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AN ANALYSIS OF IF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT: WORLD HISTORY MODERN READING IS EFFECTIVE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Get PDFThis study explored if the AP World History: Modern Reading is effective teacher professional development and if it impacts teachers and students. Desimone’s Core Conceptual Framework served as the foundation for which to evaluate professional development. Adult learning theory served as the theoretical framework. The researcher used a mixed methods explanatory sequential design. A survey was completed by 83 AP World History: Modern high school teachers who had attended the AP World History: Modern on-site Reading. The survey provided data on teacher perceptions of the Reading as well as the perceived impacts on student learning. The researcher then conducted a focus group discussion with eight participants to study teacher perceptions and the impact on student learning in greater depth. Quantitative and qualitative results were integrated in order to gain a deeper understanding. The researcher found that attending the AP World History: Modern on-site Reading is beneficial teacher professional development. The structure of the in-person Reading allows for collaboration, engages participants and is relevant to the attendees’ classroom practice. As a result of attending the Reading, teachers perceive increases in their knowledge and understanding of exam requirements, and they perceive increased levels of confidence in their abilities to instruct students and assess student learning. Teachers perceive that attending the AP World History: Modern Reading improved their students’ scores and contributed to growth in student learning
The Mental Health Impact of Intensive Mothering Ideology on Contemporary Mothers
Get PDFThis research explored how exposure to Intensive Mothering Ideology (IMI) may impact maternal mental health in modern mothers. Susan Hays coined the IMI term in 1996, inspiring a significant body of research around the topic which has shown that mothers generally process intensive mothering discourse contextually with consideration for unique era-specific societal challenges (Constantinou, Varela, & Buckby, 2021; Hays, 1996). To this author’s knowledge, there have been no general examinations of the impact of IMI on maternal mental health since before the outbreak of COVID-19 (though there have been a few pointed examinations of IMI in relation to the pandemic). This research aims to understand mothers’ experiences around intensive mothering discourse during the summer of 2022 (when seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted) with respect to the unique social context of that time, how IMI content was consumed, processed, and internalized, and to what extent their experiences may have impacted their psychological wellbeing. Using the Auerbach and Silverstein (2003) method, interview transcripts were methodically coded and analyzed to uncover relevant text, repeating ideas (62 total), themes (14 total), and theoretical constructs (six total which were validated through study member checks) (Auerbach & Silverstein, 2003). Results showcase participant reflections on the roles that make up their identities, their values around mothering including external support systems, the pressures they feel to mother in a certain way, how they conceptualize the “ideal” mother, their relationships to social media, their experiences mothering during COVID-19, and their mental and physical wellbeing. Discussion contextualizes results within intersecting theories and sews the data together in light of these theories to craft a narrative that meaningfully represents participant experiences
Enjoy the Ride
No full textI have been bicycling on the bridges, roads and parks of New York City for more than thirty years. During that time the experience of biking in New York has improved considerably through the creation of bike lanes in all parts of the city. The construction of bike lanes – especially protected bike lanes in which parked cars form a barrier between bikers and traffic – serve to reclaim the streets from the vehicles which dominate the roads. As my quilt block states, “bike lanes renew” the urban environment because they facilitate and prioritize human-powered, zero-emission transportation over gas-guzzling, exhaust-spewing motor vehicles.
Bikes lanes are a boon to the environment and are recognized as a critical component of the urban sustainability project. Bicycling reduces carbon dioxide emissions and noise pollution. Riding a bike also improves mental and physical health. And more bike lanes lead to more bicyclists on the roads, which in turn reduces the risks of bicycling.
My square depicts Brooklyn as well as parts of Manhattan and Queens. Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, Shirley Chisholm Park, and Forest Park are all shown, and the green strips represent prominent bikes lanes. These of course are not all of the bike lanes, only a representative sample. In recent months I have been thrilled to come across newly created two-way protected bike lanes along Schermerhorn Street and in Sheepshead Bay. And the NYC Department of Transportation is continuing to expand and fortify the network of bike lanes.
Creating this square required me to develop new skills. I had to learn how to sew, thread a needle, cut fabric, and embroider. My hope is that people seeing this who are not bikers will similarly be inspired to take up a new activity and discover the joys of pedaling around this diverse and ever-changing city of ours.https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/community_usquilt_2023/1009/thumbnail.jp
Application of metastable curve and crystal anisotropic for understanding tablet performance of pharmaceutical materials
Get PDFTablets are the most preferred drug delivery dosage from compares to all other delivery forms. Tablet sizes are very important to consider with respect to the patient compliance. During the early development stage, it is very important to screen out the material based on their compressibility at each plane for further formulation. There are mainly three type of crystallization method like evaporation, cooling, and antisolvent method. Slow cooling method is a useful method to determine the crystal property at a different temperature point. Metastable curves assist in identifying the nucleation point of crystal during cooling method. A limited quantity of the drug and time constraint makes it difficult to adopt trial and error techniques for optimizing tablet formulations using directly compressible excipients. Hence, characterizing the compression properties of API is desirable in the early development stage. Single macro size crystal was nucleated at a different temperature point using a slow cooling method. These crystal x, y, and z plane were identified by using the simulated PXRD pattern from the Mercury software. Crystal characterized using PXRD, DSC, and TGA. A compression stage was mounted in a x-ray diffractor for microscopic studies of crystal. Microscopic studies showed that the crystal nucleated from 65 °C saturated solution was having low Young’s moduli compared to crystal nucleated at a 55 °C. Compaction simulator were used to calculate the macroscopic level studies of crystal. Force-Displacement data were used to calculate the Heckel analysis and Work-related parameters. Elastic recovery of tablet was affecting the strength of a tablet
The psychological aspects of domestic violence
Get PDFDomestic violence is a behavioral problem that has increased within the United States over the past decade. This master’s thesis analyzed the literature that reports on the psychological and physiological (often termed psychophysiological) portion of domestic violence. Analysis of three studies on the effects of domestic violence shows agreement that domestic violence manifests in victims as four primary physiological effects and four psychological effects. However, treatment of domestic abuse appears to concentrate on the psychological components of domestic abuse and tends to exclude the physiological aspects. This thesis argues that effective treatment for victims of domestic violence should include training clinicians/professionals to recognize and treat both psychological and physiological symptoms
Data Science: A Study from the Scientometric, Curricular, and Altmetric Perspectives
Get PDFThis research explores the emerging field of data science from the scientometric, curricular, and altmetric perspectives and addresses the following six research questions: 1. What are the scientometric features of the data science field? 2. What are the contributing fields to the establishment of data science? 3. What are the major research areas of the data science discipline? 4. What are the salient topics taught in the data science curriculum? 5. What topics appear in the Twitter-sphere regarding data science? 6. What can be learned about data science from the scientometric, curricular, and altmetric analyses of the data collected? Using bibliometric data from the Scopus database for 1983 – 2021, the current study addresses the first three research questions. The fourth research question is answered with curricular data collected from U.S. educational institutions that offer data science programs. Altmetric data was gathered from Twitter for over 20 days to answer the fifth research question. All three sets of data are analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The scientometric portion of this study revealed a growing field, expanding beyond the borders of the United States and the United Kingdom into a more global undertaking. Computer Science and Statistics are foundational contributing fields with a host of additional fields contributing data sets for new data scientists to act, including, for example, the Biomedical and Information Science fields. When it comes to the question of salient topics across all three aspects of this research, it was revealed that a large degree of coherence between the three resulted in highlighting thirteen core topics of data science. However, it can be noted that Artificial Intelligence stood out among all the other groups with leading topics such as Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Natural Language Processing. The findings of this study not only identify the major parameters of the data science field (e.g., leading researchers, the composition of the discipline) but also reveal its underlying intellectual structure and research fronts. They can help researchers to ascertain emerging topics and research fronts in the field. Educational programs in data science can learn from this study about how to update their curriculums and better prepare students for the rapidly growing field. Practitioners and other stakeholders of data science can also benefit from the present research to stay tuned and current in the field. Furthermore, the triple-pronged approach of this research provides a panoramic view of the data science field that no prior study has ever examined and will have a lasting impact on related investigations of an emerging discipline
Mortality Salience In Therapists: Sudden Death of a Patient - An Exploratory Study
Get PDFThe purpose of this qualitative research study is to explore therapists’ experiences of the sudden passing of their patient. In particular, the researcher aims to explore the internal and external experiences of the therapist’s grief, as well as implications for training and professional life. Seventeen psychotherapists, ranging in professional training, aged 30 to 80, who lived in several states across the country, participated in individual interviews with the principal investigator via online video conferencing. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed, according to the qualitative research method of Auerbach and Silverstein (2003), to extrapolate themes and theoretical constructs from their anecdotal accounts to create a theoretical narrative. Results of the subsequent analysis indicate that the experience of therapists who have had a patient suddenly die can be best understood through the six major constructs (1) the details and circumstances of the patient’s death, (2) the therapist’s affective reactions, (3) the therapist’s views on death and life, (4) the meaning-making process for the therapist, (5) the therapist’s coping behaviors and (6) the patient death’s impact on the therapist’s professional life. The discussion contextualizes the data and proposes a look at these constructs through the lens of terror management theory (TMT), emotional processing theory and meaning making. Additionally, contributions to the field and the profession of clinical psychology are proposed
LET GO AND LET GROW: AN ASSESSMENT OF A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDREN
Get PDFOverinvolved parenting is on the rise, despite its association with negative outcomes for children (Twenge, 2017; American Psychological Association (APA), 2019; Segrin et al., 2013). Its emerging counterpart, free-range parenting, urges parents to offer their children more independence and less supervision (Skenazy, 2009). However, no quantitative, peer-reviewed research has been conducted on the effects of independent task engagement on children’s independence and resilience. The present study evaluated the effects of The Let Grow Project (Skenazy, 2018), a school-based intervention aimed at increasing resilience and independence in children by assigning homework to engage in tasks independently. Children completed measures of independence, resilience, helicopter parenting, and anxiety at pre-intervention, post-intervention and after a one-month follow up. Parents of participants completed measures of parent stress, child’s independence, child anxiety, child resilience, and overparenting. The current study found that independent task completion has significant, if inconsistent effects on children’s independence and resilience, and significant effects on child anxiety and helicopter parenting behaviors. The results could have theoretical implications relating to our understanding of free-range parenting practices and their impacts on children’s independence and resilience
Workers of the World Unite
No full textMy quilt square depicts exploitation of workers in cities. Having been born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, I felt it was appropriate to portray the city I love. The city skyline in my square is composed of various cool or neutral-colored fabrics. I did this to portray how the city is becoming increasingly unkind and mechanical. The large strips of black fabric patterned with leaves, which support the city, symbolize the immutable truth that cities and their inhabitants affect the natural environment and are a part of nature. I fastened the skyline to my square using several running stitches and occasional whip stitches.
The Statue of Liberty, the central figure of my square, is composed of a collage of various fabrics fastened to the statue using a running stitch and whip stitches in some areas for added security. I collaged Lady Liberty to mirror the grandeur and diversity that she symbolizes to New York City. That she stands on Liberty Island, torch aloft, represents an invitation for all to come to New York and experience all that the city offers. She is a symbol of inclusivity and welcomes all in search of prosperity to a diverse cityscape. However, the modern city has become increasingly hostile to this racial and economic diversity, seeking at times to eradicate it. The words I chose to include in my square from Emma Lazarus’s The New Colossus, and the popular political slogan, “Workers of the world Unite,” together, I hope, inspire those who see my square to act to create a better future.https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/cusp_usquilt_2022/1002/thumbnail.jp
Applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Latinx Youth Experiencing Deportation Stress: A Critical Literature Review and Culturally Congruent Application
Get PDFDeportation policies from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have harmful effects on the mental health of immigrant families in the US. These effects can be experienced at multiple points such as living in fear of deportation, undergoing ICE raids, becoming detained, or being deported. The children that witness these experiences of deportation within their families are impacted substantially. Some of the psychological effects of having a parent deported or detained can include internalizing and externalizing problems, attention difficulties, emotional and behavioral changes, interpersonal conflict, and feeling like a burden. While the impacts of deportation on youth are highlighted in the research, there are no evidence-based treatments for this population specifically. Thus, this article poses that Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an appropriate transdiagnostic treatment for these youth experiencing multiple problems when including frameworks such as Minority Stress Theory, the Biosocial Theory, and Radical Healing to address anti-immigrant invalidation faced by this population. As Latinxs make up a large percentage of immigrants that are deported, this article expands on their specific experience. This dissertation aims to review the literature on this population and create cultural adaptations to DBT for Latinx youth experiencing deportation stress (i.e., deportation or detainment of a parent or family member) through the expansion of Linehan’s (1993) Biosocial Theory to include four levels of anti-immigrant invalidation: structural, individual, anticipated, and internalized invalidation; additional DBT Orientation handouts for specific psychoeducation; potential strategies for teaching DBT skills; and recommendations for the application of DBT to address the numerous access-to-treatment barriers that Latinx youth face. Future directions for research on efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability are discussed