Mindful Assessment in Support of Student Learning.

This article takes a critical look at inherited assessment practices, and explores alternative, more mindful approaches. Rather than just measure student performance levels at the end of a unit, educative assessment should provide information that can actually help improve student performance. Mindful assessment is an embodied, affective, and cognitive experience that undergirds and celebrates the entire learning process. We propose and provide examples of dialectical evaluative practices that invite students into, guide students through, and take students beyond learning in the classroom in ways that honor their agency as whole persons

Alien Registration- Bayers, Victor U. (Pittsfield, Somerset County)

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Neighborhood Rezonings and Historic Preservation In New York City

This thesis critically examines how historic preservation and heritage resources are considered in the process of large-scale neighborhood rezonings in New York City. In particular, this research addresses the ongoing city-led effort to identify and rezone fifteen neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs as part of Housing New York, an initiative that began in 2014 with the stated goal to create or preserve 300,000 units affordable housing within 10 years. Each of the rezonings began with an extensive neighborhood planning process that aimed to engage the community to achieve more equitable outcomes. While this approach is more constructive than the planning initiatives of the mid-twentieth century (such as urban renewal), the process is not fully accounting for the positive impacts historic preservation can have within the communities it seeks to improve. In neighborhoods that expressed concerns over the loss of important cultural resources, few formal measures were put in place to protect them. In East New York, Brooklyn, where a zoning amendment was approved in 2016, only one property was designated as a landmark as a result of the rezoning process, despite community assertions that the area contained dozens of potentially-eligible historic resources. The Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Inwood fared similarly when they were rezoned in 2017 and 2018. This thesis examines the first five neighborhoods rezoned under Housing New York to both document and better understand the process by which these rezonings are undertaken. Interviews with key stakeholders, including city officials and local preservationists provided insight regarding preservation concerns that existed in the neighborhood prior to the rezoning, whether and how those concerns were addressed, and what outcomes were for the community. The purpose of this thesis is to draw attention to a gap in the process and make recommendations for change that are more inclusive of heritage resources

The effects of sleep disturbance, race, sex, and age on Hoehn Yahr scores in Parkinson's disease patients: a cross-sectional study

The objective of this study was to determine the effects race, sex and sleep disturbance have on the severity of Parkinson’s disease as assessed by the Hoehn Yahr (HY) score in both the medicated (ON) and non-medicated (OFF) states. The potentially confounding variables of age, time in years from the onset of symptoms to database entry, and education were taken into account. Secondary analysis was also conducted to determine how the non-motor symptoms of dementia, hallucinations and autonomic dysfunction impacted Hoehn Yahr ON and OFF scores. This study used the statistical techniques of the Student’s t-test, ANOVA, Tukey-Kramer test, univariate linear regression, and multivariate regression. The t-tests and ANOVA test revealed that there was no significant differences in mean HY ON and OFF scores between the sexes, patients with and without sleep disturbance, and between the different races analyzed in this study. Patients with and without sleep disturbance did show significantly higher HY ON scores as compared to HY OFF scores, which is peculiar as this finding suggests that these patients are not responding to their medication. The univariate linear regression models did show, however, that time in years from the onset of symptoms to database entry did significantly impact both HY ON and OFF scores, whereas age is only shown to have a significant impact on HY OFF scores. Additionally, the univariate linear regression model analyzing the association between education and HY OFF scores showed that having some high school education, but not receiving a degree, was associated with an increase in HY OFF scores. Several multivariate linear regression models where built to assess the impact different predictor variables had on HY ON and HY OFF scores. The first two multivariate models used the predictor variables of age, race, and time in years from the onset of symptoms until database entry. These models showed that only time in years from the onset of symptoms until database entry impacted HY ON scores, whereas all three of these predictor variables impacted HY OFF scores. Two additional multivariate linear regression models were built to assess how age, race, time in years from the onset of symptoms until database entry, dementia, autonomic dysfunction and hallucinations all impacted HY ON and OFF scores. These models revealed that all of these predictors, when taken together, significantly impacted HY OFF scores, but not HY ON scores. Finally a scatter plot was made comparing HY ON and HY OFF scores. A LOWESS scatter plot smooth line was also superimposed on top of this plot to show the overall trend these scores had on one another. This scatter plot was interesting because it suggested that there were two spate groups of patients contained in this database, those that responded well to medication and those that did not. Overall, this study showed that age, time in years from the onset of symptoms until database entry, education and race impacted HY OFF scores. Furthermore, the analysis indicated that patients who were asked about sleep disturbance did not appear to be responding to medication. There are several limitations to this study, however, with the most important being missing data and the cross-sectional design. Missing data prevented sleep disturbance from being thoroughly analyzed and the cross-sectional design does not allow for any causal relationships to be determined

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Mindful Assessment in Support of Student Learning

This article takes a critical look at inherited assessment practices, and explores alternative, more mindful approaches. Rather than just measure student performance levels at the end of a unit, educative assessment should provide information that can actually help improve student performance. Mindful assessment is an embodied, affective, and cognitive experience that undergirds and celebrates the entire learning process. We propose and provide examples of dialectical evaluative practices that invite students into, guide students through, and take students beyond learning in the classroom in ways that honor their agency as whole persons

Student shaming and the need for academic empathy

This article is part of a series that questions and attempts to clarify the overall goal of public education. Responses to this call investigate how the nature and intentions of higher ed have changed over time. The discussion is ongoing — see all articles in this series or the original call for papers that prompted them and consider adding your voice to the conversation. See the original article online at the Hybrid Pedagogy website by following this link - Student Shaming and the Need for Academic Empath