Richard Gill, Biology Background and Importance The National Research Council, in its report on how people learn, identified key differences between novices and experts (Bransford et al. 2000; Donovan and Bransford 2005). One of the grand challenges of education is to shepherd students through the process of becoming experts. Mentored research experiences are a critical […]
Ambient Ionization Sources for Mass Spectrometry
Paul Farnsworth, Chemistry Description of Scholarly Activities MEG funding directly supported the efforts of three students in my laboratory during the calendar year 2011. A graduate student, Manan Dhunna, received partial support (approximately one-third of his annual stipend) during the year. His role, in addition to carrying out his own research on ambient ionization sources, […]
Mentoring Nursing Students in Leprosy-impacted Communities of Tamil Nadu, India
Cheryl Corbett, Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives for the Global Health nursing course were met and exceeded. Students had didactic courses that accompanied their international experience to enhance their knowledge and understanding of global health principles. Students successfully completed these accompanying nursing courses and […]
The Daily Universe Reporting on BYU’s Global Footprint
Prof. Edward L Carter and Dr. Quint Randle, Communications Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Our purpose was to enable journalism students to report on the international activities of BYU students, faculty and staff, specifically as it relates to performing arts groups but also sports and other areas. We […]
Optimization of eCFPS for the Production of Engineered Virus-Like Particles
Dr. Bradley C Bundy, Chemical Engineering Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of this grant were met. Each specific aim was completed as described in the proposal and the results were reported in a peer-review journal (listed in section below) and at academic conferences. The results […]
The Influence of Three Progressively Higher Step Recommendations on the Prevention of Weight Gain in College Women
Bruce Bailey, Exercise Sciences Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The study was student run and multiple students were involved. Students were involved in all aspect of this study, which included design, participant recruitment, data collection, database management, implementing the study protocol, data analysis, and we are working on […]
The Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Phonology
Scott M Alvord, Spanish and Portuguese In October of 2010 I applied for a Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) with Rob Martinsen. Our project, “The Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Phonology” was awarded the grant of $20,000.00. In order to carry out this project we formed a research group that includes four graduate students (Joshua Tanner, […]