 13E). Merus width about 50% length; 56% in females, 47% in males. Pantropical species, found from south Florida and Yucatan peninsulas to Florianopolis, Brazil (Fig. 13G).https://scholarworks.uni.edu/fiddlercrabs/1005/thumbnail.jp