Public Confidence in the Judiciary: Some Notes and Reflections

Persons with intellectual disability have been found to perform more poorly on tasks, demanding the use of executive functions like planning, than their peers. This study investigated difficulties with planning, and how problems with planning ability can be supported by using cognitive artifacts to help performance on activities in everyday life, for adolescents with intellectual disability. The approach taken is one of situated cognition, where the natural environment plays a big role, to see if the same difficulties arise as results from traditional research has shown. The traditional view focuses a lot on executive functions, and experimental studies in controlled settings and often suggests interventions and practice of certain functions to get better abilities. Another way is to focus on the use of cognitive artifact, to support problematic abilities, and to get a well-rounded understanding of how the problems actually appear in everyday life, the alternative view of situated cognition is a way to go. The data was gathered through interviews and surveys with the individual’s parents and analyzed through categorization and a repeated measures ANOVA, with a bonferroni corrected post hoc test. Results show several problematic areas, and that there is a difference in how problematic these areas are estimated to be when it comes to planning in everyday situations. It is discussed how the natural contexts helps knowing what planning really means for the group, as well as how it can help finding properties in cognitive artifacts that can help raise the level of independence in planning related tasks

All My Sons

Like his Death of a Salesman, Miller\u27s All My Sons deals with failure and tragedy within a family. It was presented by the John Carroll University Little Theatre Society in January of 1951.https://collected.jcu.edu/plays/1117/thumbnail.jp

The Emerging Law of the Internet

The consequences of living in a totally global environment have been given new meaning with the Internet. Any piece of information about anyone of us can move anywhere in the world in two seconds. … It [the Internet] can only be dealt with on an international basis. Today’s students will become the regulators of cyberspace tomorrow

The Crucible

Arthur Miller\u27s classic about the Salem witchcraft trials was performed at John Carroll University in March of 1991.https://collected.jcu.edu/plays/1046/thumbnail.jp