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Christian Higher Education, 2024
Perceived failure in academic performance can lead to differing out- comes for students. Dependin... more Perceived failure in academic performance can lead to differing out-
comes for students. Depending on the coping strategies that they
choose, students may improve or worsen their performance. This
study examined the relationship between affective components and
coping strategies in college students’ responses to perceived aca-
demic failure and their subsequent academic performance. Data was
collected from 122 undergraduate students in 200-level micro and
macroeconomics classes at a four-year Christian university in Texas.
Participants completed a battery of questionnaires, including the
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) to measure positive
and negative affect in response to their first exam grade and the Brief
COPE Inventory to determine the strategies that participants used to
cope with their perceptions of failure on their exam. The results
showed that maladaptive coping strategies mediated the relationship
between post-test negative affect and subsequent improvement in
standardized test scores. This article serves as a call to Christian insti-
tutions of higher education to consider how to best support students
in developing effective coping strategies when faced with failure.
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Aug 2, 2022
In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Serv... more In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Services created a task force to explore opportunities for an integrated program of interprofessional education through both curriculum and experiential learning. In the fall of 2019, the program was launched with a shared case study assignment and simulation across 13 courses from all five departments within the college and the School of Nursing, allowing students to develop important interdisciplinary practice skills. Over 400 students were involved in the experiential learning activity across two years. In the spring of 2020, the program launched three interdisciplinary courses, focused on developing interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in the areas of ethics, vocation, and practice skills through further simulation. In this chapter, the authors will describe the development, implementation, and outcomes of this innovative curriculum, along with the challenges and benefits of implementing an innovative curriculum across a college. Challenges discussed will include consideration of traditional higher education structures and the need for flexibility and adjustment to allow for innovation.
It's night; a boy bikes alone on a dark, empty forest road, the only sounds those of his bike whe... more It's night; a boy bikes alone on a dark, empty forest road, the only sounds those of his bike wheels whirring, the cicadas singing, and the gentle breeze. He passes a large metal fence with a warning sign that reads, "RESTRICTED AREA. NO TRESPASSING. U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY." Suddenly, the boy notices strange electricity in the air; the headlamp on his bike flickers off and on. When he looks up, a tall figure looms in the middle of the road. Shocked, the boy loses control of the bike, veering off the road and down a hill and faceplanting in the dirt. From behind him, he hears strange, guttural sounds. Something is coming. He runs. Students often feel much like Will does in this moment from the pilot of the Netflix series Stranger Things (Duffer Brothers, 2016). They're going about their business of learning, they approach something new, and bam, they become terrified. They wait there for a moment, and if their teachers don't support them, they may runaway from new knowledge, away from the challenge of learning. As teachers we need to ask ourselves, "What is the figure that looms in the road of our students' learning? And why are they afraid of it?"
Young adults, teens and tweens are highly engaged with social media. They use it to construct and... more Young adults, teens and tweens are highly engaged with social media. They use it to construct and share their own identity while navigating social relationships. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities social media presents, and strategies for helping young people navigate its use in a healthy, spiritually formative manner
Gifted Child Today, Jul 1, 2010
IGI Global eBooks, 2022
Clinical education is the center of professional preparation in healthcare fields, linking theore... more Clinical education is the center of professional preparation in healthcare fields, linking theoretical knowledge with clinical practice in the minds and behaviors of student clinicians. Clinical education, supervised by educators who are licensed professionals, is essential in the process of creating new professionals. What does a professional training program do about clinical education when the world shuts down? This chapter addresses the context of a private, not for profit university's response to the COVID-19 public healthcare crisis in spring of 2019 and the process by which a graduate training program in speech-language pathology re-organized, and re-visioned, clinical education in that context. The process allowed an upper cohort of students to graduate successfully and on time, engaged a lower cohort of brand-new clinicians in meaningful clinical learning, and taught the program new lessons about what is important in designing clinical education.
The international journal of interdisciplinary social sciences, 2011
... Jonas Brothers. Each of these two Disney-promoted musical acts has had its own television ser... more ... Jonas Brothers. Each of these two Disney-promoted musical acts has had its own television series and multiple hit songs, and Cyrus and Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, are the same age. This study ...
Routledge eBooks, Jun 23, 2023
Lecture given Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Chil... more Lecture given Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Children's ideas concerning sex and sexuality develop gradually and are influenced by their environment. Are Christians comfortable with the images media and culture provide? How does our spiritual community protect children and provide healthy context to support parents? Come and learn how to counterbalance the impacts of popular culture."
Psychology of Women Quarterly, Aug 7, 2014
Sexuality and Culture, May 18, 2017
Media content analyses indicate that gender-based differences in sexuality are common and consist... more Media content analyses indicate that gender-based differences in sexuality are common and consistent with gender stereotypes. Specifically, women are expected to focus on love and romantic relationships and have sexually objectified bodies, while men are expected to focus on sexual behavior. Although decades of research have documented the presence of these stereotypes in a broad variety of visual media, much less is known about the content of popular music lyrics. Relying on a database of 1250 songs across five decades (the top 50 songs from evennumbered years from 1960 through 2008), we documented the presence or absence of a dating relationship, the word ''love'' (and its uses), sexual activity, and sexual objectification of females and males (separately). Analyses revealed that the vast majority of songs addressed at least one of these themes, primarily dating relationships. Although female performers were proportionally more likely to address romantic relationships than male performers, raw counts reversed this pattern because male performers substantially outnumbered female performers. Males were proportionally more likely to sing about sexual behavior and to objectify both females and males. References to romantic relationships became less common over time, while references to sexual behavior and objectified bodies became more common. Content varied across genres, with rap being the least likely to reference dating and most likely to reference sexual behavior. Implications for sexual development are discussed.
Computers & education, Apr 1, 2017
Mobile devices and collaborative learning environments are common tools in education but not all ... more Mobile devices and collaborative learning environments are common tools in education but not all collaborative learning is structured the same. This study evaluated student learning in three different collaborative learning environments, both with and without mobile technology, to assess students' engagement, critical thinking, and attitudes toward collaborative learning. The results indicate that mobile technology is associated with positive student perceptions of collaborative learning but with increased disengagement by students during class. In addition, the level of students' critical thinking was more closely associated with the tools used to construct written responses than with the collaborative learning environment style. Students constructing paragraph responses on a mobile device demonstrated significantly less critical thinking than those who used a computer keyboard or wrote responses by hand.
Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Childre... more Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Children's ideas concerning sex and sexuality develop gradually and are influenced by their environment. Are Christians comfortable with the images media and culture provide? How does our spiritual community protect our children and provide a healthy context to support parents in raising healthy children?"
Operation Transformation is a call to gather and form a community that refuses to conform to the ... more Operation Transformation is a call to gather and form a community that refuses to conform to the sexualized values presented by the media. As voices of transformation, we seek to change the world and teach our children and adolescents to do the same
Intelligent Environments (Workshops), 2015
For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple ... more For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple formats of expression in completing assignments. We call these kind of open-ended assignments “free-range assignments”. To design free-range assignments, professors should provide freedom, resources, expectations, examples, reflection, articulation, networks, guidance and evaluation. Professors may also want to consider using technology tools to facilitate the design of such assignments.
Diversity Matters, Aug 8, 2017
Christian Higher Education, 2024
Perceived failure in academic performance can lead to differing out- comes for students. Dependin... more Perceived failure in academic performance can lead to differing out-
comes for students. Depending on the coping strategies that they
choose, students may improve or worsen their performance. This
study examined the relationship between affective components and
coping strategies in college students’ responses to perceived aca-
demic failure and their subsequent academic performance. Data was
collected from 122 undergraduate students in 200-level micro and
macroeconomics classes at a four-year Christian university in Texas.
Participants completed a battery of questionnaires, including the
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) to measure positive
and negative affect in response to their first exam grade and the Brief
COPE Inventory to determine the strategies that participants used to
cope with their perceptions of failure on their exam. The results
showed that maladaptive coping strategies mediated the relationship
between post-test negative affect and subsequent improvement in
standardized test scores. This article serves as a call to Christian insti-
tutions of higher education to consider how to best support students
in developing effective coping strategies when faced with failure.
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Aug 2, 2022
In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Serv... more In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Services created a task force to explore opportunities for an integrated program of interprofessional education through both curriculum and experiential learning. In the fall of 2019, the program was launched with a shared case study assignment and simulation across 13 courses from all five departments within the college and the School of Nursing, allowing students to develop important interdisciplinary practice skills. Over 400 students were involved in the experiential learning activity across two years. In the spring of 2020, the program launched three interdisciplinary courses, focused on developing interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in the areas of ethics, vocation, and practice skills through further simulation. In this chapter, the authors will describe the development, implementation, and outcomes of this innovative curriculum, along with the challenges and benefits of implementing an innovative curriculum across a college. Challenges discussed will include consideration of traditional higher education structures and the need for flexibility and adjustment to allow for innovation.
It's night; a boy bikes alone on a dark, empty forest road, the only sounds those of his bike whe... more It's night; a boy bikes alone on a dark, empty forest road, the only sounds those of his bike wheels whirring, the cicadas singing, and the gentle breeze. He passes a large metal fence with a warning sign that reads, "RESTRICTED AREA. NO TRESPASSING. U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY." Suddenly, the boy notices strange electricity in the air; the headlamp on his bike flickers off and on. When he looks up, a tall figure looms in the middle of the road. Shocked, the boy loses control of the bike, veering off the road and down a hill and faceplanting in the dirt. From behind him, he hears strange, guttural sounds. Something is coming. He runs. Students often feel much like Will does in this moment from the pilot of the Netflix series Stranger Things (Duffer Brothers, 2016). They're going about their business of learning, they approach something new, and bam, they become terrified. They wait there for a moment, and if their teachers don't support them, they may runaway from new knowledge, away from the challenge of learning. As teachers we need to ask ourselves, "What is the figure that looms in the road of our students' learning? And why are they afraid of it?"
Young adults, teens and tweens are highly engaged with social media. They use it to construct and... more Young adults, teens and tweens are highly engaged with social media. They use it to construct and share their own identity while navigating social relationships. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities social media presents, and strategies for helping young people navigate its use in a healthy, spiritually formative manner
Gifted Child Today, Jul 1, 2010
IGI Global eBooks, 2022
Clinical education is the center of professional preparation in healthcare fields, linking theore... more Clinical education is the center of professional preparation in healthcare fields, linking theoretical knowledge with clinical practice in the minds and behaviors of student clinicians. Clinical education, supervised by educators who are licensed professionals, is essential in the process of creating new professionals. What does a professional training program do about clinical education when the world shuts down? This chapter addresses the context of a private, not for profit university's response to the COVID-19 public healthcare crisis in spring of 2019 and the process by which a graduate training program in speech-language pathology re-organized, and re-visioned, clinical education in that context. The process allowed an upper cohort of students to graduate successfully and on time, engaged a lower cohort of brand-new clinicians in meaningful clinical learning, and taught the program new lessons about what is important in designing clinical education.
The international journal of interdisciplinary social sciences, 2011
... Jonas Brothers. Each of these two Disney-promoted musical acts has had its own television ser... more ... Jonas Brothers. Each of these two Disney-promoted musical acts has had its own television series and multiple hit songs, and Cyrus and Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, are the same age. This study ...
Routledge eBooks, Jun 23, 2023
Lecture given Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Chil... more Lecture given Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Children's ideas concerning sex and sexuality develop gradually and are influenced by their environment. Are Christians comfortable with the images media and culture provide? How does our spiritual community protect children and provide healthy context to support parents? Come and learn how to counterbalance the impacts of popular culture."
Psychology of Women Quarterly, Aug 7, 2014
Sexuality and Culture, May 18, 2017
Media content analyses indicate that gender-based differences in sexuality are common and consist... more Media content analyses indicate that gender-based differences in sexuality are common and consistent with gender stereotypes. Specifically, women are expected to focus on love and romantic relationships and have sexually objectified bodies, while men are expected to focus on sexual behavior. Although decades of research have documented the presence of these stereotypes in a broad variety of visual media, much less is known about the content of popular music lyrics. Relying on a database of 1250 songs across five decades (the top 50 songs from evennumbered years from 1960 through 2008), we documented the presence or absence of a dating relationship, the word ''love'' (and its uses), sexual activity, and sexual objectification of females and males (separately). Analyses revealed that the vast majority of songs addressed at least one of these themes, primarily dating relationships. Although female performers were proportionally more likely to address romantic relationships than male performers, raw counts reversed this pattern because male performers substantially outnumbered female performers. Males were proportionally more likely to sing about sexual behavior and to objectify both females and males. References to romantic relationships became less common over time, while references to sexual behavior and objectified bodies became more common. Content varied across genres, with rap being the least likely to reference dating and most likely to reference sexual behavior. Implications for sexual development are discussed.
Computers & education, Apr 1, 2017
Mobile devices and collaborative learning environments are common tools in education but not all ... more Mobile devices and collaborative learning environments are common tools in education but not all collaborative learning is structured the same. This study evaluated student learning in three different collaborative learning environments, both with and without mobile technology, to assess students' engagement, critical thinking, and attitudes toward collaborative learning. The results indicate that mobile technology is associated with positive student perceptions of collaborative learning but with increased disengagement by students during class. In addition, the level of students' critical thinking was more closely associated with the tools used to construct written responses than with the collaborative learning environment style. Students constructing paragraph responses on a mobile device demonstrated significantly less critical thinking than those who used a computer keyboard or wrote responses by hand.
Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Childre... more Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Children's ideas concerning sex and sexuality develop gradually and are influenced by their environment. Are Christians comfortable with the images media and culture provide? How does our spiritual community protect our children and provide a healthy context to support parents in raising healthy children?"
Operation Transformation is a call to gather and form a community that refuses to conform to the ... more Operation Transformation is a call to gather and form a community that refuses to conform to the sexualized values presented by the media. As voices of transformation, we seek to change the world and teach our children and adolescents to do the same
Intelligent Environments (Workshops), 2015
For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple ... more For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple formats of expression in completing assignments. We call these kind of open-ended assignments “free-range assignments”. To design free-range assignments, professors should provide freedom, resources, expectations, examples, reflection, articulation, networks, guidance and evaluation. Professors may also want to consider using technology tools to facilitate the design of such assignments.
Diversity Matters, Aug 8, 2017
ICT and Innovation in Teaching Learning Methods in Higher Education, 2022
In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Services cre... more In the spring of 2018, Abilene Christian University's College of Education and Human Services created a task force to explore opportunities for an integrated program of interprofessional education through both curriculum and experiential learning. In the fall of 2019, the program was launched with a shared case study assignment and simulation across 13 courses from all five departments within the college and the School of Nursing, allowing students to develop important interdisciplinary practice skills. Over 400 students were involved in the experiential learning activity across two years. In the spring of 2020, the program launched three interdisciplinary courses, focused on developing interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in the areas of ethics, vocation, and practice skills through further simulation. In this chapter, the authors will describe the development, implementation, and outcomes of this innovative curriculum, along with the challenges and benefits of implementing an innovative curriculum across a college. Challenges discussed will include consideration of traditional higher education structures and the need for flexibility and adjustment to allow for innovation.
Improving Classroom Engagement and International Development Programs: International Perspectives on Humanizing Higher Education Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, 2020
At Abilene Christian University, a variety of programs and training sessions in our Center for Te... more At Abilene Christian University, a variety of programs and training sessions in our Center for Teaching and Learning encourage faculty to reconsider academic conventions of pedagogy, to step out of the traditional sage on the stage model and connect with students through practices of hospitality and vulnerability. To truly engage in deep learning, risk is required on the part of both faculty and students, and these practices promote a decentered power structure within the classroom that allows authentic connection with the material and one another. Creating a student-centered classroom space that allows for respectful dialogue about challenging topics is one way to make our classrooms' places of respect and collaboration, where all voices are an essential part of learning. In this chapter, the authors explore the literature on the benefits of practices of hospitality and vulnerability, share information about some well-established faculty development series that aid faculty in creating classroom environments that promote the practice of hospitality and vulnerability, and provide specific strategies for creating this type of environment. Authors share a variety of resources that readers can use to promote practices of hospitality and vulnerability in their own classrooms.
Cultural Studies of LEGO: More than Just Bricks, 2019
In G.D. Wright (Ed.) The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School through Tenure, Syracuse, NY: ... more In G.D. Wright (Ed.) The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School through Tenure, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple ... more For classes with students from diverse disciplines, professors should consider allowing multiple formats of expression in completing assignments. We call these kind of open-ended assignments “free-range assignments”. To design free-range assignments, professors should provide freedom, resources, expectations, examples, reflection, articulation, networks, guidance and evaluation. Professors may also want to consider using technology tools to facilitate the design of such assignments.
A recent President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report predicts a shortfall of... more A recent President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report predicts a shortfall of 1 million college graduates in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in the United States over the next several years (2012). Recommendations to address this include diversifying the STEM workforce, which is plagued by a lack of gender diversity (Hill, Corbett, & St. Rose, 2010). UniversitySchool partnerships are crucial in developing a pipeline that moves interested primary and secondary students (aged 5-18) into majoring and eventually working in STEM fields. The lower involvement of women in STEM fields is multi-factorial and affects all communities, including Abilene, Texas. Abilene Independent School District’s STEM high school, the Academy for Technology, Engineering, and Science (ATEMS) consistently has a female student population at or below 35%. A local university, Abilene Christian University (ACU), has struggled to increase female undergraduate students in STEM fields. Creating a UniversitySchool partnership between ACU and ATEMS aided in building a STEM pipeline for girls in the Abilene community. In this chapter, we describe this collaboration between ACU and ATEMS and highlight the key features that led to success of the collaboration.
This provocative book takes a look at children's consumption of sexualized media messages while p... more This provocative book takes a look at children's consumption of sexualized media messages while providing parents, teachers, and professionals with strategies for abating their influence.
In this eye-opening book, experienced child psychologist Jennifer W. Shewmaker contends that the manner in which a child is raised influences how they respond to media messages, particularly those shaded by sexual overtones. This text takes a hard look at the impact of advertisements, products, and entertainment on a child's psyche and offers strategies for helping kids become critical, active media consumers.
Drawing from research in a wide variety of disciplines, this book explores the interpersonal factors within children's lives that impact how they learn to process sexualized media messages. The book argues that an increase in marketing to children along with media-based fabrications of beauty, masculinity, and femininity impact the confidence and character of young children who are often greatly affected by what they see and hear. The author shares invaluable tips for promoting strengths in children and adolescents of both genders and presents the protective influence of communities to help children dismiss distorted media images.