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- Creator:
- Rael, Carie Renee
- Description:
- The student movement in California has influenced the direction of public higher education since the Free Speech Movement in the 1960s. Students have largely been ignored within the historical narrative despite directly affecting the progress of California’s public higher education system. This project discusses the accomplishments of the student movement, which include the creation of the Ethnic and Women Studies programs, the fight against the Bakke decision, Proposition 187 and Proposition 209, along with students standing up against the privatization of public higher education. The successes for the student movement created a significant conservative backlash that drove California’s public higher education system further into the private sphere despite the student movement’s best efforts. Oral histories from various student activists along with flyers, pamphlets, protest signs, video footage, newspaper articles, audio recordings, and other archival evidence make up the primary sources for this project. The oral histories from student activists provide narratives normally left out of the history of California’s education system and create a more complex history of California’s public higher education system.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of History
- Creator:
- Rossel, Cezar
- Description:
- Technology hardware and software are becoming increasingly available for use in the classroom. Even so, its effectiveness for learning new concepts in mathematics must be verified. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not middle school students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), Other Heath Impairments (OHI), or Emotionally Disturbed (ED) learned mathematics content using an online mathematics program, Khan Academy, as opposed to teacher-led instruction or a combination of both teacher-led and Khan Academy. A quasi-experimental design was used with the students serving as their own comparison group. Students were exposed to three different conditions over the course of four months: 1) computer aided instruction solely, 2) computer aided instruction with adult support, and 3) direct instruction from the teacher. The participants were middle school students in the 7th and 8th grade in a special class designed for students with challenging behaviors. Ten participants, eight males and two females with a broad range of disabilities ranging from Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), Other Heath Impairments (OHI), or Emotionally Disturbed (ED) took part in this study. The results were inconclusive; however there was exceptional social validity and significance in that all students profited from all models of instruction, student attention to tasks were improved and negative behaviors were not increased in two of the three models. Only the condition in which students could not ask for assistance resulted in offtask or negative behavior. Thus, even though the study was limited by the small sample size and the short trial period, the results supported the use of Khan Academy as a tool for instruction of students with challenging behaviors.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Special Education
- Creator:
- Blanchard, Erin H.
- Description:
- The population of older adults in the United States is rapidly increasing. Falls are a major health concern among the older adult population, and there is an increasing need for more theory-driven fall risk reduction programs that are multifactorial, effective, and inexpensive. The Stay Well At Home (SWAH) program was a 16-week, in-home multifactorial fall risk reduction program that was implemented by trained lay facilitators. The development of this intervention was guided by the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA). The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the efficacy of SWAH program as a multifactorial program, to determine its effectiveness as a HAPA-guided intervention, and also to inform further program development of the SWAH program. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of SWAH recipients (N=15) at the conclusion of the 8-week in-home phase of the program. The purpose of the interviews was to learn about participant experiences with the program and changes they may have observed in themselves. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and then thematically analyzed. Themes were also related back to HAPA constructs. The major themes reported by SWAH recipients included an overall increase in fall protective behaviors (100%) as well as improvement in gait (80%), balance (73%), and physical performance (53%). Recipients also responded positively to the SWAH program content and structure. Common barriers for SWAH recipients were health and motivation barriers (73%) and taking the time to exercise (67%). Analysis of the main themes in this study suggest that SWAH was effective at implementing the HAPA model with the exception of successfully implementing action planning activities. The SWAH program was perceived by the interviewed participants as effective in reducing overall fall risk and was fairly successful as a HAPA-guided intervention. Further, it was well received and viewed as beneficial by many SWAH recipients.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Chavoya, Frank A.
- Description:
- Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder caused by a deletion of the paternal chromosome 15. PWS is characterized by increased body fat, hypotonia, growth hormone (GH) deficiency, motor and cognitive disabilities, and hyperphagia, potentially resulting in obesity. This study measured and compared the amount of calories spent while walking in PWS and controls. Participants included 8 children with PWS (7 were on growth hormone replacement therapy [GHRT], mean age = 11.1±0.8 y; body mass = 44.7±11.7 kg; height = 147.8±8.2 cm; body fat = 37.2±11.4 %; lean mass = 26.4±4.3 kg), 9 lean children (mean age = 9.8±2.0 y; body mass = 35.4±11.3 kg; height = 142.9±20.5 cm; body fat = 22.2±8.6 %; lean mass = 25.5±11.6 kg), and 10 obese children (mean age = 10.6±1.1 y; body mass = 62.1±14.6 kg; height = 151.1±9.6 cm; body fat = 44.4±3.7 %; lean mass = 33.3±5.1 kg). Lean body mass (LBM) and fat mass (FM) were measured with dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Participants walked for three 5-minute bouts on a treadmill at 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 mph, with a 6-minute seated rest period in between speeds. Expired gases were analyzed for minutes 4-5 of each speed. There were no group by time interactions for any of the variables of interest. PWS had a higher VO2 ml·kg-1 ·min-1 than obese (p = 0.041), but similar to lean (p = 1.000); PWS exhibited a greater caloric expenditure in kcal·kg-1 ·min-1 than obese (p = 0.028), but similar to lean (p = 1.000). No other differences were found among the PWS and control groups during walking for VO2 when expressed in L·min-1 or ml·kgLMB-1 ·min-1, caloric expenditure when expressed in kcal/min or kcal·kgLBM-1 ·min-1, or metabolic equivalents. The results of this study suggest that children with PWS are spending similar calories as lean controls of comparable body mass while walking. Thus, the difference in body fat does not appear to affect calories spent doing the same absolute work in PWS.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Braun, Andrew
- Description:
- The period between 472 A.D. and 510 A.D. was one of institutional uncertainty for the Catholic Church. The Western Roman Emperor was deposed and the position left vacant. The governing of Italy fell on Germanic warlords, both subordinate to and independent of the Emperor in Constantinople whose attentions were focused on political intrigue and wars, both civil and foreign. A schism in the Church further reduced his influence. This left a void of leadership for the people of Rome. The remaining Emperor was now far away, and the secular leadership of Italy in the hands of foreigners and not members of the Catholic Church. The bishops of Rome began to fill that void, though not without controversy and resistance. He was able to use his moral authority, and his important political position to form the beginnings of independent political authority. The temporal reality of this independence would vanish with the end of the Acacian Schism and the conquest of Rome by Emperor Justinian in 536AD. Only the rhetorical innovations, pushing for temporal authority remained, to be used in the ensuing centuries with the formation of the Papal States.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of History
- Creator:
- Ryks, Melissa N.
- Description:
- The theory of Aversive Racism is often used to explain the contemporary prejudice being displayed towards racial minority defendants in the U.S. criminal court system. This form of contemporary racism is characterized by its subtleties; the aversive racist is sympathetic to past injustice, supports equality, and believes themselves to be non-prejudiced, but all the while harbors subtle and sometimes subconscious negative feelings and beliefs. The purpose of this study is to examine if aversive racism can best explain juror decision-making biases when race, socioeconomic status (SES), and attractiveness of the defendant are varied for mothers who are charged with killing their child. To date, no known research has examined juror decision-making when these sociocultural factors are varied. In a mock juror study, 375 participants were randomly assigned to one of 12 conditions in a 3 (ethnicity: European-American, AfricanAmerican, or Hispanic), X 2 (SES: high or low), X 2 (attractiveness: attractive or unattractive) between groups design. After reading a case transcript, participants were asked to provide a verdict, recommend a sentence, answer various culpability questions, and rate the defendants on a number of trait ascription characteristics. Participants also provided personal demographic information such a race, gender, age, etc. Based on previous research it is hypothesized that minority, unattractive, and low SES mothers will be found guilty significantly more often, receive lengthier sentences, be found more culpable, and be rated more negatively on trait ratings compared with European-American, attractive, and high SES defendants. Results demonstrated partial support for the proposed hypothesis. Significance was observed for sentence, with participants giving minority, low SES, and unattractive defendants lengthier sentences. Significant interactions were also observed for various culpability ratings. Limitations and future directions will be discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Burdi, Christina Elizabeth
- Description:
- Rocky intertidal grazers with similar morphologies and ecological habitats likely compete for food and space. Two intertidal limpets Lottia scabra and L. conus (Gastropoda: Lottidae), are alike in their morphology and overlap in range in southern California. Despite both species being common in this region, little has been published on L. conus since it was described in 1945, thus comparisons of L. conus to L. scabra are minimal. Limited descriptions and dorsal shell plasticity contribute to inaccurate identifications; therefore any potential interactions between these species remain unstudied. I evaluated published and unpublished shell differences between L. conus and L. scabra to determine whether shell diagnoses could distinguish between species. To ensure accurate identifications, species-specific mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA primers were successfully designed and applied using a PCR-based assay. Sequencing of selected individuals with nuclear (ITS-1) DNA confirmed that the mitochondrial and nuclear markers agree in their identification. Measured shell features were significantly different between L. conus and L. scabra, however, the range in these characteristics overlapped considerably, which contributed to misidentifications. Qualitative diagnoses also contradicted published distinctions. My results indicated that L. conus has a wider range of morphologies than previously recognized, some of which are indistinguishable from L. scabra, and can only be reliably identified with molecular techniques. Furthermore, I found that non-lethal sampling of foot mucus could be used in the field for iii species identification for future studies on the potential ecological interactions between L. scabra and L. conus. This technique has considerable potential for a variety of molluscan studies while reducing organism mortality.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Leeper, Robert J., III
- Description:
- The present study contributes to the sociology of health and illness by applying Link and Phelan’s theory of fundamental causes of disease to the study of language competence and health. The study answers the following research question: How does being limited in English proficiency (LEP) influence the effects of being obese on the prospects of having been diagnosed with heart disease for California residents? The project examines interaction effects between English competence and obesity to determine the partial effects of obesity and English competence on heart disease using secondary data from the 2011-2012 California Health Interview Survey. Contrary to expectations, findings indicate that individuals who are limited in English proficiency and are not obese (or overweight) have the lowest odds of being diagnosed with heart disease. Furthermore, findings indicate, consistent with expectations, that individuals who lack English competence have higher chances of experiencing the effects of obesity and overweight on heart disease compared with English proficient counterparts. Findings suggest that LEP and English proficient individuals deal differently with mechanisms linked with disease.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Creator:
- Gaytan, Sergio
- Description:
- The present study contributes to the sociology of health and illness by applying Link and Phelan’s theory of fundamental causes of disease to the study of language competence and health. The study answers the following research question: How does being limited in English proficiency (LEP) influence the effects of being obese on the prospects of having been diagnosed with heart disease for California residents? The project examines interaction effects between English competence and obesity to determine the partial effects of obesity and English competence on heart disease using secondary data from the 2011-2012 California Health Interview Survey. Contrary to expectations, findings indicate that individuals who are limited in English proficiency and are not obese (or overweight) have the lowest odds of being diagnosed with heart disease. Furthermore, findings indicate, consistent with expectations, that individuals who lack English competence have higher chances of experiencing the effects of obesity and overweight on heart disease compared with English proficient counterparts. Findings suggest that LEP and English proficient individuals deal differently with mechanisms linked with disease.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Sociology
- Creator:
- Nadimi, Khadija
- Description:
- Tsunami are a very real natural hazard for coastal Southern California; however, there are no geological records of past tsunami occurrence to determine their frequency and magnitude. For this study, a combination of five sedimentological analyses (sediment description, magnetic susceptibility, total organic matter, total carbonate content, and grain size analysis) were used to test our guiding hypothesis that the “wetlands of Southern California – specifically San Elijo Lagoon – record evidence for paleotsunami.”. And, provide the first geological evidence for paleotsunami in Southern California. The results of the study provide the first sedimentological record from San Elijo Lagoon that spans last 2200 years BP. Furthermore, the results indicate that depositional environment has changed significantly due to changes in the lagoon’s depositional environment over the last 2200 years BP. San Elijo Lagoon was selected for the investigation based on a number of factors, specifically: a historical tsunami database, generated mathematical models for Southern California tsunami, sedimentary structures reported from previous studies, and reconnaissance survey core results. Unfortunately, no sedimentological data were found in this study to support our hypothesis. Rather, the event unit we analyzed (CTU-I) is interpreted to reflect a storm deposit (or deposits) from the nearby Escondido Creek. So the main question now is why is there no unequivocal evidence for paleotsunami in San Elijo Lagoon? Absence of paleotsunami record in this region is may be due to following reasons: preservation potential of tsunami deposits, preservation potential of the catchment area, post-depositional alteration of tsunami deposits, Holocene sea level change, and limitation of paleotsunami proxies. Perhaps further research must be conducted to fill the gap between the geological records, a historical tsunami database and generated mathematical models for Southern California tsunami. Without such records, recurrence interval and vulnerability assessment is difficult to precisely reconstruct for this region.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Geological Sciences