A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Teacher Mindset, Student Mindset, and Student Achievement in Reading among K-8 Students

Educators face a challenge, specifically related to the development of non-cognitive skills, mindset, and student achievement. Currently, the focus of educators is on academic skills; however, research shows that non-cognitive skills, including mindset, can account for 75% of a student’s achievement (Peterson, 2018). Social cognitive theory and mindset theory suggest that mindset affects educators and learners at all levels. The purpose of this non-experimental, correlational design study is to examine the relationship between non-cognitive factors, teacher mindset, student mindset, and student achievement in reading. The population is 351 students and 27 faculty members. This study utilizes a non-experimental, correlational design approach, as there will be no manipulation of any of the variables. The measured and analyzed variables are non-cognitive factors, teacher classroom behaviors, teacher mindset, student mindset, and student achievement in reading. Several previously developed research surveys were adapted to create the Student Survey to measure student mindset and the faculty Survey to measure teacher mindset. Using correlation and regression analysis, the current study found no significant relationship between student mindset and student achievement; however, an association seemed to be present between teacher mindset and student mindset. The study also found a relationship between teacher motivation and mindset as well as between the teacher classroom behavior of questioning and teacher mindset. Teachers must be aware of their mindset, and the effect it has on students and the learning environment

Federal stimulus funds under the ARRA did not protect state student financial aid, further eroding higher education affordability

Recent years have seen large increases in the cost of a college degree, with higher education institutions becoming more reliant on tuition fees rather than state funding. Part of 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had the aim of incentivizing states to spend more on higher education and to improve college affordability. Using a dataset spanning nine years and 50 states, Jennifer A. Delaney takes a close look at the policy’s effects. She finds that while states did not cut their appropriations for higher education, they do appear to have reduced student aid — a category of spending not specified in the legislation. She argues that if college is to remain affordable, future federal matching fund programs need to consider all types of state spending on higher education

State Merit-based Aid and Enrolling in Graduate Study:Evidence From the Scholarship

Using a logistic regression approach, this study shows an approximately forty percent increase in the probability that students would attend graduate school if their KEES award amount increased from zero to the maximum award amount. This finding has important implications for policymakers in Kentucky and other states

Improving Communication Between Assessment and Maintenance Departments

Our team worked with the Siemens warehouse located in Suwanee, Georgia. There are many different areas in this warehouse, so we chose to focus our attention in the maintenance and assessment departments. After observing the daily operations that occur between these two departments, we realized that there was not a communication medium set up between the two departments in order for the employees to communicate virtually. In order to communicate, the employees had to walk back and forth between the two departments and communicate any information face to face. We realized that this is an outdated system, and there must have been a better way to make this process run more smoothly. We conducted a time study in order to get data regarding how much time is taken by employees walking between the two departments. We took this data and put it into Arena Simulation Software and concluded that 42 hours per person per year were wasted on walking between the two departments in order to communicate. This is a lot of time wasted on a non-value-added activity. After doing some research, we were able to come up with eight possible solutions that the Siemens warehouse could implement in order to ease communication between the assessment and maintenance departments. The eight possible solutions included: ● Warehouse Management System ● Barcode Scanner ● Microsoft Excel shared spreadsheet ● Microsoft Access Program ● Communication Board ● Intercom ● Walkie Talkies ● SQL In order to narrow down our list to one solution that we could create and implement in the warehouse, we conducted several different analyses to find the solution that would fit best. Some analyses we performed included an Impact Effort Analysis, Five Whys, and Root Cause Analysis. We also included the costs associated with each solution. After analyzing each solution and conducting research, we concluded that the best solution for the Siemens warehouse would be a Microsoft Access Program. We were able to create a Microsoft Access program that is unique and accommodates the issues that are faced between the two departments regarding communication. The Siemens warehouse we worked with already has tablets that the employees use that includes Microsoft access, so this solution was not difficult or expensive to implement. However, if those were not the circumstances, it would cost $200 per hour for a Microsoft Access program to be created and implemented in the warehouse. After creating the program, we ran another simulation while having the Microsoft access program in place. By implementing the program, we were able to reduce the time wasted from the non-value added activity of walking between departments by 57.14%. With this time saved, the employees in the assessment and maintenance departments could focus their attention on more important activities that take place in the warehouse

Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) and Father Support Interact to Predict Depressive Symptoms Postpartum

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a debilitating mental illness affecting approximately 13% of mothers after birth. Both genetic and psychosocial factors contribute to PPD risk, but very little is known about how these factors interact. We tested whether the rs53576 polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene accounts for variation in the impact of low social support as a risk factor for depression among mothers during the perinatal period. New mothers (N = 220) provided saliva or blood DNA samples and completed surveys assessing PPD symptoms and perceived social support. In a significant interaction, social support from the baby’s father predicted PPD symptoms to a greater extent among mothers with the GG compared to AG and AA genotypes. These results add to converging evidence that variation in OXTR rs53576 moderates the impact of the social environment on PPD

Mount Carmel Area Community Center: Plan of Action

The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive Plan of Action for the Mount Carmel Area Community Center Board of Directors. This plan is designed as a strategic plan, grant application, and general information manual hybrid for the Center. As the Board finalizes the closing on the Phillips Mansion, the new Center’s home, it will be necessary for MCACC to take action in four major areas: building facilities, grant and funding opportunities, creation of partnerships, and potential programming. Also attached is a copy of the powerpoint slides from a presentation made to MCACC in December 2020 outlining key points of the report. This project took place through Bucknell University\u27s Managing for Sustainability (MSUS) 400 course, “Management Consulting” which provides students with the opportunity to serve as external consultants for local nonprofit clients. The course was taught by Prof. Eric Martin

Assessing and Manipulating The Illusion of Control of Video Poker Players

The present investigation explored the presence of illusory control in recreation-al video poker players. Using a multi-monitor computer which allowed for two different types of games to be presented concurrently, one on each monitor, players were allowed to freely choose which game they wished to play. One option allowed for the player to select the cards they wished to hold and discard, while the other option was designed such that the computer automatically se-lected the most probabilistically optimal sequence of cards to hold and discard. In the first experiment, two groups of ten participants were exposed to one of two rules (accurate or inaccurate) regarding the chances of winning. No differ-ences in response allocations between the games were found. In the second experiment, thirteen participants were sequentially exposed to a non-rule base-line followed by an inaccurate and subsequently accurate rule. Twelve of the thirteen players preferred the self-selecting game, and following the introduction of an experimenter given rule that was designed to strengthen the illusion (i.e., that the self-selecting option was better), most players increased their preference for this option. However, following the introduction of an experimenter given rule that attempted to weaken the illusion, only about half the participants fol-lowed that rule and reduced playing the self-selecting option. Variability across participants was able to be explained by examining each player’s verbal talk which was emitted overtly throughout the duration of the experiment. Implica-tions for understanding the illusion of control and the verbal behavior of gam-blers are presented