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- Creator:
- Mercado, Anthony D.
- Description:
- The quantitative study will address the problem related to the use of progress monitoring (PM) data during the Response to Intervention process. Specifically, how the presentation of PM data can influence decision-making when referring a student for special education evaluations. The researcher hypothesizes that how data are presented to educators, in a graph or table, will influence the decision and confidence when making referrals for special education evaluations. An experimental design was created via an online survey to investigate the researcher’s hypotheses. Findings indicate significant differences in decision-making between presentations of PM tables and graphs. Participants were less likely to refer responding students for a special education evaluation when presented with a graph of PM data versus a table representation. Additionally, differences in confidence in decisions were not found when presented with a graph or table of the responder and nonresponder conditions. Furthermore, exposure to PM graphs or tables and gender were predictors in the likelihood for educators to refer. The current study was used as an evaluation of need for educational communities. Professional development and professional learning communities were recommended to support implementation and sustainability of using graphical presentations of PM data when making decisions to refer a student for a special education evaluation.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- Padilla, Chantell
- Description:
- It has long been a common belief that an individual’s sexuality is a pre-determined and fixed trait. However, sexual fluidity contradicts this rigid assumption by affirming that sexuality has the ability to change over time. Past research has found women’s sexuality to be more fluid than men’s. In order to further understand these gender differences, 109 CSUF students completed a questionnaire that examined sexual fluidity in men and women. Results revealed that although men and women were not significantly different in their past sexual behavior, they were significantly different in their non-heterosexual attractions, such that heterosexual women reported more non-heterosexual attractions than heterosexual men. Furthermore, men and women were significantly different in their non-heterosexual fantasies, such that heterosexual women reported more non-heterosexual fantasies than heterosexual men. Additionally, men and women were significantly different in their attraction to the same sex, such that heterosexual women reported more attraction to the same sex than did heterosexual men. Results also revealed that men and women differed in their attraction to the same-sex, with women reporting a higher attraction to the same-sex than men. The findings of this study not only support past research, but also shed light on the discrepancies between women’s past sexual behavior, attractions, and fantasies, indicating that, although women have not engaged in any sexual behavior with the same sex, they experience attractions and fantasies towards the same sex.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Hoisington, Robert A.
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to analyze and understand the personal changes that occur in an individual when he or she becomes a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous believes that a spiritual experience is central to recovery, and this thesis will examine whether the experience of becoming sober in Alcoholics Anonymous is similar to a religious conversion. It will also investigate the role of Alcoholics Anonymous as a reference group in the conversion process. This study will examine how members adapt to a new set of beliefs and behaviors, reconstruct their meaning of self, and how the individual transforms their social identity from that of alcoholic to one of the recovered alcoholic.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Sociology
- Creator:
- Caesar, Kylie
- Description:
- Gulf Coast salt domes occur in association with significant reserves of carbonate minerals, crude oil, natural gas, and elemental sulfur. As with other diagenetic carbonate minerals, cap rock calcites may form from microbial degradation of organic compounds. However, the specific natures of these microbial reactions remain largely unknown in salt dome systems. Here, carbon (δ13C) and sulfur (δ34S) geochemical signatures recorded in cap rock calcites are used to identify mineral-yielding processes in Gulf Coast salt domes. Calcite δ13C values reported here and elsewhere exhibit 13C-depleted compositions and express a large range from –55‰ (VPDB) to near neutral values, reflecting a mixture of carbon sources including a substantial methane component. Sulfur isotope data from carbonate-associated sulfate (δ34SCAS) exceed those of minor anhydrite associated with the Jurassic salt deposits (~ +15‰ VCDT), implying carbonate generation via microbial sulfate reduction under closed-system conditions. The co-occurrence of low carbonate δ13C values and high δ34SCAS values are evidence for sulfate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) as the formation mechanism for Gulf Coast carbonate. Collectively, these data shed new light on a potential hotspot of microbial activity in the deep biosphere with potential environmental and economic ramifications.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Creator:
- Cao, Jennifer
- Description:
- This research, in response to the lack of empirical evidence of the impact of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) on Latino students in science education, examined the effect CRP on Latino students’ engagement and content mastery. Quantitative research was conducted with a treatment group that received an intervention unit on states of matter with CRP approaches and a comparison group that did not receive the intervention. The sample comprised approximately 189 eighth-grade students from a Southern Californian middle school. The research findings reveal that CRP approaches had a statistically significant positive effect on student engagement of all ethnic groups in this study, particularly Latino students, while CRP approaches had a statistically significant negative effect on Latino students’ content mastery. Three recommendations result from this study, including professional development of CRP for educators, professional development of CRP for educational leaders, and using CRP to address multiculturalism.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- Salatto, Robert W.
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of caffeine on an upper body strength workout using, as well as perceptual measures. Fifteen men (M ± SD, age: 23.1 ± 1.9 years; body mass: 89.1 ± 13.9 kg; height: 175 ± 6.1 cm), volunteered to come to the laboratory three times. During visit one 1RM values were determined. For visit two, subjects consumed either 800 mg caffeine, or a placebo. Subjects then completed three sets to failure of each exercise. Visit three was the same as visit two; however, participants consumed the opposite treatment as visit two. The results indicated that participants completed significantly more reps for the bench press and incline bench press in the caffeine condition compared to the placebo condition. The results also indicated higher arousal scores in caffeine condition, compared to placebo. There was no significant difference in RPE between conditions. For the BRUMS Vigor scale there were two significant interactions, a significant two-way condition × time interaction for the “energetic” category, and a significant two-way condition × time interaction for the “alert” category. These results suggest caffeine has an ergogenic effect on upper body strength workout performance. The ergogenic effects of caffeine may be due, at least in part, to the positive effects on workout perception.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Pittaway, Holly
- Description:
- Human cooperation has been studied, within the evolutionary social sciences, primarily as a function of men’s cooperative interests in terms of resources, territories, and mates. In contrast, relatively little work has focused on women’s intrasexual cooperative relationships, which I expect to have distinct challenges and benefits compared to men’s. Women face a particular conundrum when evaluating other women as social partners. Empirical data show that people generally perceive physically attractive others to be more intelligent, more trustworthy, and more socially desirable, suggesting that women should prefer more attractive female friends. However, empirical data also show that women may perceive attractive women as potential mate threats, and should therefore be less inclined to prefer them as friends. The current study was designed to directly examine how reputational information and physical attractiveness may interact to predict perceptions of women’s desirability as social partners and perceptions of attractiveness. Responses from 281 women evaluating images of women across six categories—either cooperative or uncooperative, and either unattractive, average, or attractive—confirmed previous studies that have suggested that there is crossinformation between these cues, such that target attractiveness did influence perceptions of the targets’ desirability as a friend, and information about the target’s cooperativeness did influence perceptions of the target’s physical attractiveness, but did not support any interaction of these sources of information.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Anthropology
198. The Role of Perceived Social Support, Touch, and Efficacy Beliefs in Team Shared Mental Models.
- Creator:
- Baker, Michael James
- Description:
- The collective understanding and expectations of a team, known in the literature as Shared Mental Models (SMMs), is reinforced through a strong emotional and supportive environment. The purpose of this study is to observe instances of supportive touch and to measure the association between touch, perceived social support, and efficacy. This study observed videos of athletes during competitive events for instances of touch that are not related to the stratagem of the sport. The results illustrate a positive correlation between early season touch and early season performance. Touch frequency in the early portion of the season is positively associated with early season performance in volleyball. Simple linear regression analysis revealed how early season touch predicts early season volleyball performance. This finding is a conceptual replication of a study conducted on the National Basketball Association in 2010. The limitations, including small sample size and poor video quality are discussed. Furthermore, the role of support, touch, and efficacy in team shared models are described. Future directions include expanding the touch code methodology to test other areas outside of sport and testing larger sample sizes for greater generalizability.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Archer, David
- Description:
- The use of chains in resistance training is a way to accommodate the muscular strength curve. Short-term training and jump squats have been shown to increase back squat strength, but not in conjunction with each other or with chains. Jump squats have also been used to increase jump height and power. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short-term jump squat training with and without chains on performance. Thirty-one resistance-trained men volunteered to participate (age = 23.87 ± 2.2 years, height = 174.87 ± 6.94 cm, weight = 82.74 ± 14.95 kg) and were randomly assigned to one of three groups [control (C) = 10, no chains (NC) =10, or chains (CH) = 11]. Participants had their jump height, mid-thigh isometric pull, and back squat strength tested before and after a week of training. The NC and CH groups performed three training sessions consisting of jump squats for five sets of three reps at 30%1RM with 30 s rest between sets. The CH group had 20% of their load added by chains when standing erect. The C group did not do any training. A 3 (group: CH, NC, C) x 2 (time: pre, post) mixed factor ANOVA revealed a significant (p = .006) interaction for back squat 1RM. Both the CH (142.56 ± 20.40 kg; 154.66 ± 19.59 kg) and NC (150.00 ± 15.23 kg; 154.77 ± 15.09 kg) groups showed a significant increase from pre to post while the C (157.27 ± 25.35 kg; 156.36 ± 24.85 kg) group showed no difference. The CH group was able to increase strength while lifting less overall weight. Coaches may use short term training with chains to yield a similar increase in back squat strength as jump squats.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Ziegler, Staci
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to examine personal and environmental factors that affect condom use of individuals. In particular, this study focused on self-efficacy, birth control, peer support, past experience with sexually transmitted diseases, and assertive personality trait. Participants were recruited from California State University, Fullerton and were enrolled in a Psychology 101 course. Participants completed a self-report paper/pencil survey that included various questions on condom use related to personal and environmental factors. Results indicated that peer support predicts personal condom use. In addition, personal belief on birth control use is significantly associated with condom use, and those who score high on sexual assertiveness are significantly associated with greater condom use self-efficacy. The results from this study can make important contributions to the field of sexual health and improve understanding of risky sexual behaviors.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology