Jacquelyn Skinner and Dr. Julie Hite, Educational Leadership and Foundations Education is a major instrument in establishing self-sustaining growth and reducing poverty throughout the world. Specifically, educating females reaps additional benefits including increased family incomes, later marriages, reduced fertility rates, reduced infant and maternal mortality rates, better nourished families and greater opportunities for women in […]
Proposal for Recruiting Candidates to Join the Special Education and English as Second Language (ESL) Combined Program
Sungti Hsu and Dr. Lynn K. Wilder, Counseling Psychology and Special Education The key to a successful recruitment for this project is to identify individuals who are qualified, and the best way of distributing information about the Culturally Responsive Special Education and ESL Combined Program. According to the personnel preparation grant written by Drs. Prater, […]
Gini Index Research in Cambodia
Angelica Hagman and Dr. Donald Holsinger, Educational Leadership and Foundations The main objective of this research project, spearheaded by Dr. Donald Holsinger, was to calculate the Gini Index of Education for Cambodia. Simply put, the Gini Index is a measurement of equality; the higher the quantitative score, the greater the inequality and vice versa. The […]
Improving Conditions for Families with Children with Disabilities
Mallory Grover and Dr. Lynn K. Wilder: Counseling Psychology and Special Education Many families with a child with disabilities undergo much stress. Lack of communication and delayed development, along with other factors are causes of problem behavior among children with a disability. In order to prevent problem behaviors from elevating, support service intervention is key. […]
Emotion Recognition in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Andrea Dance, Martha Gray, Natalie Roach, and Dr. Martin Fujiki, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology As part of a research team consisting of professors of Speech-Language Pathology and Psychology and graduate students, our goal was to achieve a clearer understanding of the relationship between emotion and language. We wanted to see if children with restricted language […]
Influence of Quantization on Psychometric Function Slope and Performance for Speech Audiometry Materials
Jessica Goates and Dr. Richard W. Harris, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Routine audiological assessments include pure-tone thresholds and assessment of the patient’s ability to perceive speech. The performance of speech audiometry materials is very important for determining how well a patient can hear speech. Our research was designed to determine if using different speech audiometry […]
“HOW AM I DIFFERENT?”: A SOCIAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN WITH SLI
Julie Grandy & April Fitzgerald and Martin Fujiki & Bonnie Burton, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Children with specific language impairment (SLI) are those who have difficulty learning language despite relatively normal sensory and intellectual abilities. Research and current literature have shown that there is a relationship between language competence and social competence (Brinton & Fujiki, […]
Electronic Film Review: Turning Feature Films into Language Learning
Jennifer Morgan Several years ago, Dr. Alan Melby developed the Electronic Film Review (or EFR), which is software designed to provide wraparound material to make feature films more comprehensible to language learners. The language learner views a store-bought DVD using the software on a personal computer at his or her own pace. The EFR’s distinguishing […]
SCHOOL EQUITY AND NON-TRADITIONAL RESOURCES
Chris M. Wilson and Dr. E. Vance Randall, Secondary Education Since the landmark case of Brown v. The Board of Education (1954) there has been a continual stream of educational finance equity litigation. The focus of these court cases is the equitable allocation of resources from the state and from local sources (Larson 1990). “Equity” […]
SUMMARY OF WASHINGTON SEMINAR PROGRAM: INNDER-CITY STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dot Todman and Professor George Nelson, Secondary Education Thanks to a grant from the Office of Research and Creative Activities, I was able to complete my final semester of BYU, Student Teaching in inner-city Washington D.C. through BYU’s Washington Seminar Program. I am glad to report that my experience in D.C. helped me to grow in […]
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