2013 Proceeding Publication

University/Organization
Point Park University

Title
Incomplete Exposition or Propaganda Tools? A Look at Sunday School Textbooks as a Case Study

Synopsis
This paper argues that three stylistic flaws in writing- liberal generalizations, partial exposition of concepts and literary gloss- create problems in comprehension and accuracy for readers of religious textbooks. These Sunday School textbooks need vigorous editing to enable students to learn pluralism.

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University/Organization
Madinah College of Technology

Title
Raising Awareness of Computer-Assisted Class Discussion CACD: Linguistic, Social, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

Synopsis
Computer-Assisted Class Discussion offers unprecedented opportunities to deal with cultural sensitivity issues of ELT classrooms in Saudi Arabia.

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University/Organization
Champlain College

Title
Faculty Perceptions of Student Teaching Evaluations as a Factor in Formative and Summative Faculty Evaluations.

Synopsis
Through a literature review and survey results of over 200 full-and part-time faculty, this paper will explore faculty perceptions of student teaching evaluations as formative and summative measurements of teaching effectiveness (see abstract).

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University/Organization
Meharry Medical College

Title I
Review of Literature on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education: Has Teaching Improved Since 1987?

Synopsis
Since their publication in 1987, Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Education have served as guidelines for faculty members, students, and administrators to improve education. While the effectiveness of online learning is difficult to measure, research findings suggest that the quality of online education increases as the technology improves. Sixteen publications on the seven principles were reviewed to determine the extent in which best practices were integrated to measure teaching effectiveness.

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Title II
Can Smartphones and Tablets Be Used As Meaningful Tools To Enrich Dental Education?

Synopsis
The purpose of this study was to show that students already owned smart phones and had a desire to use them in clinical care. This fact is useful for educational institutions to provide ongoing professional development support in technology related skills.

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University/Organization
Chicago State University

Title
Connecting Students with Cultural Sensitivity

Synopsis
Since it is impossible to recruit enough teachers to match the demographics of our diverse students’ population, developing teacher cultural competency is essential to students’ achievement.

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University/Organization
University of Idaho

Title
Use of Elements of Theatre as Teaching Strategies to Increase Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Proficiency in the Art, Science, and Business of Teaching

Synopsis
Preservice teachers can increase their teaching skills by using role-play to simulate many situations they may encounter. An assessment was created to determine the growth of preservice teachers in the Art, Science, and Business of teaching.

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University/Organization
College of New Caledonia

Title
Removing Math Barriers: Incorporating Vedic Methods for Student Success

Synopsis
Barb will share her research methods and results of her master’s project: Vedic Mathematics in the ABE Fundamental Math Classroom. Her 2012 research found that using Vedic techniques to teach ABE fundamental curriculum resulted in improved outcomes compared with current practice.

Waneta will introduce participants to a few Vedic math methods used in the research project: subtracting from left to right, adding and subtracting fractions without having to calculate common denominators, a quick way to check arithmetic questions using digit sum checks, and a method to learn those difficult times tables if memorizing isn’t working. Waneta will share her students’ reactions to this different method of math and introduce the newly developed workbook for Vedic teaching methods.

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University/Organization
William Penn University

Title
Upper-Division Business Majors and Lower-Division Non-Business Majors: A Comparison of Career Desires, Expectations and Confidence

Synopsis
In this study, we surveyed upper-division business majors (management and accounting) participating in their senior capstone class and lower-division (freshman and sophomores) non-business majors participating in an introduction to business survey course.

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University/Organization
Fayetteville State University

Title
Running at my PACE, I Finish the RACE

Synopsis
Students were exposed to Livescribe smartpens as a treatment to help improve mathematics understanding in the classroom. Students self-reported on pre-and post-test survey instruments and the data were analyzed to reveal trends in student attitudes, self-efficacy and achievement. Findings suggest that students grasp concepts at a faster rate and with more confidence than they did before. Data reveals several statistically significant differences in pre-test and post-test measures of students.

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University/Organization
California State University

Title
Steady-State Viscoelastic Rimming Flow

Synopsis
Solution for Oldroyd-B fluid flow is found.

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University/Organization
Tuskegee University

Title
Education on Biofuels Technology in Chemical Engineering

Synopsis
The gap between advanced biofuels research and undergraduate biofuels education will be discussed. A systematic approach is proposed to create educational materials that integrate biofuels technology into undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum.

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University/Organization
IUPUC

Title
Supporting Language Acquisition and Content-Specific Science Access: Universal Design for Learning using LEGOtm WeDos to Teach Simple Machines

Synopsis
Building on the definition of a Learning Community proposed in Professional Learning Communities for Science Teaching: Lessons From Research and Practice by Munday and Stiles, we embrace the following six characteristics: Focus on Learning, Collaborative Culture, Collective Inquiry, Action Orientation and Experimentation, Continuous Improvement, and Result Orientation for elementary children, pre-service and in-service educators.

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University/Organization
San Jose State University

Title
Teaching MEMS at Undergraduate Level

Synopsis
The paper presents the teaching of MEMS to undergraduate mechanical and electrical engineering students. Topics included: the scaling laws, electromechanical principles of sensors and actuators, silicon-based and polymer materials, physical-chemical processes for microfabrication, MEMS systems design, and assembly-packaging-testing techniques. Prominent topics in nanoscale engineering were also included in the end.

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University/Organization
Western Kentucky University

Title
Technology and Teacher Candidates: Setting the Bar Higher

Synopsis
This paper reports the findings of a research study designed to assess teacher candidate use of technology in the teacher education program at a large comprehensive university. The study examined data related to technology integration in the teacher candidate capstone project, The Teacher Work Sample.

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University/Organization
Tougaloo College

Title
Importance of Interdisciplinary Program

Synopsis
Design an Interdisciplinary minor within Social Science. The minor will prepare students to work in a disaster and emergency management field.

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University/Organization
William Paterson University

Title
Creative Drama, an Effective Medium in Teaching Korean Language and Culture

Synopsis
This paper is a case study of using creative drama as a teaching tool in the intermediate level Korean language classroom. The class model suggests effective ways to incorporate dramatic activities to improve oral proficiency as well as reading and writing skills. Specific teaching methods include: using pictures on the projection screen as prompts for improvised role-plays, helping students with short script writing, and utilizing animated movies with or without sound and with or without Korean subtitles.

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University/Organization
National Taipei University of Technology

Title
Effects of Banks’ Capital Level on Return and Credit Risk through Lending Activity under Syndication Loans

Synopsis
This study uses samples of 34,082 syndication loans of publicity banks in the U.S. during the periods of 1987-2010, to test the theory of informational monopolies advantage and the theory of sacrificing reputational capital, then analyzes the impact of capital level on banking return and credit risk through its lending activity under syndication loans. The implications would be provided with policy implication to regulatory.

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University/Organization
English Language Institute of Singapore

Title
A Motivational Program for Elementary School Learners of English

Synopsis
I developed a program to motivate grade five learners of English in Singapore to study English by applying Zoltán Dörnyei’s Second Language Motivational Self System. 90% of the participants in the experimental group became more motivated to learn English, whereas only 50% became more motivated in the control group.

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University/Organization
US Coast Guard Academy

Title
Teaching Gender, Talking Sex during the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Synopsis
What experiences and practices encourage undergraduates to change their minds about deeply held beliefs? This essay is a brief ethnographic snapshot of the US Coast Guard Academy during the transition of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (2010-2011). This essay explores the various techniques and pedagogical strategies which various faculty members and institutional leadership employed over the course of 18 months to begin to move a modestly recalcitrant population toward a more inclusive understanding of gay and lesbian service members.

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University/Organization
University of Sindh

Title
The Impact of Extremism on Higher Education among the Muslim Countries: A Case Study of Pakistan

Synopsis
The greatest threat facing the world specially the United States is the Jihad Movement, moderately known as the extremists operating in most of the Muslim countries. The extremists are self-appointed Muslim fanatics who have launched a “holy war or Jihad” against the United States and the West. Ironically the foremost target of the extremists has been the most of the Muslim world itself. Most Muslims around the world reject the Jihadist interpretation of Islam, and few relish of Jihadists rule. The “Jihadists” may be Muslims but few Muslims are extremists willing to commit “Jihad”.

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University/Organization
Southern University of New Orleans

Title
Impact of Research Mentoring in Transformation of STEM Education at Southern University at New Orleans

Synopsis
Performance of minority and women students in STEM education at Southern University at New Orleans has made significant gains for over a decade. This improvement is due largely to research mentoring of undergraduate STEM majors through NSF funded grants such as LS-LAMP, HBCU-UP and S-STEM. This paper documents some of the successes of these grants.

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University/Organization
Columbia College Chicago

Title I
Magic Moment on Magic Island

Synopsis
Sally from Beijing, Magic Island on Oahu, a hit song by John Denver, an original LCP song, a life affirming celestial experience in Graceland Cemetery Chicago, and Elvis, unite in a journey of cross-cultural discovery. This presentation features live performance of the original song translated from English into Hawaiian and Chinese.

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Title II
Case Studies in Cinema Sound – Excerpts from the forthcoming Book Ears Don’t Blink – A Primer on Cinema Sound & Re-Recording Mixing

Synopsis
Case Studies in Cinema Sound is a dynamic workshop exploring techniques and concepts that achieve maximum emotional effect in the final cinema soundtrack. Film clips to be screened are from the forthcoming book entitled Ears Don’t Blink – The Fine Art of Cinema Sound & Re-Recording Mixing © LCP2013.

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University/Organization
Rochester Institute of Technology

Title
Using a Non-Traditional Pedagogy in STEM Disciplines: Implications for Faculty

Synopsis
For the past several years educational researchers and national panels have been urging colleges and universities to reform their STEM curricula to make them more relevant and engaging. One approach being used at the Rochester Institute of Technology involves employing an immersive year-long project-based class to introduce new freshmen to the interdisciplinary field of Imaging Science. With only three cohorts having experienced this pedagogy to date there is not yet sufficient evidence to rigorously assess its effectiveness. However the implications of this approach for the faculty who use it are becoming very clear, and are discussed in this paper.

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University/Organization
Arizona State University

Title
Evaluating an Engineering Overview Brochure for Educational Outreach to Elementary Schools

Synopsis
An engineering overview brochure was designed and developed by a multi-disciplinary team. Elementary school students studied the brochure. Student perceptions of engineering before and after studying the brochure were assessed with a survey. Results indicate significantly improved student perceptions of engineering after the brochure study.

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University/Organization
Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion

Title
Self- Reflection as a Centering Method for Student Teacher Priorities

Synopsis
All layers of education are increasingly overwhelmed with programmatic and bureaucratic requirements. We have discovered that in order to keep our student teachers from getting bogged down in the considerable details of these matters, they need to be constantly drawn back to the big picture of teaching. Reflective journaling appears to be one method for helping them keep the high priority of actual classroom teaching front and center. This seminar will describe this process.

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University/Organization
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Title
Factors Influencing Motivation of ESL Students

Synopsis
This paper is to examine of correlation between factors influencing students’ motivation and their social environment, nationality, and individual perspective.

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University/Organization
Fayetteville State University

Title
Fostering a STEM Learning Community to Promote Student Interest in STEM Disciplines

Synopsis
The main goal of the Fayetteville State University’s STEM Learning Community (SLC) is to spur the interest of a greater number of freshmen in STEM disciplines through the participation in the learning community. Modified to fit the world of higher education, the concept of a learning organization became that of a learning community that would strive to provide an environment of interaction, connection, encouragement and support for first-year students seeking to enroll in a STEM major or program. Presenters will share how the Fayetteville State University’s current SLC model is used to support, enhance and supplement the goal of the Robert E. Noyce Scholarship Program which is to encourage STEM majors to double major in either mathematics and secondary mathematics education or biology and secondary biology education.

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University/Organization
Comenius University in Bratislava

Title
The EU Strategy on Knowledge Based Economy and Information Society as a New Challenge Also for Internationalization of the EU Higher Education

Synopsis
The paper “The EU strategy on knowledge based economy and information society as a new challenge also for internationalization of the EU higher education” is dealing with some issues of the changing role of higher education in the EU in respect of new challenges related to the strategic goals of the EU to become a modern knowledge based economy and information society in accordance with the EU strategies like Lisbon strategy on e-Europe of year 2000, i2010 strategy and the latest one Europe 2020.

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University/Organization
Kogakuin University

Title
Fundamental Mathematics Education via E-Learning for Undergraduate Students

Synopsis
The author used to work as an assistant professor at the Kogakuin University Academic Support Center for 2 years and the Waseda University Media Network Center for 4 years. At the Kogakuin University Academic Support Center, he and his colleague made some useful teaching materials and e-learning contents about calculus for students major in engineering and poor in mathematics. On the other hand, at the Waseda University Media Network Center, he and his colleague made the mathematics curriculum through the LMS (Learning Management System). In this paper, we shall report these activities and also mention how to make the best use of these experiments for the future.

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University/Organization
Howard University

Title
Increasing and Improving K-12 Computer Science Education through Partnerships

Synopsis
The Partnership for Early Engagement in CS High School (PEECS-HS) program is designed to address the lack of US students entering computer science prior to high-school graduation. Through the development and implementation of a year-long, introductory course, titled Exploring CS, all students in Washington, DC Public Schools will complete a computer science course prior to graduation.

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University/Organization
Seattle Pacific University

Title
Using Google Plus as a Learning Management System/Social Learning Tool in K-12 and Higher Education

Synopsis
This interactive workshop will introduce Google Plus as a learning management system and social learning tool for K-12 and higher education. Features of Google Plus include video-conferencing and a platform for posting content, announcements, resources, and feedback. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet to the session.

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University/Organization
St. John’s University

Title
Does Using Moodle for Learning Enhance Students’ Online Interactivities and their Learning Achievement- Application of Grey Relational Analysis?

Synopsis
The purpose of this study is to understand how student behave in the online learning environment Moodle. By using Grey relational analysis to understand and to predict students’ grades, researchers are interested in understanding if there is any association between students’ interactivities and their final grades in Moodle system. The study developed online materials for one semester course of application of multimedia for the freshmen students in St. John’s University in Taiwan.

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University/Organization
Susquehanna University

Title
Crosswords and Team Quizzes to Facilitate Teaching Physics at Susquehanna University

Synopsis
The purpose of crosswords and team quizzes is to promote student interest and to engage all students in the class and familiarize them with the materials covered in the class. The crosswords are offered as a part of extra credit towards the student’s final grade, and graded “team quizzes” help students collaborate and work together on homework’s and problem solving.

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University/Organization
University of Victoria

Title
The Role of Cannabis Use Quantity in Predicting Cannabis-Related Problems

Synopsis
This study introduces a new measure of cannabis quantity and examines whether it predicts cannabis-related social problems with and without controlling for frequency of use. Our results suggest that cannabis use quantity, above and beyond frequency, is an important predictor of cannabis problems in youth and adults. We discuss the potential usefulness and validity of this new measure in harm reduction.

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