Advanced Learners Project: Strategies Professors use to read their Academic Texts

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Jordan Gilbert and Dr. Marné Isakson, Counseling and Career Center Transitioning from high school to college is a challenging task. The rigorous demands of college are far more than most students have met in K-12. College students often find themselves overwhelmed as shown by data from the BYU Counseling and Career Center indicating that among […]

Establishing a Normative Base for Measures of Auditory Processing

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Amanda Fujiki and Dr. David McPherson, Communication Disorders The term auditory processing disorder (APD) refers to a diverse collection of problems in the processing of auditory information. An individual with an APD may have hearing acuity within normal limits; that is, the middle ear (conductive) and inner ear (sensory) systems may function typically. The individual […]

Relationship Mapping for Theme Based Communities in Freshman Academy

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Patrick P. Frost and Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Teacher Education In an effort to help incoming freshman make a successful transition to university life, BYU created Freshman Academy. Freshman Academy is a one semester program in which students register for an envelope of core classes. The same group of students attends all of the classes within […]

Reporting Bullying in Middle Schools: Are Students Willing to Use a Website?

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Erin Anderson and Dr. Betty Y. Ashbaker, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Negative incidents occur in schools every day, many of which go unnoticed by the schools administration and staff. While many teachers and administrators are oblivious to the negative incidents, such as bullying, students are very aware of the bullying and other negative […]

The Physiology and Ergonomy of Classical Guitar Technique and It’s Application to the Prevention of Repetitive Strain Injuries

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Micah Muldowney and Professor Lawrence Green, College of Fine Arts and Communication The benefits of a thorough study and understanding of the physiological principles behind any demanding task are obvious: It results in greater efficiency. This especially holds true in fields or activities that require extreme accuracy or attention to nuance. The musical world in general […]

Textual Variations in the Dead Sea Scrolls That Cause Theological Differences

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Jason Olson and Dr. Donald Parry, Hebrew Language I had an incredible ORCA mentoring experience with Dr. Donald Parry. Our research project was focused on the textual variations in the Dead Sea Scrolls that cause theological differences. Our main premise was to compare the Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew Biblical texts with the traditional Masoretic Biblical […]

Syriac Origins for the Armenian Commentary on Genesis Attributed to Ephrem the Syrian

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John Manis and Dr. Kristian Heal, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship My experience with the ORCA mentoring program has been a useful look into scholarship as well as a valuable experience which will aid me in future educational and academic endeavors. Our main project objectives were met with a few adjustments, and I […]

Christian Magic: Bible-Based Heresy

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Seth Kohrman Abstract The Bible (the Old and the New Testaments) condemned magic. The Church Fathers followed the biblical example and also denounced magic. However, magic continued to exist among Christians and was even largely based upon biblical passages for its source of power; thus, magic survived partially on account of Christians and their ironic […]

Examining the Relationship between Expected Market Returns and Political Variables Using Generalized Method of Moments Procedures

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Ian Wright and Dr. Keith Vorkink, Finance Investors, economists and financial analysts are constantly seeking to develop models that may help them learn what the stock market will do and how it functions. They do this so that they may take advantage of any market anomalies as soon as they appear and try to make […]

GedTools Computerized Chinese Genealogy Entry Automation

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Nicholas Vrvilo and Dr. Dah-Jye Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering Doing family history in Chinese has many unique challenges. The Chinese writing system is not readable by the average person, which means only the small number of individuals who both hold temple recommends and are familiar with Chinese characters would be able to perform all […]