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- Creator:
- Bickel, Tanja
- Description:
- The research suggests that seating arrangements in the classroom shape students’ learning experiences. However, the emphasis in most classrooms seems to be placed in behavior management rather than actual learning. This study investigated how classroom seating arrangements shape middle school students’ experiences in the classroom and focused on two questions: (1) How do students perceive the ways that seating arrangements shape their learning experiences in my classroom?; (2) In what way does in-class behavior suggest that seating influences student learning? Through the use of a student survey, student focus groups, and classroom observations, I found that students believe they learn best when seating arrangements provide peer support and access to resources, and that students believe they do their best learning when they are seated in table groups or working independently. The implications of this study include that the nature of the task should dictate the student seating arrangement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hill, David and Wang, Zixian
- Description:
- Cart Mart Inc. would like a comprehensive assessment of its existing logistics strategy to help decide what influences the operation. It would like to know whether consolidation would benefit expansion goals. In this manner, the company wants to explore better alternatives to the way it currently conducts business. Ideally, it would like to focus on improvements that help the company maximize efficiencies in operations and logistics. This includes the right size, function, and type of each facility, as well as, the prime locations to relocate to best accommodate their customers efficiently. Opportunity The motivation of Cart Mart is to take advantage of the growing low speed vehicle industry. This involves capitalizing on the underdeveloped areas surrounding its current business locations to increase market share. Cart Mart currently operates primarily in the Southern California region. The sales, distribution, and service of low speed vehicles also offers considerable opportunities in neighboring states. For Cart Mart, there are two main opportunities. One is to expand in its current Southern California area and reposition its super-hub to improve logistic efficiencies while consolidating functions to reduce redundancies. In the same manner, additional growth opportunities involve expansions into regions that incorporate the Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ metropolitan areas. This analysis will help to determine if a planned pre-staged central location for a distribution center will improve logistical efficiencies for future expansions.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Chamberlin, Christine
- Description:
- Teaching can be an emotional profession, as teachers are faced with a wide variety of situations in any given day and are required to act quickly and flexibly as the situation demands. Teaching can be a stressful job with stressors from school administration, state standards, parental demands and student needs. To manage a classroom and deliver effective instruction requires social-emotional self-management as well pedagogical skills. Designed to help develop and strengthen their social emotional competencies, the professional development developed as the product of this thesis project offers a two part professional development, through a PowerPoint presentation as well as an independent activity for the teachers to engage in between the professional development meetings. There will be ample opportunity for the teachers to engage in discussions regarding this professional development and to share their own reflections.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Banche, Athene Carol
- Description:
- Students identified with emotional disturbance (ED) have emotional and behavioral needs that impact their ability to be successful in various settings. Many of these students display immature social skills and have difficulty forming relationships. Many also struggle in the general education environment and require a more restrictive setting to progress academically and behaviorally. The purpose of this mixed design study is to explore the effects of social skills instruction on the behavioral growth of students identified with ED in a nonpublic school setting. Although still considered to be limited, research has indicated that implementation of social skills instruction, character education, and lessons that promote classroom communities have a positive effect on classroom performance. This study and the curriculum developed for the study provide a starting point for teachers looking to implement social skills training within their classroom settings. Six social skill lessons in specific areas; working collaboratively, communicating effectively, accepting differences, decision making, communication and managing anger were utilized. Although significant behavioral growth was not indicated as a result of the study, researcher observations noted that social interaction, collaboration, student engagement, and concept attainment was evident. KEYWORDS: Behavioral Growth, Emotional Disturbance (ED), Nonpublic School (NPS), Social Skills
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Jaramillo, Richard
- Description:
- The optimization of lossy compression of images is inherently difficult due to the complexity of human visual perception. Existing optimization techniques perform adequately, but often stop at local optimal points in the search space of compression solutions. Evolutionary programming is an alternative to human-designed algorithms that has been applied successfully to overcome local optima in machine learning applications. Evolutionary programming borrows from nature the concepts of survival-of-the-fittest and the crossover of genetic material between individuals in a population to produce a new generation of individuals. The result is a guided search through the solution space for a problem. Genetic algorithms (GA) and genetic programming (GP) are two types of evolutionary programming. GA has been applied to many applications including vector quantization (VQ) compression codebook generation. GP is an extension of genetic algorithms in which the individuals in the evolving population are represented by hierarchically structured program trees instead of fixed length strings of characters. GP has been applied in various fields such as analog circuit design with results that rival human designed solutions to the same problems. No previous research has been found that applies GP to the problem of VQ codebook generation. Co-evolution is an extension of GP in which a population of problems to be solved evolves at the same time as the solution population evolves. Co-evolution has been shown to perform better than normal evolution at overcoming local optima for some applications. This research examines a novel use of genetic programming and coevolutionary genetic programming for the evolution and co-evolution of VQ codebooks for image compression. The results show that codebooks generated using traditional human-coded compression algorithms can be further optimized with the use of GP and co-evolutionary GP.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Biscocho, Monica
- Description:
- Social emotional learning (SEL) has shown to be beneficial to not only mental health but it also improves academic performance. Research shows that students who participate in SEL gain an increase in academic performance, reduced rates of aggression and increased behavioral competencies. The purpose of this project was to introduce SEL into inclusive classrooms by making SEL accessible to all learners through the use of Universal Design for Learning and Gradual Release of Responsibility. Research supports the benefits SEL bring to the classroom, yet it is not vastly implemented. Students with disabilities especially have a harder time grasping social emotional cues and so explicit SEL can benefit this population immensely. In many ways, these students do not get to participate because lessons are either not differentiated for them or they are participating in pull out services. This project is to be carried out in elementary school from grades K-5. The lessons are easily adaptable, include differentiated lessons, and adapted worksheets. This can also be used as a pacing guide for educators looking to implement SEL into their classrooms.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Cousar, Kayleigh
- Description:
- Violence is a part of human life. Consequently, many contemplate how we could mitigate this troubling reality. Virtuous Violence Theory (VVT) suggests that morality may motivate individuals to engage in violence to uphold their moral values and regulate their relationships with others. This theory seems to be supported by archival and correlational research that investigates existing intergroup conflicts. However, there is a lack of experimental research, as tightly-controlled, ethical experiments on violence are difficult to conduct. In response to this need, we asked participants at CSUSM (N = 206) to play a conflict behavioral economic game with an experimental manipulation designed to foster either moral or non-moral judgment; this provided an ethical method for operationalizing violence that is nonetheless indicative of people’s preferred actions in similar real-life situations. We hypothesized that there would be more violence in the moral conflicts than the non-moral conflicts. However, results from our multilevel analysis indicate a more nuanced pattern. Specifically, our experimental manipulation of morality led to decreased violence, while judgments of moral condemnation were associated with increased violence. In fact, condemnation seems to perpetuate conflict spirals of continued violence escalation over time. We discuss these results and their implications for our understanding of violence, as well as how future research might leverage morality to mitigate conflict.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Edwards, Kaylan
- Description:
- Nurses working in healthcare put in many long hours providing compassionate care to their patients and their emotional support to their families. Often the healthcare workers will put their patients’ needs before their own. After an extended period of neglect nurses and healthcare workers often feel some burnout (BO) level, which leads to compassion fatigue. Healthcare workers cannot take care of their own physical and emotional needs, but they cannot be there for their patients like they should be able to provide optimum care. This can lead to medical errors, slower recovery time for patients and eventually nurses leaving the profession altogether due to BO. The purpose of this grant proposal is to examine if there is a relationship between different health promotion behaviors that California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) advanced practice nursing (APN) students may engage in and if there any long term effect on the level of compassion fatigue or BO that nurses experience as well as their varying levels of compassion satisfaction. The study’s dependent variable will be the CSUSM APN students’ responses on the self-reported CS and CF scores that will be measured by the Professional Quality of Life Survey version 5 (ProQOL). The relationship between the ProQOL scores and health promotion behaviors will then be evaluated to see if there are any patterns of significance. The data will be collected over a One month period of time. This study’s significance is to aid in the level of knowledge that we have about CF, BO, and its relationship to CS, improving patient care and retention of employees.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Nursing
- Creator:
- Gandhi, Rishabh
- Description:
- Botnet has become a major threat to Internet of Things (IoT) devices due to the low security settings from manufacturers and the lack of security awareness from end users. Many ports are open by default and default user credentials are left unchanged. To solve the increasingly popular botnet attack, many detection approaches have been proposed. However, most of them are targeting on one particular approach or one botnet dataset. There is lacking a comprehensive comparison between different machine learning and deep learning approaches on this task under different datasets collected from different ways. One of the main areas of study about the botnet attack is the comparison about different datasets and how different machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms are able to detect the difference between traffic data. In this work, we have measured the performance of 5 machine learning and 2 deep learning-based approaches on 4 recently published IoT botnet datasets collected using real and virtual IoT devices under Mirai malware attack. Our comparison results have shown that decision tree achieved the best detection accuracy as well as the shortest training and testing time.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science & Information Systems
- Creator:
- Scheer-Cohen, Alison R. , Heisler, Lori, and Moineau, Suzanne
- Description:
- The holistic approach to admissions includes an evaluation of traditional measures (e.g., cumulative grade-point average), attributes unique to the applicant (e.g., leadership), and variables important to the field (e.g., interpersonal skills). Outlined in this clinical focus article is an innovative approach to holistic admissions that includes evaluation of a video-recorded response to a case-based prompt and a live interview that includes application of knowledge, demonstration of critical thinking skills, and assessment of personal attributes. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00113
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Creator:
- Bickel, Tanja
- Description:
- The research suggests that seating arrangements in the classroom shape students’ learning experiences. However, the emphasis in most classrooms seems to be placed in behavior management rather than actual learning. This study investigated how classroom seating arrangements shape middle school students’ experiences in the classroom and focused on two questions: (1) How do students perceive the ways that seating arrangements shape their learning experiences in my classroom?; (2) In what way does in-class behavior suggest that seating influences student learning? Through the use of a student survey, student focus groups, and classroom observations, I found that students believe they learn best when seating arrangements provide peer support and access to resources, and that students believe they do their best learning when they are seated in table groups or working independently. The implications of this study include that the nature of the task should dictate the student seating arrangement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
12. Utilization of Oral Health Services among Hispanics in California: A Systematic Literature Review
- Creator:
- Phan, Richard
- Description:
- According to the Surgeon General of the United States, many Americans do not understand the importance of good dental hygiene, causing an overwhelming amount of disparities in oral health, especially in Hispanics. In general, Hispanics have the poorest dental hygiene care when compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Currently, there are little or no published research specifically on Hispanics living in California and their utilization of oral health services. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review of existing literature based on in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed published articles with a goal to review utilization of oral health care services by Hispanics living in California. The study reviewed how levels of educational attainment, levels of acculturation, levels of household incomes, gender, and age are associated with dental health utilization among California Hispanics. The results show that although California Hispanics require oral health services, limited resources such as finances, proper knowledge, and access to care makes this population at higher risk towards preventative oral care.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Farkas, Maia and Hirsch, Rina
- Description:
- Today’s business environment has been evolving quickly due to rapid technological innovation, presenting companies with problems they haven’t encountered before. In this increasingly connected world, internal controls have become critical—not only to ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency, but also to fortify the reliability of financial reporting, compliance with laws and regulations, and the preservation of data integrity. Copyright 2017 by IMA®, Montvale, N.J., www.imanet.org, used with permission.
- Resource Type:
- Other
- Identifier:
- 1524-833X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Cherry, Bennett
- Description:
- The passion that many sports fans have for their favorite teams can be beneficial to sports teams (by increasing ticket sales and sales of licensed merchandise; Bristow and Sebastian, 2001; Fisher and Wakefield, 1998), media companies (by increasing ratings) and sponsoring companies (by creating favorable attitudes and purchase intentions; Bee and Dalakas, 2014; Madrigal, 2000). In addition, there are several positive outcomes for the fans’ well-being like self-esteem, social well-being, experiencing positive emotions, and lower likelihood to feel lonely (Branscombe and Wann, 1991; Wann, 1994; Wann, 2006). However, such passion may also have a dark side that research should consider (Madrigal and Dalakas, 2008). Specifically, sports fans often exhibit aggressive behaviors, verbal and/or physical, especially in targeting rivals. This study examines a different angle of morally questionable behavior by fans regarding perceptions and behaviors that dehumanize rivals, namely propensity to help people in need. Therefore, it provides an interesting insight into fan psychology and behavior and sports rivalries. Presentation by Bennett Cherry at Academy of Marketing Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 12-14
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Brotman, Andrea
- Description:
- The need to provide appropriate support for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) during recess and lunch is essential. This paper presents a workshop for paraprofessionals, recess supervisors and custodians to learn strategies to help students with ASD initiate appropriate social interactions and communications with their peers during recess and lunch. The content of the workshop is intended to provide an understanding of common characteristics of students with ASD and their need for both social skills and friendship development. The workshop also includes an explanation of the different states of student engagement on the playground as well as methods to boost appropriate engagement. Specific tips are provided throughout the workshop, along with video demonstrations, discussions and games to encourage participation.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Hill, David and Wang, Zixian
- Description:
- Cart Mart Inc. would like a comprehensive assessment of its existing logistics strategy to help decide what influences the operation. It would like to know whether consolidation would benefit expansion goals. In this manner, the company wants to explore better alternatives to the way it currently conducts business. Ideally, it would like to focus on improvements that help the company maximize efficiencies in operations and logistics. This includes the right size, function, and type of each facility, as well as, the prime locations to relocate to best accommodate their customers efficiently. Opportunity The motivation of Cart Mart is to take advantage of the growing low speed vehicle industry. This involves capitalizing on the underdeveloped areas surrounding its current business locations to increase market share. Cart Mart currently operates primarily in the Southern California region. The sales, distribution, and service of low speed vehicles also offers considerable opportunities in neighboring states. For Cart Mart, there are two main opportunities. One is to expand in its current Southern California area and reposition its super-hub to improve logistic efficiencies while consolidating functions to reduce redundancies. In the same manner, additional growth opportunities involve expansions into regions that incorporate the Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ metropolitan areas. This analysis will help to determine if a planned pre-staged central location for a distribution center will improve logistical efficiencies for future expansions.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Chamberlin, Christine
- Description:
- Teaching can be an emotional profession, as teachers are faced with a wide variety of situations in any given day and are required to act quickly and flexibly as the situation demands. Teaching can be a stressful job with stressors from school administration, state standards, parental demands and student needs. To manage a classroom and deliver effective instruction requires social-emotional self-management as well pedagogical skills. Designed to help develop and strengthen their social emotional competencies, the professional development developed as the product of this thesis project offers a two part professional development, through a PowerPoint presentation as well as an independent activity for the teachers to engage in between the professional development meetings. There will be ample opportunity for the teachers to engage in discussions regarding this professional development and to share their own reflections.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
18. Yo lo he mirado, yo lo he vivido: The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Three Generations of Latinas
- Creator:
- Avila, Daisy
- Description:
- This study focuses on the lived sexual and reproductive health experiences of four families, each with three generations of Latinas living in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Existing literature has portrayed Latinx communities through a deficit lens, where their culture, language and healing practices are coded as barriers. Chicana Feminist Epistemology (CFE) was foundational in placing the testimonios and platicas of Latina daughters, mother and granddaughters at the forefront of knowledge production and publication. A Public Health Critical Race (PHCR) praxis was the lens through which I contextualized the everyday health realities of Latinas navigating medicalized systems within the United States. Through twelve semi-structured interviews, one of which is my own, we communicate the ways in which our upbringings influence the women we are today. Findings of this study highlight the current obstacles we navigate in medical and educational institutions situated within a rural region, the intergenerational wisdom and remedios that shape our cultural capital and healthcare advocacy, and the narratives of resilience that we share amongst generations of mujeres.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- McCarthy, Kim A.
- Description:
- Currently, most studies of incivility involve surveys and controlled laboratory experiments that focus on examining the associations between incivility and other variables. This method of investigation is important, but insufficient for developing a comprehensive understanding of such a complex and multifaceted construct. The present study explores employees’ perceptions of rude workplace behavior from the perspective of real employees in managerial roles. It investigates the extent to which incivility is a prevalent issue faced by employees at work, examines the perceived impact of incivility on relational and productivity-related outcomes, and, finally, considers the potential differences between face-to-face rudeness and electronic rudeness. A qualitative interview approach is used to explore and analyze employees’ perceptions and investigate what employees think, feel, and say about their experiences with incivility at work. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Is Rudeness Really That Common? An Exploratory Study of Incivility at Work on 24 August 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10919392.2016.1228362 .
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1091-9392
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Management
- Creator:
- Paz, Veronica and Zaidi, Syed
- Description:
- This paper examines the relationship between stock option expensing as per SFAS 123 (R) as a part of CEO compensation and earnings quality. We hypothesize the expensing of CEO stock options as per SFAS 123 (R) positively influences earnings quality. This study contributes to literature by further enhancing our knowledge of CEO compensation and the bonding effect of stock options awarded to CEOs. The ExecuComp database provides the sample for CEO compensation from 2000 to 2009. Estimating earnings quality using multiple regressions, we find empirical support for our hypotheses. Used with Permission.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2146-7943
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Cherry, Bennett
- Description:
- In this paper, three IT-based startups are presented that have each “hitched their wagon to a star” and have built their fledgling enterprise by blending the social, mobile, and instant elements of IT into their startup. This paper takes the form of a case study that first describes the founding story of one startup, TweetPhoto, with specific attention paid to the elements that prompted the growth of TweetPhoto, despite not being the first entrant in the mobile photo-sharing category. As a “live” case, readers are then encouraged to explore and compare the initial actions of the founders of two very new IT- based startups, Instacanvas and Instapparel, in light of those made by the founders of TweetPhoto. Questions for class discussions and student research in entrepreneurship-related courses are provided.Copyright (c) 2013 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Zheng, Huiping
- Description:
- The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) says that there is no better forecast of stock price possible. If one believes in the EMH, then the stock price movements should follow a random walk. Stock price changes should be random and unpredictable. Despite this hypothesis, we decided to build three back-propagation neural networks and three recurrent neural networks to forecast the daily closing price of stock indexes (S&P500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ). Our experiments showed that the price is predictable and much better than the random guess. Using a simple shortterm investment strategy, a good annual profit rate can be obtained. Different activation functions and different data preprocessing techniques were tested in order to dynamically determine the best neural network topology. We explored more than six hundred network structures for each neural network in our experiments. The same data sets were also analyzed by statistical models using a commercial statistics package. We find that the parameters of the statistical models can help us in determining the recurrent neural network structure. Comparing the forecasting results, our recurrent neural networks outperform the statistical models in terms of the annual profit rates.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Jara, Shawntanet
- Description:
- Social emotional learning (SEL) has emerged as a major thematic and programmatic emphasis in American education today (Hoffman, 2009). SEL is increasingly influencing the day-to-day practice of schools and communities (Elias, 1997). At the same time, increasing proportions of the student population in the United States comes from homes that are culturally and linguistically diverse (Orosco & Aceves, 2009). A contributing factor to the success of SEL is Culturally Responnsive and Sustaining Teaching (CRST) because culture is at the heart of all we do in the name of education. The impact of educator and parent perceptions at the intersection of SEL and CRST may hinder efforts of supporting students to thrive academically and socially. Futhermore, CRST has commonly been examined from the lens of low income and academically struggling schools, with limited research from the lens of affluence and academic prosperity. The purpose of this study explored and described how three affluent, resource-rich, and academically thriving Kindergarten-3rd grade schools support and/or inhibit SEL and CRST its impact on how student experience school. Affluent districts with high test scores may perceive themselves to be protected from the need to address culture head on. The majority of research regarding CRST is in low-income, urban communites, isolating upper middle income communities and perpetuatung the assumption that CRST does not apply to them. I challenge this dominant discourse as culture belongs to everyone and should be accessible in discourse in our schools. Our students are growing up in a diverse world and their successful navigation through it depends on the decisions our educators make in normalizing culture and emotions, take in and explore perspectives, and engage in daily reality checks. In affluent districts (and districts in general) where the majority of educators are white and female there is privilege that comes with that status and even more privilege when that status is placed within an affluent setting. Unless educators make a concerted effort to challenge their assumptions about what it means to be white, what it means to be a person of color and the impacts of being either on learning, working, relationships, behavior, etc. we will not properly equip students with the SEL competencies needed to make academic strides. Among this exploration was to understand what factors shape beliefs and practices of educators and parents regarding SEL and to what degree CRST practices contributed to these factors. SEL is comprised of five competencies of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Exploring how educators enact these competencies in an effort to know students and develop sustained authentic relationships is critical to social and academic success of every student. Drawing on parent and educator surveys, semi-structured interviews with teachers, classroom observations, student focus groups and student surveys, I attended to the beliefs, practices, knowledge, and attitudes that contributed to or withheld ways in which SEL and CRST work in tandem. I aimed to illuminate beliefs and practices in order to further understand how SEL and CRST practices correlate, interact and if not, why the lack of integration. Key words: Social Emotional Learning; Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Teaching; SEL Beliefs; SEL Practices; CRST Beliefs; CRST Practices In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. -Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence)
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Sanders, Jamie
- Description:
- Teachers often use silent reading to help students practice independent reading skills to build comprehension and improve reading proficiency. The purpose of this study was to explore how the classroom environment and its factors shaped my second grade students' engagement during silent reading time. I asked: (1) How are the students in my classroom experiencing silent reading time?; (2) What classroom environmental factors are shaping students' silent reading experiences in the classroom? Through surveys, interviews, video-recordings of silent reading time, and document collection, I learned that students of varying proficiency levels enjoy silent reading time and find it important to their daily schedule. Data also suggested that they enjoyed this silent reading time when in a comfortable and quiet environment. Implications include opportunities for teachers to structure the classroom environment for optimal silent reading.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Jousselin, Matthew
- Description:
- Company X focuses on providing support and training for individuals with developmental disabilities. The overall cybersecurity posture of the organization does not rank high on their funding priority list. As a rule of thumb, an organization should spend between 7% and 10% of its IT budget on security (Violino, 2019). Company X requires a considerable amount of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to perform their services. This includes: parents’ address, clients’ Social Security Number, State Identification Number, medical insurance number, medical history, and bank account numbers. Clearly, this is a substantial amount of sensitive information. Such PII should and must be protected by HIPAA law. The cybersecurity resource burden falls hard on nonprofit organizations and cybercriminals have discovered the gold mine that is nonprofit data (Nimishakavi, 2017). Although cybercriminals are equally likely to target nonprofits and major companies, nonprofits struggle to meet the expense of providing adequate protection for the data they collect. In 2019, The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a total of 467,361 complaints with reported losses exceeding $3.5 billion. The most prevalent crime types reported were Phishing/ Vishing/ Smishing/ Pharming, Non-Payment/Non-Delivery, Extortion, and Personal Data Breach (Gorham, 2019). What makes the issues more troubling is the fact that a considerable amount of that information can be stored on the managers’ and employees’ personal laptops and cell phone. This can increase the risk of a cyber-related events occurring. With that in mind, the purpose of this project is to create a security plan for Company X to protect such confidential information.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Cybersecurity
- Creator:
- Himfar, Melissa
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to create a menu of research-based interventions in an “If a student…then…” format. The project addressed the problem of using research-based interventions within the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. The intervention menu lists common learning challenges that students have on one side of a chart and outlines briefly possible intervention strategies and classroom adaptations on the other side. Also, sample templates for creating small-group instruction tailored to a specific need and a six-week planning template are provided to assist teachers with mapping out their instruction and with parent-teacher meetings. This project is significant because the format of the intervention menu is student-centered instead of curriculum-centered.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Reading, Language and Literacy
- Creator:
- Araiza, Robyn
- Description:
- Most modern research labs utilize liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, or LC-MS/MS, to analyze mixtures in both qualitative and quantitative capacities. This makes it imperative to teach students how to operate and understand these instruments even at an undergraduate level. The final goal of this project was to develop a method to use in an academic setting to demonstrate the versatility of LC-MS/MS. The protocol takes advantage of the low detection limit when needed, while using less sensitive methods with samples containing higher amounts of analytes. There are multiple methods used to run samples including Scan for broad range data at high concentrations and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) for highly specific low concentration analysis. The dynamic range of the instrument was shown from 1 pg/mL to 1 mg/mL when run in the various available modes. The two compounds utilized in this study to demonstrate the unique abilities of this instrument are caffeine and theobromine. These are most commonly known as the stimulants in coffee and cocoa respectively. These natural products are ideal for exhibiting the power of this instrument because they are homologous compounds that differ by a single methyl group and have very similar polarity and spectroscopic characteristics. This makes it difficult to achieve rapid baseline separation using many instruments commonly found in a chemistry laboratory, but they can be individually integrated even without baseline separation using the MRM method. The high matrix nature of the food samples was overcome with the specificity of the method without extensive sample preparation. A rinse method that cycled between high and low organic mobile phase was shown to effectively elute residual compounds from the column. A lab protocol and instrumental instruction set were established for the Agilent 6410 triple quad system.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Chemistry
- Creator:
- Fernandez, Denisse
- Description:
- Stone Brewing was founded in 1996 by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner and is now headquartered in Escondido, Ca. Stone Brewing has grown to be the 10th largest craft brewer in the United States and it has been called the “All-time Top Brewery on Planet Earth”. Greg Koch, Co-Founder and CEO of Stone Brewing, is very involved in the craft beer movement in San Diego. He wants San Diego to become “as synonymous with craft beer as wine is with Napa”. Craft brewers have been one of the fastest growing business sectors in San Diego. This sector has more than doubled in San Diego since 2011 and in 2014 the economic value of craft beer in the San Diego region was estimated to be $600 million and is expected to grow. As of July 2016, the San Diego Brewery Watch listed 129 breweries in San Diego County. This project was sponsored by Stone Brewing to determine the impact San Diego’s craft beer industry has on driving tourism. The objective of this report is to conduct an industry and market analysis of the craft beer industry, compare the craft beer scene in San Diego and other cities, and recommend what needs to be done to better market San Diego as a craft beer destination.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Banche, Athene Carol
- Description:
- Students identified with emotional disturbance (ED) have emotional and behavioral needs that impact their ability to be successful in various settings. Many of these students display immature social skills and have difficulty forming relationships. Many also struggle in the general education environment and require a more restrictive setting to progress academically and behaviorally. The purpose of this mixed design study is to explore the effects of social skills instruction on the behavioral growth of students identified with ED in a nonpublic school setting. Although still considered to be limited, research has indicated that implementation of social skills instruction, character education, and lessons that promote classroom communities have a positive effect on classroom performance. This study and the curriculum developed for the study provide a starting point for teachers looking to implement social skills training within their classroom settings. Six social skill lessons in specific areas; working collaboratively, communicating effectively, accepting differences, decision making, communication and managing anger were utilized. Although significant behavioral growth was not indicated as a result of the study, researcher observations noted that social interaction, collaboration, student engagement, and concept attainment was evident. KEYWORDS: Behavioral Growth, Emotional Disturbance (ED), Nonpublic School (NPS), Social Skills
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Jaramillo, Richard
- Description:
- The optimization of lossy compression of images is inherently difficult due to the complexity of human visual perception. Existing optimization techniques perform adequately, but often stop at local optimal points in the search space of compression solutions. Evolutionary programming is an alternative to human-designed algorithms that has been applied successfully to overcome local optima in machine learning applications. Evolutionary programming borrows from nature the concepts of survival-of-the-fittest and the crossover of genetic material between individuals in a population to produce a new generation of individuals. The result is a guided search through the solution space for a problem. Genetic algorithms (GA) and genetic programming (GP) are two types of evolutionary programming. GA has been applied to many applications including vector quantization (VQ) compression codebook generation. GP is an extension of genetic algorithms in which the individuals in the evolving population are represented by hierarchically structured program trees instead of fixed length strings of characters. GP has been applied in various fields such as analog circuit design with results that rival human designed solutions to the same problems. No previous research has been found that applies GP to the problem of VQ codebook generation. Co-evolution is an extension of GP in which a population of problems to be solved evolves at the same time as the solution population evolves. Co-evolution has been shown to perform better than normal evolution at overcoming local optima for some applications. This research examines a novel use of genetic programming and coevolutionary genetic programming for the evolution and co-evolution of VQ codebooks for image compression. The results show that codebooks generated using traditional human-coded compression algorithms can be further optimized with the use of GP and co-evolutionary GP.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Biscocho, Monica
- Description:
- Social emotional learning (SEL) has shown to be beneficial to not only mental health but it also improves academic performance. Research shows that students who participate in SEL gain an increase in academic performance, reduced rates of aggression and increased behavioral competencies. The purpose of this project was to introduce SEL into inclusive classrooms by making SEL accessible to all learners through the use of Universal Design for Learning and Gradual Release of Responsibility. Research supports the benefits SEL bring to the classroom, yet it is not vastly implemented. Students with disabilities especially have a harder time grasping social emotional cues and so explicit SEL can benefit this population immensely. In many ways, these students do not get to participate because lessons are either not differentiated for them or they are participating in pull out services. This project is to be carried out in elementary school from grades K-5. The lessons are easily adaptable, include differentiated lessons, and adapted worksheets. This can also be used as a pacing guide for educators looking to implement SEL into their classrooms.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Higinio, Eliseo
- Description:
- As technology becomes more abundant in society, digital information is also becoming the norm. With the growing dependability on digital communications, school districts are doing away with paper newsletters and relying on digital platforms to bridge home-school communications. This convenient form of communication places parents, more specifically Latino parents with limited access to computers or the internet at a disadvantage. This digital divide affects Latino parent involvement and places English language learners at an academic disadvantage, as research supports the idea that involved parents increase student academic achievement (Becker, 2007; Cheung & Pomerantz, 2012). This technology curriculum was designed specifically for Latino parents in an effort to provide access to technology and the internet. Parents integrate inherent knowledge and skill sets to acquire complex technological skills. In this manner, parents are able to actively participate in the 21st century classroom. This project provided technology skills to 10 Latino parents in a rural community of North San Diego County. The curriculum covers the fundamentals of technology and builds to more complex tasks such as creating presentations, documents and movies. Additionally, this curriculum encourages parents to become advocates for their and their students’ needs and challenge the status quo of equity and access in a digital age.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Takeshita, Tori
- Description:
- Currently, many schools do not have the funding for the arts programs in schools and with the switch to Common Core State Standards, there is a greater emphasis on Mathematics and English Language Arts. Not only are the arts beneficial for all students, but it allows students with and without disabilities the opportunities to foster relationships and communicate in a different way. Therefore, creating a music and dance, arts integrated curriculum ensures that the arts can be taught in the general education classroom while meeting the needs of all learners. This project contains a scope and sequence of a music and dance, arts integrated curriculum for first grade as well as a 4-week unit integrating music and dance with social studies content. The unit contains four lessons, the first being a music or dance lesson that will be incorporated throughout the rest of the unit and school year. The goal of this project is to provide general education teachers the necessary tools and activities to utilize a music and dance integrated curriculum and foster an inclusive environment for all learners. Keywords: Arts Integration, Dance Integration, Integrated Curriculum, Integrated Arts Curriculum, Inclusion, Inclusive Classrooms, Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, Music Integration, and Universal Design for Learning.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Knox, Valerie E
- Description:
- What do colleges, American corporations, and state government have in common? Each spends an astronomical amount of money annually for remedial writing instruction: college campuses spend approximately $1 billion to boost freshmen writing skills; American corporations spend as much as $3.1 billion, and state governments spend approximately one quarter of a billion of taxpayers' dollars ("Most American Students Must Improve Writing," A Ticket to Work Sec A:4, A Powerful Message from State Government 6). The publicly funded university has a wealth of excellent writing resources in faculty and graduate students that if engaged could improve the overall writing health of its community. One successful means to engage students in the community is through community service learning, a pedagogy in which students serve in the community doing planned and meaningful activities that meet both a community identified need and the course's goal and objectives. At California State University San Marcos, the Office of Community Service Learning, the Literature and Writing Graduate Studies program and Human Resources and Equal Opportunity created a synergistic partnership to launch the Professional Writing Workshop Series. The series is designed for the professional working adult who wants to gain confidence in his/her writing ability. Key words: graduate students, English graduate students, community service learning, service learning, professional writing, writing projects, facilitating writing Item only available to the CSUSM community. Authentication with campus user name and password required.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Literature and Writing Studies
- Creator:
- Beagle, Taylor
- Description:
- Much research in the field has established that many new teachers struggle with maintaining a balance and leveraging support with responsibilities in their professional lives, particularly those who serve in the field of special education. In turn, these factors contribute to the high attrition rates prevalent in the special education teaching field. Induction programs are one method that states, including California, utilize in an attempt to address this issue. Despite pointed efforts, data shows that attrition rates have continued to grow, even with induction programs in place. The formal mentoring that constitutes a large portion of most induction programs is examined in this work and has revealed a gap between the less beneficial formal process and the more success found in informal mentoring strategies at retaining education specialists. This study discusses this gap in research that has resulted in a training manual about the best methods and strategies to incorporate informal mentoring procedures into typically formal induction programs within California. Incorporating informal mentoring includes a) establishing a rapport with mentees, b) developing and maintaining trust, c) phrasing feedback to alleviate pressure, and d) appropriately structuring formal meetings. The training manual explores and provides an alternative approach which is promising for both mentors and new teachers.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Todd, Bryan
- Description:
- Students in my middle school science courses often describe the material as not relevant to their lives and future, and as a result seem to take an apathetic approach to their learning. To better understand why my students feel that some science topics are not important, and how I can increase student interest in science phenomena through my classroom teaching, I investigated the research question: What shapes students’ interest in engaging in science curriculum? To help define and investigate the main research question, the following subquestions guided my inquiry: In what ways, if at all, do my students ascribe importance to science phenomena? How does the learning structure and pedagogical approaches used in my classroom shape students’ interest in science, if at all? There were two major findings revealed through this study: Students find science important when they feel a connection to the topics. Students feel more interest towards science when they have hands on activities to explore science phenomena and their teachers show interest in the material and students. My research study has shown understanding students’ interests and demonstrating how science can directly impact students’ lives and future will increase their inquisitiveness and thereby engagement with science curriculum. Students enjoy learning science more when they have an encouraging environment where they know their teacher has their best interest at heart and when they have multiple activities to engage with curriculum, such as hands-on engineering projects and labs.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Crawford, Ashley
- Description:
- With a great need in our nation for innovative thinkers in the careers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), it becomes crucial that educators capture the power of STEM education at the middle school level (National Academies, 2007). During this impressionable time, students can be encouraged to learn problem-solving skills that promote STEM careers. This project created a yearlong STEM curriculum that provides middle school science educators with resources to implement lessons that support developing skills needed for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. The lessons and resources utilize mobile learning with iPads to integrate with STEM curriculum. The curriculum aligns with the Common Core State Standards and the California science standards for grades six through eight. Each module is designed to capture the interest of students at the middle level grades and creates challenges that require students to learn science, engineering, technology, and mathematics in creative and innovative ways.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Equipado, Krisanto
- Description:
- Vaccines have been considered the most effective intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases. However, there have been recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and infant deaths linked to unvaccinated children. These children are unvaccinated because new parents are worried about vaccine efficacy, and vaccine safety, and healthcare professionals are unable to provide proper education. Currently, newborn vaccine education is not incorporated in parenting classes, which further impacts awareness of the significance of vaccine benefits. This grant proposal is focused on the study of the impact of newborn vaccine education implemented in parenting classes on primigravida women or parents. The participants’ vaccine knowledge will be assessed using questionnaires related to vaccine knowledge, and reassessed two weeks after they are shown a vaccine education video. The participants will then be reassessed two and four months after giving birth to see if the proper vaccines have been given to their newborn per CDC guidelines. This study is significant to healthcare professionals and the community as it will raise awareness that it is essential to provide early vaccine education on primigravida vaccine safety and effectiveness.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Nursing
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Paul R., Schultz, P. Wesley, Estrada, Mica, Woodcock, Anna, and Chance, Randie C.
- Description:
- "This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record." The underrepresentation of racial minorities and women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines is a national concern. Goal theory provides a useful framework from which to understand issues of underrepresentation. We followed a large sample of high-achieving African American and Latino undergraduates in STEM disciplines attending 38 institutions of higher education in the United States over 3 academic years. We report on the science-related environmental factors and person factors that influence the longitudinal regulation of goal orientations. Further, we examine how goal orientations in turn influence distal academic outcomes such as performance and persistence in STEM. Using SEM-based parallel process latent growth curve modeling, we found that (a) engagement in undergraduate research was the only factor that buffered underrepresented students against an increase in performance-avoidance goals over time; (b) growth in scientific self-identity exhibited a strong positive effect on growth in task and performance-approach goals over time; (c) only task goals positively influenced students' cumulative grade point average, over and above baseline grade point average; and (d) performance-avoidance goals predicted student attrition from the STEM pipeline. We discuss the implications of these findings for underrepresented students in STEM disciplines.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Shore, Ted, Tashchian, Armen, and Forrester, William R.
- Description:
- The influence of peer rating information on supervisor performance ratings was investigated using a 2 x 2 x 2 crossed factorial experimental design. Participants were undergraduate business students who assumed the role of supervisor and evaluated a fictitious subordinate whose performance was either good or poor. Participants were given fictitious information about peer ratings (high or low) from either one or three co-workers. As expected, peer rating information resulted in inflated performance ratings for poor performers and deflated ratings for good performers. No differences in performance ratings were found for a single versus multiple peer ratings. Contrary to expectations, rater personality characteristics (conscientiousness and agreeableness) did not moderate the influence of peer rating information on performance ratings. Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 United States
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1542-4448
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Clarke, Samuel
- Description:
- Presentation by Samuel Clarke at 38th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), in Waterford, Ireland, June 6-9, 2018.
- Resource Type:
- Abstract
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Management
- Creator:
- Briggs, Sterling
- Description:
- My study is a critical analysis of the reproduction of structural oppression within contemporary high school Social Studies and Sociology. The purpose of my critical analysis was to identify whether or not classroom content within Social Studies and Sociology reproduced various modes of oppression through the process of covert and overt discriminatory practices. The significance of my study is reflective of the growing diverse student population to which represents intersecting social identities that may fall victim to multiple modes of discrimination and oppression. My study is theoretically informed by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s Color-Blind Racism (CBR), Gloria Ladson-Billings Critical Race Theory (CRT), Kimberle Williams-Crenshaw’s Intersectionality, and Herbert Blumer’s theoretical concept of Symbolic Interactionism. Utilizing a mix methods approach of quantitative content analysis and qualitative discourse analysis, I conducted a comparative study in which I examined (2) Social Studies U.S. History Classes and (1) Sociology Class, all three from high schools within the City of San Diego. To answer my research question, “does high school coursework within Social Studies and Sociology challenge or reproduce conditions of inequality?”, I coded a combined total of 2,124 documents representing curriculum, textbooks, daily assignments, PowerPoint presentations and visual images. From my quantitative and qualitative analysis of classroom content I was able to identify numerous examples of how current Social Studies and Sociology reproduce multiple modes of oppression, through the construction of heteronormativity, colorblind racist and overt racist ideology, and the practice of exclusion. My study is just a small glimpse of the reproduction of white eurocentric colonialism that without a critical lens operates covertly, maintaining power and privileges for heteronormative men while reproducing various modes of oppression for marginalized groups.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Rhodes, Eric and Bhawuk, Dharm
- Description:
- An examination of communications issued by Apple, Amazon, Kingsoft, and Alibaba in response to perceived transgressions was undertaken to assess for potential cross-border differences in how organizations apologize to consumers. It was found that the transgression responses from all four organizations were structurally similar to each other, although the responses from Alibaba and Kingsoft appear to reflect a more hostile Chinese business environment. Longitudinal analysis suggests that the apologies issued by firms under the leadership of a highly charismatic CEO primarily reflect a Prospector strategy irrespective of national headquarters, while the apologies issued under the leadership of less charismatic CEO primarily reflect an Analyzer or Defender strategy, based on the Miles and Snow framework.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Management
- Creator:
- Regan, Holly
- Description:
- This thesis investigates the ways in which choice shapes middle school students’ engagement in novel study. I asked the following research questions: How do my students’ views on engaging novel study shift following the integration of more choice? Also, in what ways does choice reduce students’ barriers to learning from novel study units? Through my research, I found that students enjoy the freedom to choose the learning products they complete during novel study and that they felt more comfortable when they were able to discuss the novel in small groups of their choice. The results of my research have illustrated the importance of allowing students opportunities for more autonomy in the classroom. Teachers can foster engagement by implementing more instances of structured choice during novel study units.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ha, Taehoon and Alvarez, Olympia
- Description:
- The emergence of antimicrobial resistance presents a global health concern. These infections can result in adverse or fatal health outcomes. Due to this phenomenon, the scientific community must consider effective alternative or supplemental treatments such as bacteriophage therapy. Bacteriophage therapy has been in existence for at least a century and has shown to alleviate multidrug resistant infections in multiple clinical trials in the former Soviet Union. However, at the present time, there are limited large-scale clinical evidence performed on patients in vivo, except for a few cases in the United States and Europe. The research question for this capstone project is “What are the perceived barriers to clinical research for bacteriophage therapy?” In this capstone paper, we explore the perceived barriers to clinical research through the evaluation of laboratory articles, human compassionate case studies and phage expert surveys. Both recent non-human in vitro and in vivo animal laboratory articles (n=10, post-2010) and human clinical articles (n=10, post-2009) present perceived barriers as further lab testing needed and large-scale clinical trials needed, respectively. The online survey from 29 phage experts state that perceived barriers consist of lack of funding and willing laboratories to perform clinical research, the scientific unknowns of bacteriophage therapy (i.e. side effects, bacterial resistance development, long term effects post-treatment and genes with unknown functions), the pharmaceutical lobby and the lack of rigorous clinical trials data outlining pharmacology, safety and efficacy. These perceived barriers influence the current state of bacteriophage therapy and explain the slow and cautious progression of the field. Bacteriophage therapy potentially serves as a promising treatment to avert further global morbidity and mortality. The acknowledgement and eventual removal of these perceived barriers would help to make it more accessible in medicine.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Bedford, Amanda
- Description:
- The rationale for this project is to create a user-friendly manual for general education teachers on how to create a clear vision as to how a successful inclusive teaching model can be implemented within their classroom. This manual is entitled A Clear Vision for an Inclusive Classroom: How to Ensure All Students are Successful and provides concrete suggestions for classroom designs, behavioral management, and techniques on how to differentiate instruction for all students. The manual addresses six areas of inclusion: learning styles, classroom design, classroom rules, classroom jobs, behavioral management, and differentiation. All of the information provided supports general education teachers to result in full inclusion for special education students, higher student participation, and a decrease in student non-academic behaviors. This manual was purposely designed for elementary school general education teachers and classrooms because of the experience of the researcher as an elementary special educator.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Nash, Noja
- Description:
- Children in foster care with greater medical complexities are at risk for undesirable placement outcomes. Youth with disabilities are more likely to be placed in group homes or institutions due to lack of placement options. This population is faced with multiple challenges. Childhood exposure to adversities often lead to behavior problems, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, maladaptive coping, and lowered school performance. However, not all children exposed to adversities develop problems, and this is due to resilience. Resilience is the ability to overcome stress or adversity, or it is resistance to environmental risks. Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI) helps individuals to identify their thoughts, feelings, and coping strategies, and can be beneficial in targeting resilience in foster children. In this proposed study, RCI will be administered to medical fragile children with depression aged 10 to 16 to assess resilience. Coping and resiliency will be measured with Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist (CCSC), Child Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (CSDQ), and The Hope Questionnaire (HQ).
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Nursing
- Creator:
- Ruiz, Concepcion
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to assess hypertension and malnutrition among Latinos living in rural areas in Half Moon Bay, CA. This study examined the relationship between hypertension, cultural beliefs, and stress factors. Additionally, this study examined the relationship between malnutrition, access to food, and socioeconomic status. During this study, it was found out that immigrant Latinos living in rural areas, often face many difficulties due to factors such as cultural beliefs, stress factors, access to healthy foods, and socioeconomic status. This study aimed to gather sufficient data through a survey containing contextual information. The findings of this study were used to create more awareness and a better understanding of our local communities. Data were obtained from a health assessment survey distributed to N=80 participants. All participants were patients of the Coastside RotaCare Clinic, females, and males between the ages of 18-65 years old. There was no significant difference observed in the relationship between hypertension and access to healthy foods, stress, and socioeconomic status. However, there was a significant difference was observed between hypertension and cultural beliefs of using home remedies. In this study, there was no significant difference between malnutrition and access to healthy foods, and socioeconomic status. Also, there was no significant between hypertension and stress. Thus there was a significant difference between hypertension and cultural beliefs. The findings indicate that there may be other determent factors that contribute to hypertension and malnutrition among Latinos living in rural communities. This study recommends further research utilizing other factors that investigate different measurements other than demographics and basic historical data.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Baker, Kerry
- Description:
- The witch figure has long been the quintessential female villain. On the surface she is menacing and dangerous because she casts harmful spells and hurts children; on a deeper level she is a threat to the stability of heteronormative and patriarchal Christian societies. The European and North American witch hunts of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries brought her supposed existence to life while leaving many in modern times to wonder why the witch hunts occurred and how they persisted for so long. Even though the executions have stopped, and magic is not generally perceived as the threat it once was, there is no doubt that her importance as an icon of wickedness still captivates us today. Her history as a practitioner of magic and malevolence in literature can be traced at least as far back as the murderous mother, Medea, in ancient Greece. Since then she has inhabited various iterations of the character in Western literature from Circe to Morgan le Fay to the Weird Sisters in Europe, and Marie Laveau to Tituba in America. She has also appeared in films as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus. While each of these characters are unique, they all share some consistent attributes: independence and autonomy, the use of magic and/or the perceived ability to produce nefarious outcomes, and their female gender. Appearing in literature and films during times of economic or cultural instability, the witch figure oftentimes parallels anxieties surrounding the changing position of women in societies. Such is the case with Jadis in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, as well as the Grand High Witch and her coven in The Witches by Roald Dahl. Both texts participate in a lengthy and sexist tradition of the vilification of women via the witch figure.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Literature & Writing Studies
- Creator:
- Xu, Xiaohui and Fang, Fang
- Description:
- In this research, we study a durable goods manufacturer’s product line strategy when the product interacts with those of a complementary industry. It is well known that the cannibalization between high- and low-end products can significantly lower durable goods manufacturers’ total profits. This is why, in general, a durable goods manufacturer would not introduce a low-end product if the low-end product cannot be produced at a lower cost than the higher-end product. However, when the durable product is involved in a complementary relationship with another market and when such a connection is sufficiently strong, companies have an incentive to expand their product line, even when the low-end version costs the same as that of the high-end. A broader product line is a credible commitment to higher future output, and thus encourages higher output from the complementary industry, which, in turn, boosts the demand for the durable good. Article was published in an open access journal.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2167-7115
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Management Information Systems
- Creator:
- Bricke, Thomas
- Description:
- The work contains a critical introduction that examines the life of author Hans Fallada and also examines some of the theoretical underpinnings regarding translation. The main focus of the paper is the actual translation of Hans Fallada's "Geschichten Austons Der Murkelei" which was first published in 1938.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Literature and Writing Studies
- Creator:
- Manzano, Orlando
- Description:
- Background: A nurse’s therapeutic presence is comforting in a way that only a nurse can convey. The intentional presence of a nurse is an art that can give relief, provide comfort, and ease pain. However, nurses cannot always be present with their patients due to unfavorable work environments and lack of colleague support. Framework: Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory is used as the framework of this study. Purpose: The purpose of this project is to explore the association between perceived nurse presence and pain control satisfaction in patients with pain admitted to medical surgical floors at an acute care hospital. This study intends to answer the research question: Is there a statistically significant association between nurse presence and pain control satisfaction? Methods: A feasibility study will be conducted to answer the research question. 30 patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire to measure patient perception of nurse presence and to rate pain control satisfaction using a visual analog scale.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Nursing
- Creator:
- Clark, Jane
- Description:
- A growing population, Hispanic English learners enrolling in our schools are struggling academically. Learning gaps begin to surface for Hispanic English learners at the elementary level (Gandara, 2012; Genesee, Lindholm-Leary, Saunders, & Christian, 2005; Grasparil & Hernandez, 2015, Umansky & Reardon, 2014). Increasing the level of academic success of Hispanic English learners is a national imperative. The role of the principal has been linked to student success since, through their beliefs and behaviors, principals construct conditions in their schools that shape student learning (Chrispeels, 1992; Marks & Printy, 2003; Supovitz, Sirinides, & May, 2010). Grounded in a strengths-based theoretical construct— cultural growth mindset, positive school leadership, and strengths-based instructional leadership— this case study was organized under a mixed-methods sequential explanatory research design to answer one overarching question and two sub-questions. Two elementary school principals from schools with high populations of English learners were studied. This study explores teacher perceptions of principal behaviors, and principal leadership practices with teachers directly influencing the academic performance of Hispanic English learners. Phase One included an analysis of quantitative results from a survey administered to 35 teachers, 19 from one school, and 16 from the other. In Phase Two, qualitative data contributed to the research as a narrative unfolding through the interviews and observations of the principal participants, a teacher focus group at one school, and a school counselor at the other. Significant themes emanating from this case study were principals’ high learning expectations and a strong belief in students’ ability to succeed. Students’ first language was considered an asset and students’ diverse backgrounds were valued. In addition to strong parental involvement, student emotional well-being was a priority. Principals supported teacher collaboration and demonstrated high trust in teachers’ ability to impact the learning of Hispanic English learners. Collection and analysis of key student data was a principal practice. Integration and interweaving of cultural growth mindset, positive school leadership and strengths-based instructional leadership were essential lenses to fully understand the achievement gains made by the students. The implications this case study presents for educational research, policy, equity, and social justice are discussed. Limitations of the study are addressed.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ayala, Guadalupe X
- Description:
- This study was carried out to better understand differences in the practice of breast selfexamination (BSE) by Latinas and Caucasian-American women. Current estimates from the American Cancer Society (ACS) place Latinas at much greater risk for morbidity and mortality from breast cancer compared with Caucasian-American women. This increased risk may result from their disinclination to practice early screening techniques. Several studies examining breast cancer screening among Latinas have found acculturation, low self-efficacy, nervousness, and embarrassment to predict the infrequent practice of BSE. The variables that have been found to predict the infrequent practice of BSE among Caucasian-American women are: barriers (e.g., forgetting), low self-efficacy, and low response-efficacy. Previous comparisons of these two groups of women have often relied on comparing women across different studies. This limits our ability to infer that differences in BSE performance are related to one's cultural background. In addition, research on Latina breast health care is in its infancy. This study contributes to this field of research by recruiting women from the same location, structuring questions in a theoretical framework, measuring BSE performance observationally in addition to self-repo~ and applying multivariate statistics. Sixty-eight Latinas and fifty Caucasian-American women visiting a primary health care facility in north San Diego County agreed to participate in this study. The women were interviewed individually, either in Spanish or English, using standardized and unstandardized measures of acculturation, health locus of control, group orientation, breast cancer screening beliefs, and current breast health care practices. Women were also asked to demonstrate how they performed BSE and then demonstrated their ability to detect lumps in an artificial breast model. Finally, as a measure of motivation for information, women were given the opportunity to select from several brochures on breast health produced by the ACS. It was predicted that Latinas would practice BSE less often and less proficiently compared with Caucasian-American women. Results demonstrated no differences between Latinas and Caucasian American women on frequency of BSE and proficiency at demonstrating BSE. However, differences were noted in the number of breast cancer symptoms identified and the number of lumps correctly detected on an artificial breast model. Latinas knew significantly fewer symptoms of breast cancer and detected significantly fewer lumps on the model. For both Latinas and Caucasian-American women, greater perceived barriers were associated with more frequent practice of BSE. However, there was an interaction between ethnicity and perceived benefits. There were fewer differences in perceived benefits between Latinas and Caucasian-American women who reported practicing BSE more than once a month, compared with those who reported practicing BSE less than once a month or those who did not practice BSE. There was also an interaction between ethnicity and social normative influences. Among Latinas, social normative influences were not associated with frequency of BSE performance. However, for CaucasianAmerican women, greater social normative influences were associated with more frequent practice of BSE. Perceived barriers to BSE performance predicted knowledge of correct BSE techniques. Amount of pressure used on the model predicted lump detection abilities, in addition to interactions between ethnicity and number of fingers used on the model, and ethnicity and type of motion used during the examination. Latinas using fewer fingers found more lumps compared with Caucasian-American women who found more lumps using more fingers. In addition, Latinas using a circular motion detected more lumps than Latinas using a patting motion, whereas Caucasian-American women found equivalent number of lumps, irrespective of type of motion used during the examination. No one variable predicted differences in breast cancer symptom knowledge. The typical monthly performer of BSE reported greater perceived barriers to BSE performance in addition to greater feeling of self -efficacy for its performance. The lack of differences between Latinas and Caucasian-American women on frequency of BSE is discussed, as are the counterintuitive findings concerning the role of perceived barriers on frequent and adequate performance of BSE.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Psychological Science
- Creator:
- Sylvester, Katelyn
- Description:
- Instructional coaching as a form of job embedded professional development is a common practice in many school districts. An instructional coaching model requires thoughtful planning, design, and funding to become a common practice in schools and the perceptions of the classroom teacher as the primary recipient of such in service is essential to fostering a district culture of ongoing teaching and learning. This study intends to determine what are elementary school teachers' perceptions of being coached in elementary mathematics, in what ways instructional coaching is effective, and the extent to which teacher perceptions and beliefs impact the implementation of an instructional coaching model in a school district. In an attempt to contribute to previous literature, this study seeks to understand the lived experiences of teachers who were coached in mathematics during the 2019-2020 school year. By inquiring and gathering data of teacher perceptions of their experiences, future policy and practice of various Local Education Agencies in determining revisions and refinement to current coaching model initiatives. This case study contributes to current research and embodies a unique subset of characteristics that have the potential to be replicated and further developed in consideration of collected kindergarten- fifth grade teacher perceptions of being provided with job embedded professional development during the 2019-2020 school year by a content specific math coach.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Educational Administration
- Creator:
- Nekkanti, Vijay, Haas, Christopher, Roberto, Daniel, and Hernandez, Paloma
- Description:
- Bright AV is a privately held, full-service audio and visual production company in Huntington Beach, California, co-founded in 2017 by Howard Wallace and Michael Arp. This young company offers full-service production for all meetings and events of any size and any venue throughout California. Traditionally, Bright AV has rented most or all of the required equipment for each event, although some general equipment has been purchased in the past. The company rents the AV equipment form typical equipment suppliers local to Southern California to serve the greater SoCal area. However, the company also accepts business from other cities across the nation. Because of the rapid growth both the production AV industry and Bright AV has experienced, Bright AV has decided to analyze their equipment inventory as well as their modes of transportation to determine whether or not equipment purchases will financially benefit the company by reducing the costs and widening the range of the company for local events. The decision to buy equipment was examined and an analysis was conducted. Based on the results the CSUSM FEMBA consulting team designed a suitable CAPEX model to meet the capital requirement of the Bright AV company. The model was dynamically designed to enable adjustment of the variables as needed which will flow through to a recommendation
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Enssle, Nicole
- Description:
- Microgreens, the young greens grown from vegetable, herb, or grain seeds, have been increasing in popularity amongst small and urban farmers over the past several years. Microgreens are relatively easy to grow, can be grown indoors with limited resources, and have a short grow cycle. An increasing number of recent studies attest to the health benefits of microgreens due to their high density of vitamins and nutrients. They are popular amongst health-conscious consumers and chefs that use microgreens as colorful and flavorful garnishes. Solutions Farms, the social enterprise subsidiary of nonprofit organization Solutions for Change, seeks to diversify its product offerings in the local market. Solutions Farms is interested in learning more about the microgreens market and existing models for microgreens production. This report is divided into three sections: research and analysis of the microgreens market, research of existing microgreens models, and recommendations for Solutions Farms. The first section includes a PESTLE analysis of macro environmental forces, an analysis of local competitors and distribution channels, and a SWOT analysis of Solutions Farms pertaining to the organization’s ability to succeed in the microgreens market. The second section of the report includes research of existing microgreens models, including materials and growing methods and associated costs. Finally, the third section includes recommendations for Solutions Farms go-to-market strategy and suggestions for further research.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Blizard, Carolyn
- Description:
- To increase positive behavior and academic success, many schools have begun implementing school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS). SWPBIS includes researched based strategies focusing on restorative practices and positive reinforcements creating a unified, constructive school community. Research studies show some teachers were reluctant to implement SWPBIS due to the lack of resources available to them and miscommunications throughout the school. Because of this, data was gathered from a needs assessment provided to teachers and administrators at the focus school, and a handbook was created to provide staff members resources for each tier of support within SWPBIS. The handbook created provides an understanding of SWPBIS and includes a breakdown of the three tiers of support along with strategies and resources available to use. Specific teacher and administrator responsibilities are also included.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Christensen, Brianne
- Description:
- Students with disabilities have a variety of strengths, interests and needs. When these needs are identified and interests explored, students are more likely to experience a positive postsecondary outcome. Secondary educational programs, in order to help them accomplish this, should include six key elements into the students program and transition planning. These elements, identified in research help students reach their postsecondary goals. The intent of this study was to determine which of these elements are identified and implemented in secondary programs and transition planning and to what extent these elements adequately address the educational and employment needs of students with disabilities. A qualitative case study was utilized to analyze and evaluate one to four years’ worth of transition plans for fourteen high school special education students on the existence of these elements. In addition, parent interviews were conducted to identify the effects these elements had on their student’s post secondary experience. This study found, the six elements were implemented to varying degrees in each transition plan. Some elements were consistently identified including: assessment, student involvement and transition goals. Parent and agency involvement and training however were not identified in all plans and were found to varying degrees. Since all elements work hand in hand, it is important to include them, to the fullest extent possible in order to provide students the greatest opportunity for success. Parent interviews confirm these findings which suggest in order to help set up students for success, all elements need to be implemented into the secondary educational program. This study is limited by the small case sample but hopes to contribute to the existing literature that implementation of the key elements provide students with disabilities the best opportunity for a successful post secondary outcome.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Educational Administration
- Creator:
- Golland, Alexander
- Description:
- This study explores how classroom setting, with a focus on co-taught, inclusive classrooms, affect students with learning disabilities in regard to motivation and engagement. It was designed to observe how students with learning disabilities react to being placed in an inclusive classroom with their general education peers. A single co-taught, inclusive world history class was observed over the course of a unit at a Southern California high school. Quantitative data using observation forms were used during this study.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Educational Administration
- Creator:
- Leon, Araceli
- Description:
- Over the past decade, there was an increase in the number of students receiving services under the autism category of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (Fighting Autism, 2009). Due to this increase, the number of students with autism has placed higher demands on educators to provide an inclusive learning environment that meets the needs of all students. Students with autism experience such significant impairments in the area of social interaction, it is difficult for them to develop and maintain friendships. Fewer than 5% of students with autism make contact with their peers as a means of making a social connection within the classroom (Owen DeSchryver, Carr, Cale, & Blakley-Smith, 2008). Students with autism have been shown to benefit from being educated in general education classrooms that provide interactions with typically developing peers. This focus of this project was the development of the Training Elementary Peer Buddies curriculum to help students interact and support students with autism in the inclusive classroom. Keywords: social skills, peer buddy system, autism, elementary students, inclusive classroom
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Yakutis, Sarah
- Description:
- Positive discipline systems are being implemented in response to the overwhelming research indicating a rise in suspension rates and the negative effects of exclusionary discipline. Conditions for successful change with positive results in the area of positive discipline have been studied for more than 20 years. This study focuses on the teacher at the end of one year of implementation and the conditions found to be necessary for successful lasting change. In this study the researcher measures to what extent teachers understand and believe in the effectiveness and use of a school-wide positive behavior intervention and support (SWPBIS) system, and to what extent those teachers feel supported in implementing the SWPBIS system collaboratively designed for their site. The results are intended to determine next steps in supporting implementation of the SWPBIS system. A parallel convergent mixed-method research design measures teacher conditions with an online survey including Likert scaled questions and open-ended questions for each of the three parts of the research question. The concerns-based adoption model is used to analyze the data. It is found this site’s teachers show the positive conditions for successful implementation of their SWPBIS system by indicating knowledge and use of the system, feelings of support from their principal, and the desire for more information about and a continued improvement of the SWPBIS system. On-going support, development, and continued improvement of the plan align with the research on change science and are indicated in reducing suspensions, improving feelings of well-being, and improving academic achievement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Educational Administration
- Creator:
- Glaspell, Mollie
- Description:
- Children with cleft lip and/or palate experience psychosocial challenges such as teasing, bullying, low self-esteem, social rejection, and unsolicited attention. Furthermore, typically developing peers make negative judgments toward children with cleft lip and palate. There is a need for a school-based program for children with cleft lip and palate to promote positive attitudes and decrease barriers that children with unintelligible speech face in their daily routines. There is a deficiency of awareness, acceptance, and resources for children with craniofacial disorders in educational settings. An evidence-based educational and psychosocial intervention program for children with cleft lip and palate has been created, called Feelings and Attitudes for Cleft Education (FACE). The purpose of the FACE program is to increase positive and meaningful interactions between children with cleft lip and palate and their peers and teachers, as well as improving their own self-perception and self-esteem. The FACE program consists of a curriculum letter for teachers and staff, a teacher in-service presentation, a multimedia classroom presentation (i.e., video and coloring activity), a take-home program for children with cleft lip and palate, and quality of life questionnaires designated for the child with cleft lip and palate, his/her parent(s)/caregiver(s), and his/her teacher. This program promotes awareness and acceptance of children with craniofacial disorders and encourages children and adults to refrain from making assumptions about this population. The FACE program has been piloted within elementary schools in Capistrano Unified School District as well as to graduate students in the California State University San Marcos M.A. Special Education Program. Each professional completed an open-ended survey following the FACE implementation. The results included quantitative data, qualitative comments, and constructive feedback that will contribute to the revisions and future directions of the program.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Creator:
- Farkas, Maia J. and Hirsch, Rina M.
- Description:
- Failure of the internal audit function (IAF) to detect a significant deficiency in internal controls is a significant shortcoming in the IAF's work performance. This shortcoming in the IAF's work performance reduces external auditors' willingness to rely on the IAF's work. Using a two-stage experiment, we investigate how the implementation of three different internal control testing remediation strategies (akin to CCM, ACL, and periodic manual testing), which vary in their automation and frequency, affect external auditors' perceptions of IAF strength and planned reliance on the IAF's work. We find that automated remediation strategies fully remediate external auditors' perceptions of poor IAF work performance and low degree of reliance on the IAF, whereas manual remediation strategies result in only partial remediation. Counterintuitively, less frequent remediation strategies are more effective at improving perceptions of poor IAF work performance and low levels of reliance on the IAF, relative to continuous remediation strategies. https://doi.org/10.2308/isys-51266
- Resource Type:
- Abstract
- Identifier:
- 0888-7985
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Accounting
65. Hawthorne CAT -The Value Drivers of the Retail Customer Segment when Sourcing Parts and Services
- Creator:
- Taylor, Erika, Baca, Marlen, Ehya, Mariam, and Gilani, Shiva
- Description:
- This paper summarizes the BA680 capstone project by the Hawthorne Caterpillar team from the 2019 FEMBA Cohort. Primary market research is performed and summarized, analyzing the customer segment classified as "retail customers," consisting of small business owners who have purchased 1 to 3 machines from the dealership. Results and final recommendations for an affordable marketing plan are made to increase customer retention and sales of parts and services for machines purchased from the dealership.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
66. Hawthorne CAT -The Value Drivers of the Retail Customer Segment when Sourcing Parts and Services
- Creator:
- Taylor, Erika, Baca, Marlen, Ehya, Mariam, and Gilani, Shiva
- Description:
- This paper summarizes the BA680 capstone project by the Hawthorne Caterpillar team from the 2019 FEMBA Cohort. Primary market research is performed and summarized, analyzing the customer segment classified as "retail customers," consisting of small business owners who have purchased 1 to 3 machines from the dealership. Results and final recommendations for an affordable marketing plan are made to increase customer retention and sales of parts and services for machines purchased from the dealership.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Garcia, James
- Description:
- This study explores the sex offender discourse on the online website, Reddit ( www.reddit.com). The literature points to a culture of fear, moral and sex panics, as well as the creation of a sex offender as a foundation to understanding the over-criminalization of sex offenders. Using an online qualitative discourse analysis, I collected data on comments and posts related to the sex offender discourse. I incorporated Symbolic Interaction Theory and Queer Theory in my analysis for this study. From the data, three themes arose that included reducing all sex offenders to pedophiles, sex offenders as irredeemable, and sex offenders as a ‘dead man walking.’ These findings highlighted part of the way people talk about sex offenders and how the discourse is the result of misinformation, sensationalism, and fear – all facets of a moral panic. The sex offender discourse on Reddit contributes to a situation in which those who are labeled sex offenders have few places to live and limited options to see help. Further research should focus on understanding the demographic makeup of Reddit.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Bhosale, Radhika
- Description:
- In our previous study we have proposed ResNet-based network models, named ContiNet and F-ContiNet, for sign language recognition. ContiNet is a 3D convolutional network with a constant number of temporal snapshots, and F-ContiNet is an evolution of ContiNet where the fusion idea is applied so that the spatial and temporal information from the early layers will have greater direct impact on the final recognition. We evaluated the models with RGB (raw) and Mask (Skeleton) video inputs from a Chinese sign language (CSL) dataset. The experiment results indicate that the proposed ContiNet and F-ContiNet outperformed the state-of-the-art approaches, and taking Mask videos as inputs always resulted in better performance. The purpose of this project as reported here is to further our understanding of the ContiNet and F-ContiNet models using a different dataset. We used the same experiment settings to evaluate ContiNet and F-ContiNet over the Microsoft sign language (MSL) dataset. To our surprise, the experiment results were opposite of the findings on the CSL dataset. In particular, ContiNet and F-ContiNet did not produce the best performance, and taking RGB videos as inputs resulted in better performance in most settings. We have analyzed the quality of the MSL dataset to diagnose the problems and possible solutions.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Lacea, Michael, Nickel, Alexis, Lopez, Darnel, and Salvador, Angelo
- Description:
- A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the current marketing strategies and efforts for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). This is with a view to providing insights as to how future marketing efforts may be improved to ensure continuous prosperity of the MPH program by attracting more students and increasing enrollment. A survey instrument was developed, approved by CSUSM’s Institutional Review Board, and administered online using Qualtrics to solicit information from prospective, current, and alumni students of the MPH program (N=64). The survey was comprised of 18 demographic, MPH-specific, and open-ended questions. Demographics of the survey showed that participants were of a diverse pool of undergraduate degrees, they were in the age group of 25-34 years old (n=27, 42.2%), and most were employed at the time of admission to the MPH program (n=45, 70.3%). When asked for feedback for the MPH program, participants gave a high recommendation rating (n=52, 81.3%). When asked how to improve marketing, participants suggested increased social media presence (n=8), focus on accreditation (n=7), promote at other schools (n=6), and target working professionals (n=4). Based on these results, we recommend an implementation of a student ambassador program, increased online advertising, advertisements comparing to other MPH programs, promoting the program’s accreditation and class format, and specifically targeting working professionals. Future research is recommended to continuously explore additional strategies that will promote, sustain, and improve marketing efforts for the MPH program at CSUSM.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Kutina, Kylie
- Description:
- Health education is an important component to living a full and healthy life. The Deaf community experiences many educational disparities that hinder their health knowledge and ability to make informed choices regarding their own health. Most individuals in the Deaf community are a part of the Limited English Proficiency (LEP) group in the U.S., which causes numerous barriers in learning environments. Finding accessible health education material can be challenging for the Deaf because most educational settings cater to the dominant hearing population that reads, writes, and speaks English. The purpose of this study was to address Deaf health education disparities, make recommendations to better health education for the Deaf, and serve as a resource for all of the Deaf community, specifically Californian’s. Five qualitative, one-to-one, semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals who work closely with the Deaf community about the health educational disparities experienced by the Deaf Community. Foremost-experienced health educational barriers found among the Deaf community were substandard communication in learning environments, lack or neglect of funding to support accessibility, and low Deaf awareness across the hearing population.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Hee, Kevin W.
- Description:
- In 2007, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued Auditing Standard No. 5 (ASS) as a response to criticism that AS2 (auditing standard effective after 2004) was too prescriptive and costly for smaller firms whose risk profile did not support the unnecessary audit procedures. ASS was effective for all fiscal years ending after November 14, 2007. In addition, ASS mandated audits be more risk-focused and tailored to the specifics of the client firm's business operations. This study incorporates audit risk to investigate ASS's impact on the likelihood of auditor dismissals relative to AS2. The study attempts to test whether riskier audits are more strongly associated with auditor dismissals in the ASS regime compared to the AS2 regime. Results show auditor dismissals are more likely for higher risk firms in the ASS regime compared to AS2. Additional tests show the main effect is more pronounced for dismissals where the dismissed auditor is Big 4 (Ernst & Young, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG) and the successor auditor is non-Big 4. This paper provides evidence that risk may play a larger role in auditor dismissals in the ASS era compared to AS2. This evidence is important to the free enterprise system because of the accountability that external auditors provide. This accountability is relied upon by financial information users in their decision-making. This paper examines client risk's impact on auditor dismissals which impacts the auditor's role in a free enterprise market.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Nava, Susan
- Description:
- The rationale for this project is to create a user-friendly manual for veteran and novice teachers, administrators, and support staff to reduce student behaviors. The manual entitled Strategies and Supports for All Students Displaying Maladaptive Behaviors provides definitions and examples of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). The manual focuses on giving concrete behavioral management supports and strategies for each tier of PBIS. The manual was designed to decrease student behaviors to promote an increase in student’s grades, decrease suspension and referrals, and increase student’s social emotional well-being. Ultimately creating culturally inclusive environments in school. The manual was intended to be used by educators in Kindergarten through fifth grade setting.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Zaerpour, Nima, Gharehgozli, Amir, and De Koster, René
- Description:
- Container terminals play a major role in the growth of international trade. They need to accommodate the increasing number of containers while their space is limited, particularly close to major cities. One approach, often used in practice, is horizontal expansion through expensive land reclamation projects. In contrast, vertical expansion uses the available land more efficiently by storing containers in high-bay warehouses. In this paper, we study a next generation container terminal consisting of container storage towers. A container tower is a cylindrical structure which consists of multiple levels of storage locations, lifts, and input and output (I/O) points (or depots). The lifts can rotate and can move containers horizontally and vertically to transport containers between the storage locations and the I/O points. We investigate several design questions: 1) What is the optimal configuration of a container tower? 2) How does a container tower compare to a traditional container block of the same storage capacity, in terms of throughput capacity? 3) Is a container tower financially feasible compared to an existing container block of the same storage capacity? 4) What are the impacts of varying design parameters on the container tower performance and its financial feasibility? Question 1 is answered by obtaining closed-form expressions for the tower travel time, formulating the problem as a nonlinear optimization model, and deriving closed-form expressions for the tower optimal configuration. Questions 2 and 3 are answered by using closed-form expressions in order to compare the performance of two systems. Question 4 is answered by a sensitivity analysis for the design parameters of the container tower. The results show that, compared to a traditional container block, the container tower can increase the annual throughput, while saving on the required footprint at competitive investment costs. In particular, the container tower can increase the annual throughput up to 120% compared to a container block of the same storage capacity.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0041-1655
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Bickel, Tanja
- Description:
- The research suggests that seating arrangements in the classroom shape students’ learning experiences. However, the emphasis in most classrooms seems to be placed in behavior management rather than actual learning. This study investigated how classroom seating arrangements shape middle school students’ experiences in the classroom and focused on two questions: (1) How do students perceive the ways that seating arrangements shape their learning experiences in my classroom?; (2) In what way does in-class behavior suggest that seating influences student learning? Through the use of a student survey, student focus groups, and classroom observations, I found that students believe they learn best when seating arrangements provide peer support and access to resources, and that students believe they do their best learning when they are seated in table groups or working independently. The implications of this study include that the nature of the task should dictate the student seating arrangement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Stringfellow, Lacy
- Description:
- In the special day classroom, there tends to be conflicting ideas among educators about the purpose of play and how to incorporate structured play to optimize learning. Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display difficulties with typical play skills including communication and socialization, therefore, when they are rewarded for task completion with an unstructured break, undesirable behaviors may emerge. Through a naturally occurring opportunity like play, elementary-aged students, despite their ability level, develop valuable skills in many areas including academics, socially-emotionally, physically and more. In response to underutilization of play in the special day classroom, a resource manual was created for special educators and staff to provide additional training and professional development in order to structure play effectively. Implementing Structured Play in the Special Day Classroom: A Manual for Special Educators seeks to provide educators with information about the valuable opportunities of developmental learning through play, characteristics of ASD and the difficulties individuals with ASD face with regard to play and how to effectively structure play to capitalize on teachable moments.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Xu, Runyu
- Description:
- Machine Learning (ML) becomes increasingly popular; industry spends billions of dollars building ML systems. Data scientists have come up with many good algorithms and trained models. However, putting those ML models into production is still in the early stage. The deployment process is distinct from that for traditional software applications; it is not yet well understood among data scientists and IT engineers in their roles and responsibilities, resulting in many anti-pattern practices [21]. The key issues identified by researchers at Google[40] include lack of production-like prototyping stack for data scientists, monolithic programs not fitted for component based ML system orchestration, and lack of best practices in system design. To find solutions, teams need to understand the inherent structure of ML systems and to find ML engineering best practices. This paper presents an abstraction of ML system design process, a design pattern named Model-Service-Client + Retraining (MSC/R) consisting of four main components: Model (data and trained model), Service (model serving infrastructure), Client (user interface), and Retraining (model monitoring and retraining). Data scientists and engineers can use this pattern as a discipline in designing and deploying ML pipelines methodically. They can separate concerns, modularize ML systems, and work in parallel. This paper also gives case studies on how to use MSC/R to quickly and reliably deploy two ML models -- YOLOv3, an object detection model, and Stock Prediction using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) algorithm onto AWS and GCP clouds. Two different implementation approaches are used: serving the model as a microservice RESTful API on AWS managed container platform ECS, and on GCP serverless platform Cloud Run. In the end, this paper gives analysis and discussion on how using the MSC/R design pattern helps to meet the objectives of implementing ML production systems and solve the common problems. It also provides insights and recommendations.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sanchez, Anayeli
- Description:
- The following project is a two-week integrated ELD and social studies unit for first grade, with dual language programs in mind. It was created using the following research question; How can we support students in accessing academic content while learning a second language to ensure long term success? The curriculum, developed for a 90:10 dual language program, is grounded on a Culturally Relevant Framework (Ladson-Billings, 2014). The curriculum is designed for Latino English learners at the expanding level. Students already come to the classroom with knowledge and experiences that teachers can use to maximize learning. The curriculum stems from the research in second language acquisition, vocabulary knowledge, and oral language development. The unit incorporates the CA English Language Development Standards and the CA History and Social Studies standards for first grade A Child’s Place in Time and Space. The lessons within the unit include topics such as cultural diversity, Native Americans, and Immigration.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Blackshire, La Cole
- Description:
- Measles is a highly infectious viral disease that occurs throughout the world. Administration of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination is a crucial public health intervention in reducing the spread of the measles virus. Measles cases have been on the rise in recent years due in part to the use of immunization exemptions. California has worked to reduce the number of measles cases with State-mandated Bill 277, which eliminates personal belief exemptions but leaves room for additional medical exemptions. This study evaluated county-level immunization rates of kindergarteners to determine the impact of SB-277 on vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Northern California. The study also examined the county-level 2018 academic year for herd immunity status. Published data suggest that schools in Northern California have had a reduction in the percentage of students who have received the required immunizations. This study included three kindergarten schools in seven Northern California counties during three academic years, 2015–2016, 2017–2018, and 2018-2019. This study was a secondary data analysis that evaluated 63 school measurements that consisted of 4,626 total students’ enrollment data obtained from the California Department of Public Health’s Shots-for-Schools database. A group logistic regression analysis was performed. This study examined the overall county-level changes and post verses pre legislation academic year changes in both MMR and up-to-date with all five required immunizations. Additionally, the study examined the 2018 county-level data to establish the presence of herd immunity among the affected students' population. This study found no significant differences in (1) overall county-level measures and (2) the likelihood that students would be current with MMR or be up-to-date with all five immunizations post-SB 277 versus pre-SB 277. Lastly, this study showed that only one of the seven counties surveyed in 2018, met the threshold for herd immunity.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Gomez, Maricruz
- Description:
- Recent research provides systematic attention to the process of the formerly incarcerated and their reintegration into society. However there is scant research that gives attention to the reintegration process, the mandatory supervision and the stipulations that are placed on the formerly incarcerated. My study identifies current research that helps to understand the current topic of Parole, and how they promote high rates of recidivism. This thesis analyzes the experience of the formerly incarcerated, specifically the technical violations that they experienced while under supervision. To understand the experience of the formerly incarcerated. This thesis focuses on the perspective and the experience of those formerly under supervision. According to Swan (2017) to understand any legal intervention related to crime and delinquency it is important to go beyond enforcement measures. So that we can understand the everyday experiences of those people who are affected by it. (Swan et al 2017). I interviewed a sample of 8 people, who were previously under Parole/Probation supervision. The findings in this study outline the day to day barriers that Parole stipulations cause on those under supervision. I conclude that Parole rather than rehabilitate people, only adds to the high rates of recidivism. Keywords: Criminalization, Documented gang, Parole, non-violent or non-criminal offenses, Labeling Theory, Convict Criminology, Dehumanizing
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Godinez, Catalina
- Description:
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause many types of cancers, including cervical cancer in women. HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases world-wide. Three types of HPV immunizations are available to vaccinate against the most prevalent strains of HPV that cause both genital warts and cancer. Although these vaccinations are available for girls and women ages 9-26, there is still inadequate vaccination uptake. Behavior change theories have been used to increase intention to vaccinate and vaccination rates among adolescents in many studies. This review examined studies that employed various behavior change theories. Its goal was to understand which theory is most effective in increasing vaccination rates. After analyzing the articles, there was insufficient data to suggest one theory is more effective than others. However, the theory of planned behavior and a mixed method theory were used most often for the design of research studies and interventions.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Chang, Kiyoung, Kang, Eun, and Li, Ying
- Description:
- This study examines the effect of institutional ownership on dividend payouts through the lens of agency theory. We hypothesize that only institutions with certain traits are likely to monitor. Monitoring institutions will use dividend payouts as a tool to mitigate firms’ agency problems, conditional on those firms’ financial performance. We find that (1) there is a positive relation between lagged long-term institutional ownership with a large stake and the dividend payout ratio; (2) the positive relation is more salient in firms with high agency costs; and (3) the positive relation is more salient when external monitoring is weak. These findings support that (1) concentrated and long-term institutional investors play a monitoring role and (2) monitoring institutions use dividend payouts as a monitoring device. Our findings are robust to endogeneity tests, level and change models, alternative income-based dividend payout measures, alternative measures of long-term institutions, and sub-period analyses. Released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0148-2963
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Finance
- Creator:
- Ratiu, Catalin and Anderson, Beverlee B.
- Description:
- Purpose – The meaning of sustainability continues to be debated by scholars and professionals alike. But how do individuals, who are expected to contribute to implementing sustainability actions, perceive this important concept? The purpose of this paper is to explore how individuals relate to the multidimensionality of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – We use a qualitative design to learn how individuals understand and prioritize the various dimensions of sustainability. Respondents were asked to react in essay form to a narrative that weaves social, environmental, economic and legal issues, and offer a recommended course of action. Research limitations – The research is limited by the convenience sample used, which may offer a skewed distribution. Findings – The findings are mixed, showing that sustainability is yet to mature as a concept in the minds of the general public. Encouragingly, we find evidence that most respondents are aware of the primary dimensions of sustainability. Originality – The study uses an innovative methodology to learn how individuals perceive a very complex topic. Implications – While defining sustainability conceptually continues to preoccupy scholars and policymakers, educating the general public on these advancements should also be prioritized, given the high reliance on individuals to implement the many sustainability initiatives and innovations in existence.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2042-5945
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Christina E.
- Description:
- When learning a new language, one needs to not only learn about the grammar rules and/or vocabulary, but also learn about the cultural aspect of the language. The purpose of this project is to develop Spanish One lesson unit that cover six different topics on culture from different Spanish-speaking countries: Spanish-speaking Country Research, Latin American Painters, Día de Los Muertos, Quinceañera, Las Posadas, and Música Mariachi. A total of 11 lessons were created to cover these topics. These lessons are designed to supplement the textbook that mostly addresses Spain culture. The following three questions guided this research project: (1) How can Spanish language curriculum be supplemented with culture of Spanish-speaking American countries? (2) How can Funds of Knowledge be incorporated into the world language curriculum? (3) How can supplemental cultural lesson plans from different Spanish speaking American countries into a secondary Spanish language curriculum using the world language and English language development standards? This project seeks to improve the Spanish language curriculum to benefit and motivate students to be aware of other cultures. The curriculum was designed using backward planning, with a focus on the assessment, evidence of learning and then the development of the learning activities. In conclusion, there is a need for culture to be integrated into the Spanish classroom, not only to cover a world language standard on culture, but to also help students become aware, understand, and appreciate not only their own culture, but those of others and the target language being learned.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Monroy, Christina
- Description:
- This study assesses how the probation officers (POs) navigated their roles in the workplace as corporal punishment and isolation were replaced with rehabilitative interventions. Previous literature talks about probation officers’ role in the rehabilitation process and the use of discretionary power. In addition, the literature outlines that POs face issues of role conflict and high stress levels. One-on-one interviews with 9 probation officers as well as insights from Lipsky’s theory of street level bureaucrats were used to better understand PO’s experience and how it has affected their well-being. After talking with the POs, it was found that the department has implemented many changes over the last 10 years aside from adopting the concepts of the Missouri Model. The POs reported that these changes led to an influx of violence and new techniques of youth management such as positive reinforcement and building relationships. The increased violence and the changes have resulted in an overall increase in Pos’ stress levels causing issues of burnout. It becomes clear that, while there is a basis of understanding for how the program should run, POs uses their discretionary power to help them navigate through the implementation process of the new program.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
85. Utilization of Oral Health Services among Hispanics in California: A Systematic Literature Review
- Creator:
- Phan, Richard
- Description:
- According to the Surgeon General of the United States, many Americans do not understand the importance of good dental hygiene, causing an overwhelming amount of disparities in oral health, especially in Hispanics. In general, Hispanics have the poorest dental hygiene care when compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Currently, there are little or no published research specifically on Hispanics living in California and their utilization of oral health services. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review of existing literature based on in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed published articles with a goal to review utilization of oral health care services by Hispanics living in California. The study reviewed how levels of educational attainment, levels of acculturation, levels of household incomes, gender, and age are associated with dental health utilization among California Hispanics. The results show that although California Hispanics require oral health services, limited resources such as finances, proper knowledge, and access to care makes this population at higher risk towards preventative oral care.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Keehn, Mikayla
- Description:
- Composing Herself: Joan Didion and the Art of Public Bereavement” unpacks Didion's psychological process of “magical thinking” and elucidates how Didion depicts negotiating feelings of abandonment and denial as she guides her readers into her candid progression into grief, utilizing literature, research, and her writing process to make sense of her identity as a new widow traversing the unfamiliar landscape of bereavement through memory.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Literature and Writing Studies
- Creator:
- Pham, Jimmy
- Description:
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are facing health disparities in obesity and mental health. This study aims to inform the development of health communication strategies and supplemental curriculum, within the context of an on-going fitness study. To address these issues, two focus group interviews were conducted, each group had 6-12 participants that lasted about one hour long. Findings suggest the following recommendation: (1) Incorporate NHPI community members into the planning of physical activity programs, (2) Development of health communication strategies and supplemental curriculum to promote healthy mindset, and (3) Identify and address mental health concerns with fitness group after end of each physical activity session. The potential implications of this project may inform and create appropriate tools and culture-sensitive methods that will lay the framework for the bases of future grants, prevention intervention programs, and research.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Lafever, Erin
- Description:
- The first contact that students have with literacy instruction can be a guiding force in their attitude towards reading and literacy skills. Teachers can design and implement literacy instruction that fosters intrinsic motivation which results in engagement in literacy and the path towards becoming life-long readers. Self-determination theory is a leading motivational theory that states that students have three main needs to be met including competence, autonomy, and relatedness to be intrinsically motivated. Direct instruction and makerspace learning combined with the design thinking process provide an opportunity for teachers to meet students’ needs and engage students in meaningful literacy instructions. The purpose of this project was to use the three components of self-determination theory to create a teacher’s guide that provides information and lessons based on direct story element instruction and makerspace instructional practices to support student engagement. The guide provides background information on the importance of direct story element instruction for student comprehension, makerspace instruction, and the design thinking process. The guide contains Book Club lessons, lesson templates, and resources to support competency through direct instruction. The Inventor's Club section of the teacher’s guide introduces teachers to makerspaces and literacy and the design thinking process. Scripted lesson plans for launching maker learning in the classroom is provided as well as maker learning lesson templates to continue instruction throughout the school year. Direct instruction through Book Club and makerspace instruction delivered through Inventor’s Club provides the opportunity for teachers to meet students’ needs and foster intrinsic motivation and engagement. Keywords: Self Determination Theory, Book Clubs, Makerspace, Design Thinking Process
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Reading, Language and Literacy
- Creator:
- Farkas, Maia and Hirsch, Rina
- Description:
- Today’s business environment has been evolving quickly due to rapid technological innovation, presenting companies with problems they haven’t encountered before. In this increasingly connected world, internal controls have become critical—not only to ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency, but also to fortify the reliability of financial reporting, compliance with laws and regulations, and the preservation of data integrity. Copyright 2017 by IMA®, Montvale, N.J., www.imanet.org, used with permission.
- Resource Type:
- Other
- Identifier:
- 1524-833X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Cherry, Bennett
- Description:
- The passion that many sports fans have for their favorite teams can be beneficial to sports teams (by increasing ticket sales and sales of licensed merchandise; Bristow and Sebastian, 2001; Fisher and Wakefield, 1998), media companies (by increasing ratings) and sponsoring companies (by creating favorable attitudes and purchase intentions; Bee and Dalakas, 2014; Madrigal, 2000). In addition, there are several positive outcomes for the fans’ well-being like self-esteem, social well-being, experiencing positive emotions, and lower likelihood to feel lonely (Branscombe and Wann, 1991; Wann, 1994; Wann, 2006). However, such passion may also have a dark side that research should consider (Madrigal and Dalakas, 2008). Specifically, sports fans often exhibit aggressive behaviors, verbal and/or physical, especially in targeting rivals. This study examines a different angle of morally questionable behavior by fans regarding perceptions and behaviors that dehumanize rivals, namely propensity to help people in need. Therefore, it provides an interesting insight into fan psychology and behavior and sports rivalries. Presentation by Bennett Cherry at Academy of Marketing Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 12-14
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Brotman, Andrea
- Description:
- The need to provide appropriate support for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) during recess and lunch is essential. This paper presents a workshop for paraprofessionals, recess supervisors and custodians to learn strategies to help students with ASD initiate appropriate social interactions and communications with their peers during recess and lunch. The content of the workshop is intended to provide an understanding of common characteristics of students with ASD and their need for both social skills and friendship development. The workshop also includes an explanation of the different states of student engagement on the playground as well as methods to boost appropriate engagement. Specific tips are provided throughout the workshop, along with video demonstrations, discussions and games to encourage participation.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Carriedo, Lorenzo, Perrine, Megan, Shterew, Maria, and Weaver, Zach
- Description:
- The purpose of this report was to conduct marketing research for Pham and Mauseth, DDS, Inc. The organization is made up of 11 dental practices in the San Diego region, with particular emphasis on pediatric patients. The report details the objectives, methodologies, and final recommendations to accomplish three goals: Understand demographics and the market in order to ensure growth and profitability, understand the appropriate insurance mix to maximize margins, and develop a marketing plan to build patient numbers that is scalable to newly launched practices.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Business Administration
- Creator:
- Bonas, Brynn
- Description:
- Functional Communication Training (FCT) has been found to be an effective treatment method for a variety of behavior disorders, including self-injurious behavior (SIB), aggression and classroom disruption (Melissa J. Shirley et al., 1997). Children with particular severe disabilities have difficulty with communication, social interaction and behavior that make daily interactions a challenge both student and the teachers who support them, especially if proper structures and strategies are not in place. FCT is a behavioral intervention program that combines the assessment of the communicative functions of maladaptive behavior with procedures to teach alternative responses (Chandler and Dahlquist, 2006). This methodology ultimately reduces in-class problem behaviors by replacing them with a more appropriate form of communicating a need or want. This project focuses upon special education teachers and how they effectively implement functional communication in specific classrooms. Teachers were surveyed regarding knowledge of FCT and prior experience with maladaptive behaviors and observations conducted in order to note the room’s organization and operation of classrooms. This data provided the foundation for the need to design and deliver a Functional Communication Training for teachers to implement with students in moderate-severe learning environments. The training response will provide better strategies and tools to teach their students to use more appropriate ways to get their needs met as a replacement for responding with maladaptive behavior.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Martinez, Karem, Pena, Denisse, Roberts, Rachel, and Serrano, Marisa
- Description:
- In the United States, food insecurity is an issue that continues to increase at alarming rates affecting millions of adults, including those pursuing higher education. Food insecurity is a public health concern that is affecting the overall health and well-being of the student population. Cal State University San Marcos has ongoing efforts intended to alleviate the number of students who are food insecure or are at risk of food insecurity. The analysis and evaluation of the Cougar Pantry will provide further insight into the issues relating to food insecurity, the impact it has on the CSUSM community, what procedures are currently working and recommended actions that can be taken to improve and maximize the efforts of the ASI Cougar Pantry.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Penuliar, Jonathan Bernard
- Description:
- English learners are one of the most rapidly growing student demographics in the United States. However, school systems have historically fallen short in providing English learners with adequate academic support. A review of the literature sheds light on academic tracking as a major factor in restricting access to the rigorous coursework English learners need to achieve at levels commensurate with their English-only speaking peers. Students tracked into the English language development pipeline have difficulty exiting. Those who do not reclassify and persist in this track experience lower levels of high school graduation and college completion. Several recent shifts in educational policy are seeking to address this problem. New language and curriculum standards, as well as detracking practices, have given rise to a more distributed approach to teaching English learners where all teachers have a responsibility to support this population. Through an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, this study examined the social networks a school has built around teaching English learners and how those networks impact the flow of social capital used to support this demographic of students. Research questions include: 1. Who do educators turn to for advice and information regarding the education of English learners? 2. How do social networks shape opportunities for educators to build social capital around teaching English learners? The first phase collected survey data in order to highlight advice and information seeking behaviors. After social network analysis, the results from phase one informed phase two. The second phase included interviews from salient actors to provide further depth into creating a rich description of the ELD networks at the research site and how they impact the English learner experience.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Guerrero, Lucio
- Description:
- Public schools need to update school curriculum and teaching pedagogies in order to better support diverse students academically, socially and emotionally. This project was designed to demonstrate how teachers can affirm diverse student’s hybrid identities in an engaging and meaningful way. The three themes researched were culturally responsive pedagogy, social justice and hybrid identities. The questions of the project focused on how teachers can affirm diverse student’s hybrid identities through a culturally responsive and social justice curriculum. In addition, this project explored if middle school students can develop a sense of empowerment and resiliency in order to retain their native culture and background after learning about social justice issues. The methodology of this project was composed of a social justice curriculum for 8th grade humanities and incorporated 10 adapted lessons from Teaching Tolerance. The topic covered in each lesson discussed identity, diversity, justice and action. The unit was created using Understanding by Design due to its backwards planning design. Furthermore, this project will contribute to the field a new invigorating curriculum with positive features associated with increased empathy among students and teachers, diverse curriculum, empowering students, emphasis on collaboration and reflection. For future recommendations, the project needs to be implemented to gather results on how effective the curriculum can be. I also suggest conducting student interviews to research how diverse students form their hybrid identities.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Nicole
- Description:
- The United States (U.S.) has identified Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as being a public health issue and a significant determinant of health. Research has consistently revealed strong empirical evidence that ACEs negatively impact youth and adult physical and mental health outcomes. ACEs have also been found to impact academic achievement, interpersonal skills, emotional regulation, and increase the likelihood of the adoption of risky behaviors (e.g., smoking, substance use, sexual risk taking). Moreover, extensive research has suggested the need for prevention and early intervention strategies to reduce the impact of ACEs throughout the life course. However, due to the wide-ranging scope of ACEs, it is necessary to identify which interventions have the strongest evidence base to reduce the implications of ACEs. This systematic literature review explores early intervention, prevention, and mitigation recommendations based on the literature on preventing or reducing the effects of ACEs. Utilizing a list of key terms, 1,009 non-duplicated articles were identified through database searches in PubMed, CINAHL, and Science Direct. One hundred, forty-two full text articles were inspected; of those, twenty-seven were included in this study. Four qualitative themes were identified: a) resilience; b) protective factors; c) trauma-informed care/trauma-informed response; and d) intergenerational trauma. Results from this study can help guide comprehensive, culturally relevant, population-based strategies to target the widespread effects of ACEs in the U.S. Keywords: intervention, prevention, mitigation, resilience, protective factors, trauma-informed, intergenerational trauma
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Public Health
- Creator:
- Good, Raquel
- Description:
- Obesity is a growing health concern. In the US, 50% of women enter pregnancy overweight, which can pose serious health outcomes for both the mother and offspring, including preeclampsia, hypertension, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and fetal macrosomia. Stress is positively correlated with obesity and is often increased during pregnancy, leading to many of the same adverse outcomes as maternal obesity. However, few interventions have focused on decreasing both gestational weight gain and stress during the prenatal period, particularly amongst women of low socioeconomic status (SES), a risk factor for obesity and stress. Further, whether culturally specific stressors, such as acculturative stress and perceived discrimination stress, affect gestational weight gain is unknown. Therefore, in order to address these issues, two studies were conducted. In study one, we tested the hypotheses that a novel intervention would be successful in reducing excessive gestational weight gain and stress in a sample of pregnant women of low SES and that a history of trauma would moderate the effect of the intervention on pregnancy-specific stress, resulting in less overall pregnancy-specific stress reduction. In study two, we tested the hypothesis that acculturative stress and perceived discrimination stress would predict higher weight gain trajectory from baseline (pre-pregnancy weight) to the end of pregnancy. To test the study one hypotheses, pregnant women (N = 3), less than 18 weeks gestation, with pre-pregnancy BMI greater than 25 kg/m2, were recruited to participate in a novel, 8-session intervention consisting of psychoeducation, mindfulness, prenatal yoga, and nutritional education. Participants completed measures on stress, trauma exposure, acculturation, depression, discrimination, mindfulness, cultural values, social support, sleep, and anxiety, and their weight and blood pressure were measured at each session in clinic. To test the study two hypotheses, pregnant women of Mexican descent (N = 139) completed questionnaires on acculturative stress, perceived discrimination stress, and general perceived stress throughout their pregnancy and weight and BMI information was collected from patients’ medical records. Study one had insufficient data to analyze, however, participant qualitative feedback from two of the three participants who took part in the intervention is reported. Participants indicated that this type of intervention is necessary, enjoyable, and feasible. However, recruitment was low. Thus, future research should focus on identifying efficient recruitment strategies as well as alternative modes of delivering interventions focused on decreasing stress and gestational weight gain, particularly for women of low SES. In study two, acculturative stress (b = -.02; t(125.60) = -2.16; p = .033) and perceived discrimination stress (b= -0.83; t(123.51)= -2.01; p = .047) predicted trajectory of gestational weight gain. The results from study two suggest that culturally specific stressors may contribute to weight gain during pregnancy. Together, this work highlights factors associated with excessive gestational weight gain, as well components of interventions that might successfully target unhealthy weight gain during pregnancy, particularly for women of low SES.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Psychological Science
- Creator:
- Zuniga, Rosa M.
- Description:
- In the United States, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004 mandates that every state identify, locate, and evaluate all children and youth with disabilities who need special education and related services. However, while the majority of young women and girls with Turner syndrome (TS) have a high need for special education and related services, only about 50% of such cases are reported. When needed, the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities is critical to ensure they receive the appropriate education they are entitled to in the least restrictive environment (LRE). The goal of this project is to increase kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) general and special educators’ knowledge of TS and the instructional strategies that best support and accommodate the learning, social/emotional, and health needs of young women and girls with the syndrome through the development of a trifold, Supporting My Female Students with Turner Syndrome. With this knowledge, K-12 general and special educators will be better prepared to support their female students with TS, thus ensuring those young women and girls will receive the appropriate education they are entitled to in the LRE.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Special Education
- Creator:
- Fang, Fang, Sun, Yi, and Leu, Jack
- Description:
- A video game publisher may release a game in a multi- and/or a single-player version. The major difference between these two versions is that, unlike its single player counterpart, a multiplayer game allows its players to cooperate and/or compete with other human players, thus bringing them additional fun from social interactions. This study examined the game publisher’s strategies on which version(s) of the game should be released and how their prices may be affected when different versions are available. We drew insights from psychology literature on why people play games and used three important factors to analyze players’ adoption of video games. Based on these factors, we built a two-dimensional Hotelling model to analyze product differentiation strategies for a game publisher and studied how a player might adopt appropriate game versions based on factors associated with their intrinsic characteristics. We then derived the optimal pricing strategies for a game publisher to target the intended group of players when she releases (i) only the single-player version, (ii) only the multiplayer version, or (iii) both versions. The profits for the three releasing strategies were then compared and the optimal strategies associated with different cost parameters were identified. Published in an open access journal.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2167-7115
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Management Information Systems