Jessica Andrus and Greg Thompson, Anthropology Introduction The Himba of Namibia have only recently been introduced to formal education within the past 20 years. Previously, formal education was not as readily available to them. This has led to a major cultural shift among the Himba. Traditionally, the Himba do not count, read, or speak English, […]
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Country-Level Income Inequality & Educational Outcomes
Chrisse Edmunds and Kristie Phillips, Department of Sociology Introduction Every nation has income inequality; however, the degree to which that inequality exists differs between countries. Beckfield (2014) theorizes that countries with high income inequality lack the social supports common in more equal societies. A host of social problems result including poor health outcomes and increased […]
Video Games – that Happen to be Educational
Kyle Bryant, Dr. Jarom McDonald, Digital Humanities, and Dr. Derek Hansen, School of Technology Researchers like James Gee, culturists such as Henry Jenkins, and educators such as BYU’s own Derek Hansen and Jonathan Ostenson agree that video games can be a powerful educational tool; capturing both the users attention and imagination, something that the educational […]
Customizing 3D models from MRI data: Creating educational anatomy models of neurologic disease
Brett Gardiner and Dr. Jon Wisco, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Introduction Neuroanatomy lab specimens are limited to cadaver availability and inconsistently demonstrate variations confronted in pathology. Using rapid prototyping (RP) technology to create 3D models from segmented MRI data offers distinct benefits to medical education. An efficient and replicable procedure for customizing these […]
Estimating the Short-Run Supply Curve of Higher Education
Carter Davis and Taylor Nadauld, Finance Department The original project that I set out to research with this ORCA grant was to investigate how the real estate bubble spread leading up to the financial crisis, using an incredible 90 gigabyte dataset of mortgage information. Two unfortunate events occurred during the course of this project: the […]
Micro-Enterprise Education: The Academy for Creating Enterprise
Barry West and Gibb Dyer, Organizational Leadership and Strategy In developing countries throughout the world, one often-used approach to alleviating poverty has been to encourage entrepreneurship among the poor. Micro-credit is a highly popular solution to encourage the poor to launch new enterprises, but has somewhat mixed results (Field et al., 2013; Banjeree et al., […]
Increasing the Number of Adults in Utah County who Receive the Pertussis Vaccine Through Proper Education
Sarah Jones and Beth Luthy, Nursing Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that has plagued our nation for many years. Since the vaccine’s creation in 1945, rates of pertussis thankfully decreased overall. However, in recent years, due to the decrease in the number of vaccinated individuals, especially adults, pertussis cases have drastically increased, rising by 500% […]
A National Study of Nursing Students’ Recommendations Regarding End of Life Content in Nursing Education Curricula
Danielle Shkapich and Barbara Heise, College of Nursing Introduction The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the recommendations of nursing students nationwide who have experienced a patient death while in nursing school regarding end-of-life (EOL) curricula. Many nursing students are not adequately instructed on how to perceive and react to death. For registered […]
Application of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory to Art Education In a Multicultural Setting
Kaled Ostraff and Professor Dan Barney, Art Education Visual Arts Introduction My project’s aim was to apply Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory to art education. His theory describes the process children use to create views or schemas of the external world. He was “intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers” (McLeod, 2012). I […]
Cultural, Economic, and Educational Factors Related to Diabetes Melitus Type 2 in Tongans
April McMurray and Dr. Brown, Lora Beth; Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Introduction DMT2 is a lifestyle-related disease where the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells are unreceptive to it, and it is now the most common form of diabetes1. DMT2 has several risk factors: obesity, poor nutrition, a lack […]
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