SoE Graduate Student Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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The effectiveness of flipped learning on student performance and learning experience
(Wichita State University, 2023-04-14)Flipped learning is a constructivist teaching and learning strategy by which students individually acquire content knowledge outside of class by accessing teacher-defined learning activities. Class time is then structured ... -
Approaches to investigating disaster risk reduction (DRR)
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Wide-ranging and uncertain threats from natural disasters to public health, energy networks, cybersecurity, and other interconnected facets of human activity make explicit the need for the development of resilience-driven ... -
Are Dual Credit Enrollment programs serving underrepresented students as intended?
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)Dual Credit Enrollment (DCE) and concurrent enrollment programs consist of a partnership between a high school and a post-secondary institution (PSI) whereby high school students earn college credit through a variety of ... -
Transforming attitude towards learning: Cognitive and metacognitive thinking and critical coreflection
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: Cognition can be defined as all mental processes and abilities in which people engage on a daily basis such as memory, learning, problem solving, and evaluation, reasoning and decision-making. Cognition helps ... -
Self-advocacy levels in college TRIO participants and their collegiate non-TRIO participating peers
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)Self-advocacy is, essentially, one's ability to represent themselves or their interests. Consider self-advocacy like a circle with two prongs; those prongs would be self-determination (Ryan and Deci, 2000) and Self-Efficacy ... -
Investigating connections between dialectical thinking and creative problem solving
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)The purpose of this study was to explore the connection between the way college students think and how creatively they can problem-solve. We hypothesized that older adult college students (50+) would use more dialectical ... -
Labeled individuals: The influence of stereotypes on communication between American and Non-American students
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)Skin shades, gender, country of origin, accents, and even our names make a big difference in how we are perceived, welcomed, beaten up, appreciated, or degraded. All of us might have been carrying a scar of being labeled ... -
Giftedness, anxiety and perfectionism: family structure, Dabrowski's overexcitabilities and real-life strategies
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Children who are often identified as gifted are frequently thought to be blessed to have the label, however perfectionistic tendencies and anxieties habitually occur. This project examines literature focusing on the frequency ... -
Effective reading interventions for students with dyslexia
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Dyslexia is a well-recognized and prevalent learning disability. This neurodevelopmental disorder affects the ability to learn to read, write, and spell through traditional methods, as well as the ability to communicate. ... -
Measuring creativity: evaluating middle school students using a divergent thinking task in the visual art classroom
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)This research study evaluated the divergent thinking process, creative fluency and elaboration differences in middle school students who have never taken a visual art class compared to students who have. A modernized, ... -
Investigating interactive features of online instruction: Meta-analysis with qualitative probing
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Online classes are a mode of education that is rapidly gaining popularity due to its flexibility in terms of both time and place for studying. According to Allen and Seaman (2013), 32% of the students take one or more of ... -
What are the effects of Cochlear Implants (CI) on students with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) disabilities within an educational classroom?
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Students with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) disabilities struggle to hear their classmates, teachers, parents, and the world surrounding them. Some of these students use hearing devices to aid their hearing capabilities. ... -
Effective inclusion strategies for students with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Federal mandate requires that students with disabilities be educated in their least restrictive environment. Researchers have concluded that these students do just as well or better in inclusive settings compared to those ... -
Using MobyMax: A study of the validity of student assessment and progress monitoring with MobyMax
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)MobyMax is a computer-based assessment and learning program. It provides a system for educators to assess which grade level students are currently performing at. The concern is that educators may not use the MobyMax program ... -
Inclusion and students with high incident disabilities
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)This study compares stakeholders' perception to attributes within the working model of today's general and special education system, seeking answers to what may be affecting successful experiences for all involved. Inclusive ... -
How effective are the supports for students with learning disabilities
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)When students with Learning Disabilities (LD) are placed in an inclusion class they, along with the teachers, face many challenges. Providing support for these students can be complicated and confusing. The purpose of this ... -
Exploring the advantages and barriers in the use of video modeling through different age groups
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Video modeling is a program that has been used with students with Autism and intellectual disabilities to teach them how to do a variety of tasks. It has been found to be an effective strategy, but it is not being implemented ... -
Miracles in the classroom: How to engage all levels of readers using multi-modal literacy
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Students hate reading. Studies show that students report a decline in reading for enjoyment starting in 6th grade, by the time students reach high school they spend less than an hour on average reading for enjoyment. Through ... -
The effects of explicit grammar feedback on student writing
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)Grammar, the order and coordination of words in the English language, is essential to useful and elegant communication. This study addresses the effect of teacher feedback on student writing. Three groups of five freshmen ... -
Vocabulary instruction is not a luxury
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)A review of educational research indicates that post-secondary students benefit in all academic areas when given direct vocabulary instruction, yet most community college course outlines do not require vocabulary instruction. ...