Category: Main Stage Presentations
A multilevel mixture model investigation of the relationship between poverty and the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Dr. Holmes Finch Ball State University The Covid-19 pandemic, which began in China in late 2019, and subsequently spread across the world during the first several months of 2020, has […]
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Chelsea Ortiz Ball State University I’m producing an animated short film about the Coronavirus Pandemic for my thesis. To this, I’ve had to learn animation techniques, software, and artists as […]
Critical Failures in Test Anxiety Research: How Inappropriate Research Methodologies and Intervention Studies Have Stalled Progress
Dr. Jerrell Cassady Ball State University This presentation examines a history of test anxiety research that demonstrates how researchers (including the presenter) have missed key points in their own research […]
Action enhances reading comprehension and vocabulary: Evidence of two strategies.
Dr. Ligia Gomez Franco Ball State University Abstract: We investigated the role of action on reading comprehension and vocabulary learning. Second and third grade Spanish-speaking children in Chile (N=216) read […]
Tailoring Difference Education for First Generation College Students
Gerardo Ramirez, PhD Ball State University Objectives: Navigating pathways of higher education means uncovering hidden “rules” about how to be successful in university systems that privilege dominant ways of knowing. […]
Transforming Assessments to Develop and Inspire Creative Thinking
Lisa Rubenstein, PhD Ball State University Creative thinking promotes psychological well-being, academic achievement, and societal advancements, making it a desirable skill for all students to develop. Thus, the goal of […]
What do Students Perceive as Academically Challenging?
Jenna ThomasBall State University To understand what contributes to students’ perceptions of academic challenge, three factors measuring high school challenge (i.e., quantitative reasoning, high school reading and writing, and learning […]
Developing Criminal Law Knowledge and Application in Police Recruits: An application of instructional design and cognitive theory of multimedia learning
Elizabeth CampbellBall State University The purpose of the study was to determine if an instructional aid composed of various learning strategies and principles facilitated criminal law retention in new police […]
Elementary educators’ perceptions of and contributions to classroom gender climate
Rachel Thomas Ball State University I’ll be providing the required presentation of my dissertation proposal, which examines elementary educators’ perceptions of and contributions to classroom gender climate. Elementary educators from […]
Does Mindfulness Practice Reduce Math Test Anxiety?
Joshua Heath Ball State University Anxiety, in general, is a cognitive response brought about by self-doubt, inadequacy perceptions, and self-blame (Sarason, 1977). Specifically, test anxiety is defined as phenomenological and […]