Veronica White and Douglas Petersen, Communication Disorders Introduction Kindergarten students are often administered screening instruments designed to identify weaknesses in emergent literacy skills. Unfortunately, these screeners, which only measure what a student currently knows, cannot validly differentiate between students who have low scores because of limited exposure, language/dialectal differences, or a disability. A more valid […]
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Identifying Appropriate Assessment Procedures for Bridle Up Hope: Testing the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
Savannah Wells and Neil Lundberg, Experience and Design Management Introduction Young women all over the country are struggling with poor mental health and self-confidence. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2016), 40 percent of young women in the U.S. struggle with depressive symptoms and 30 percent of young women experience symptoms […]
An Eye Tracking Study: Composition Teachers’ Assessment of Native and Non-Native
Rachel Casper and Faculty Mentor: Grant Eckstein, Department of Linguistics & English Language Introduction Applied linguists are interested in the cognitive processes of writing teachers within the subfields of both second language writing and writing assessment. Such cognitive insights as how a teacher reads and scores a piece of non-native English speaker (L2) writing can […]
Measuring Uncertainty in Assessments through Mouse Tracking
PI: Dr. Ross Larsen Co-PI’s: Dr. Jeff Jenkins and Dr. Charles Graham Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Our project sought to use mouse tracking to develop a measure of uncertainty and validate it with self-report with self-report measures of uncertainty as seen in Figure 1. Several developments during […]
Functional MRI: The Future for Neurocognitive Assessment
Daniel Sands and Erin Bigler, Department of Psychology Introduction Americans suffer an estimated 3.2 million concussions per year. Concussions are known to cause notable and long-lasting deficits in cognitive functioning in some individuals. This creates the need for new assessment tools and technology to facilitate assessment and treatment. This study will advance research in the […]
An Assessment of Public Lactation Facilities in Mid-to-Small Level Airports in The United States of America
Kadie Kovach and Margaret Melville An Assessment of Public Lactation Facilities in Mid-to-Small Level Airports in The United States of America Faculty Mentor: Gene Cole, Life Sciences Introduction The objective of our research study was to assess mid-to-small sized airports in the United States relative to their accommodation of lactating passengers who choose to breastfeed […]
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related with Disabilities in Kosovo
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related with Disabilities in Kosovo Ari Kokol and Faculty Mentor: Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Kosovo was a focal point of conflict in the wars in Yugoslavia in the late 1990s. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia leaving Kosovo partially recognized as an independent […]
Constructing an Impact Assessment of Teens Act, a Program Serving Low-income, Minority Students at Risk for Dropping Out
Carol Ward, Sociology Overview of project The MEG evaluation project began with development of an approach appropriate for the assessment of short-‐term and long-‐term impacts of the program. Thus, the project included planning and development of process assessment activities and assessment of program outcomes and impact. Evaluation planning also included development of a sampling plan […]
Assessment of biodiversity on Mount Timpanogos with a focus on flies, Diptera: Agromyzidae
Samantha Smith and Dr. Riley Nelson, Biology Introduction Mount Timpanogos, with an elevation of 3,582 meters, is home to an amazing array of insect species. Through much previous effort, many have studied the insects found in American Fork Canyon leading up to Mount Timpanogos. They have still barely scratched the surface of the abundant biodiversity […]
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related Disabilities in Bosnia.
McKenzie May and Faculty Mentor: Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Bosnia was the center of conflict during the war in Yugoslavia from April 1992 to December 1995. In post-war Bosnia, where there are limited resources, families of children with special needs bare the burden of care on their own. Caring for a […]
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