Through the Eyes of the Mentor: Understanding the Adolescent Developing Reader

While some teacher candidates may believe reading instruction is the responsibility of English teachers, providing teacher candidates across all content areas with opportunities to develop skills working with developing readers may impact this misconception. Since some teacher candidates have limited experience, confidence, and/or reading strategies to instruct developing readers, this study examines the individual experiences of reading mentors at a midwestern university and the effect of their experience on developing readers. This mentoring experience revealed an impact both for the teacher candidates and developing readers. This opportunity proved to be rewarding while providing a glimpse of the reality of working with developing readers in teacher candidates’ future classrooms

Through the Eyes of the Mentor: Understanding the Adolescent Developing Reader

While some teacher candidates may believe reading instruction is the responsibility of English teachers, providing teacher candidates across all content areas with opportunities to develop skills working with developing readers may impact this misconception. Since some teacher candidates have limited experience, confidence, and/or reading strategies to instruct developing readers, this study examines the individual experiences of reading mentors at a midwestern university and the effect of their experience on developing readers. This mentoring experience revealed an impact both for the teacher candidates and developing readers. This opportunity proved to be rewarding while providing a glimpse of the reality of working with developing readers in teacher candidates’ future classrooms

Learning with Music: Early Childhood Program Associated with Advantage in Self-Regulation

Purpose School success depends on the ability to regulate emotions, behavior, and attention in the service of learning. This study examines the impact of MacPhail’s Learning with Music Program on the development of self-regulatory skills for young children at risk via economic hardship. Design In Learning with Music, MacPhail music teachers visit partner preschool classrooms and model music integration for early childhood educators. We used a two-year, quasi-experimental waitlist control design to examine the impact of Learning with Music on children’s development of self-regulatory skills. In Year 1, both participating preschool programs received their preschool programming as usual, and in Year 2, both participating preschool programs additionally received Learning with Music. Method Ethical standards were followed, and all procedures were approved by the appropriate institutional review boards. The study included 234 preschool children, 104 of whom received Learning with Music and 130 of whom did not. All children were from families facing economic hardship, with income-to-needs ratios less than 2X the federal poverty threshold. Measures included a parent demographic interview and standardized child assessments of the inhibitory control aspect of self-regulation completed at the start, middle, and end of the year. Results Analyses involved latent growth curve modeling to examine initial status and growth in child inhibitory control as a function of receipt of the music program. Learning with Music was associated with greater growth in inhibitory control. The study highlights opportunities for using music to ameliorate negative effects of poverty and promote self-regulatory skill development for young children

Immunometabolic Regulations Mediated by Coinhibitory Receptors and Their Impact on T Cell Immune Responses

Host immunity provides wide spectrum protection that serves to eradicate pathogens and cancer cells, while maintaining self-tolerance and immunological homeostasis. Ligation of the T cell receptor (TCR) by antigen activates signaling pathways that coordinately induce aerobic glycolysis, mitochondrial activity, anabolic metabolism, and T effector cell differentiation. Activation of PI3K, Akt, and mTOR triggers the switch to anabolic metabolism by inducing transcription factors such as Myc and HIF1, and the glucose transporter Glut1, which is pivotal for the increase of glucose uptake after T cell activation. Activation of MAPK signaling is required for glucose and glutamine utilization, whereas activation of AMPK is critical for energy balance and metabolic fitness of T effector and memory cells. Coinhibitory receptors target TCR-proximal signaling and generation of second messengers. Imbalanced activation of such signaling pathways leads to diminished rates of aerobic glycolysis and impaired mitochondrial function resulting in defective anabolic metabolism and altered T cell differentiation. The coinhibitory receptors mediate distinct and synergistic effects on the activation of signaling pathways thereby modifying metabolic programs of activated T cells and resulting in altered immune functions. Understanding and therapeutic targeting of metabolic programs impacted by coinhibitory receptors might have significant clinical implications for the treatment of chronic infections, cancer, and autoimmune diseases

The Grizzly, November 15, 2012

Website Sparks Campus Controversy • New Sculptures Share Connections with CIE Text • Underclassmen to Register on New Electronic System • Sandy Victims Still Need Aid • UCDC Fall Preview • Dr. Romano\u27s Book • Radio City Christmas Spectacular • Commuters at UC • Opinion: Disputed Website Shows Ursinus\u27 True Colors; It\u27s Becoming More Popular to Follow Celebrities\u27 Lives • Rough Time to be a Philadelphia Fan • Women\u27s Basketball Looks to Youth for Victories • Men\u27s Basketball Looks to Reboundhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1870/thumbnail.jp

A Simple Likelihood Method for Quasar Target Selection

We present a new method for quasar target selection using photometric fluxes and a Bayesian probabilistic approach. For our purposes we target quasars using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry to a magnitude limit of g=22. The efficiency and completeness of this technique is measured using the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) data, taken in 2010. This technique was used for the uniformly selected (CORE) sample of targets in BOSS year one spectroscopy to be realized in the 9th SDSS data release. When targeting at a density of 40 objects per sq-deg (the BOSS quasar targeting density) the efficiency of this technique in recovering z>2.2 quasars is 40%. The completeness compared to all quasars identified in BOSS data is 65%. This paper also describes possible extensions and improvements for this techniqueComment: Updated to accepted version for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. 10 pages, 10 figures, 3 table

The Grizzly, March 21, 2013

Remembering Rachel Blunt • Mental Health Resources • Diversity Committee • Ball at the Bellevue Offers Fun for All • Mock Energy Bills Sent Out • UC Students Prepare for Spring Performance • Accessibility Workshop for Disabled Museum Goers • Opinion: New President Promises Improvement; Tomb Raider Separates Itself from the Competition • Men\u27s Lacrosse Hot Entering CC Play • Women\u27s Lacrosse Looks to Build Off Spring Trip • Gymnastics Team Heads to Nationalshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1878/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, January 31, 2013

Admissions Updates • Professor to Give Blackface Talk • Senior Gift Committee Seeks Annual Fund Donations • Lower Lunch Schedule Changes • UC Sustainability • Students Make Alternate Majors • UC Welcomes Beaman • Study Abroad Tips and Advice for UC Students • Opinion: Take Advantage of the Study Abroad Program; Students Should be Better Informed About Parking • Wrestling Pushes Forward for Success • Lofty Goals Set for UC Gymnasticshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1873/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, October 11, 2012

Students Debate Alcohol Rules • UC Conservatives Feel Outnumbered • UC Celebrates LGBT History • Art, Music Festival • Literary Society Welcomes Student Writers • No Bells Ever Resided in Bomberger Bell Tower • R.D. Brooks Karns is a 2nd Lt. in the National Guard • UCTV Returns to Campus After 3-Year Absence • Opinion: We Must Inform Ourselves on Syria; Romney, a Stronger Candidate After Debate • UC Athletics Struggle Throughout Week • Senior Spotlight: Leah Shaw, Soccer • Sports Spotlight: Bryan Ellis, Footballhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1866/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, September 20, 2012

USGA Elections • WeCAN\u27s Wismer Plans • Yard Sale Saturday • Textbook Prices a Problem • Late Night Lower Back • SUN and UC Dems Hold Political Talk • Accessible Art in the Berman • New Chalk Rules • Opinion: Don\u27t Rely on Social Media This Election Year; Paralympics Deserve More Coverage • Up-and-Down Week for UC Athletics • Cross Country Team Hopes the Kids are All Right • Senior Spotlight: Catherine Bitterlyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1863/thumbnail.jp