Browsing Education and Human Ecology Undergraduate Research Theses and Honors Research Theses by Issue Date

Evaluating Education: Analyzing Pre-Service Teachers’ Assessments in Light of Equity Pedagogy and Mathematical Practices

Britt, Olivia ( 2019-05 )

The purpose of this study was to assess pre-service teachers’ application of equity pedagogy and mathematical practices in their evaluation of children’s mathematical content knowledge and reasoning skills. This agenda is ...

"Shall I project a world?" Projections, Power, and Blindness in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49

Emmerson, Rachel ( 2019-05 )

In his novel, The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon creates a world for female protagonist Oedipa Maas to journey through in order to execute the will of her ex-lover, Pierce Inverarity. Many aspects of this world are ...

The Link Between Mindset, Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning, and Metacognitive Learning Strategies

Kachnowski, Katherine ( 2019-05 )

It has been suggested that students hold beliefs, both conscious and subconscious, about their ability to learn. One set of beliefs, implicit theories of intelligence, indicates student beliefs about their ability to learn. ...

Examination of differences in added sugar consumption and urinary sugar excretion between post-menopausal women with healthy weight and post-menopausal women with obesity

Joviak, Madelyn ( 2018-12 )

Accurate records of added sugar (AS) intake are difficult to keep. Valid and reliable biomarkers of added sugar consumption are needed to study its relationship to disease. This project is an examination of differences in ...

Adolescent Girls' Reactions to a Body-Image-Centered Young Adult Novel

Fuller, Hannah ( 2018-12 )

How our young readers react to the books they read can say a lot about the way that young adult literature is written for and about them. Amid societal expectations to be the ideal body type, young female readers find this ...

Concurrent Performance of Stroop and Single-Leg Balance Influences Postural Control Under a Dual-Task Paradigm

Jira, Kathryn ( 2018-12 )

Though clinical assessments incorporate single-task (ST) paradigms, daily activities integrate cognitive and motor tasks concurrently rather than independently. Therefore, dual-task (DT) paradigms may better reflect overall ...

Project Summer Weight Environmental Assessment Trial (SWEAT) - Healthy Eating Active Living Mapping Attributes using Participatory Photographic Surveys (HEAL MAPPS): A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Unhealthy Weight Gain during Summer Months in Underserved Children

Sharn, Amy ( 2018-05 )

Background: During the summer months, children from underserved homes are at risk for unhealthy weight gain. Little is known about the contributing food and physical activity environment factors. Objective: The objective ...

Project SWEAT: A Nutrition and Physical Activity Assessment of USDA Summer Food Service Program Sites in Urban, Low-Income Zip Codes

May, Leah ( 2018-05 )

Background: Childhood overweight and obesity persists, and the summer months are a window of risk for unhealthy child weight gain. Unfortunately, little is known about the food and physical activity [PA] environments to ...

Child's Gender, Father's Parenting and Emotion Regulation in School Aged Children

Dawson, Rachel ( 2018-05 )

Emotion regulation, the internal and external processes involved in initiating, maintaining and modulating the occurrence, intensity and expression of emotions, is vastly important for success in school and throughout life. ...

Maternal Emotion Socialization, Anxiety, and Child Temperament: Prospective Associations with Children’s Regulation of Anxiety

Inboden, Karis ( 2017-12 )

The ability to self-regulate one’s emotions is an important component in the development of anxiety symptoms and disorders during early childhood. Whereas it has been well established that certain parenting behaviors are ...

A Literature Review of the Association Between the Mediterranean Diet and Cancer: The Tale of Two Regions

McKinnon, Kelly ( 2017-05 )

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide after cardiovascular disease. Among women and men, breast and prostate cancers are respectively the most commonly ...

What Keeps Columbus Cooking? A Survey of Cooking Behavior

George, Courtney ( 2017-05 )

In the last thirty years, the U.S. has seen a rapid decline in home scratch cooking alongside a rise in chronic non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer; yet little research has been done to ...

A correlation analysis of game statistics and season results in Major League Soccer

Sinicariello, Ana ( 2017-05 )

The aim of this study was to analyze statistical data collected from all games (n = 340) in the 2016 Major League Soccer regular season and discover which statistics are correlated to total season points. Statistical data ...

Examining Maternal Responses to Children's Expression of Negative Emotion: Self-reported vs. Observed Responses, and the Impact of Maternal Depressive Symptoms

Haller, Kelly ( 2017-05 )

The relation between a mother’s self-reported and exhibited response to a child’s expression of a negative emotion was examined in the context of a pre-visit questionnaire completed by the mother and observation of a ...

Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Central Insulin Resistance

Sarac, Benjamin ( 2017-05 )

TBIs produce a wide-range of neurological issues including, but not limited to, subdural hematoma, cognitive deficits, and in extreme cases, death. Although many mechanisms and consequences of TBI are well studied, there ...

Saliva from healthy men and women after exposure to three amorphous black raspberry confections: an analysis of salivary kinetics and polyphenol profile in oral cancer prevention

Marks, Samantha ( 2017-05 )

According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 49,670 Americans will be diagnosed with oral cancer in the year 2016. Oropharyngeal cancer remains to be in the top ten most common cancer types and currently is the ...