Kimberley Block, Sarah Crofcheck, Jake Shinkle & Amanda Wyncoop

Classroom Arrangements

Showing effective classroom arrangements throughout different age groups and class types. Effectively using classroom space to maximize learning.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Shawna Bradley & Dawn Dean

How to use Both Art & Music in Classroom Management and Transitions

Classroom management is a part of any classroom. You can either invest the time before, or spend it consistently throughout the school year. Better to spend the time at the beginning of the year than waste it throughout the school year. We believe that you can integrate both music and art through the use of transitions. There are many ways to use both art and music and we plan to discuss many ways in which it can be done.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

William Bradley, Scott Perkins & Melissa Webster

Techniques for Teaching Math to Middle and High School Students

There are key differences in math teaching between the middle and high school levels that effectively require teachers to adopt vastly different strategies. These instructional strategies will be compared and contrasted at various levels of math.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

P103

10:30 – 11 AM

Jordan Buhler & Darrel Risen

Overview of K-12 Classroom Management Styles

Looking at the way you would manage a classroom at the elementary level compared and contrasted to the high school level. A comparison of the different management styles between elementary and high school.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Rose Carrigan

The Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Job Applicants

My experiment is an exploration of the “beauty is beastly” effect based on Johnson, Podratz, Dipboye, & Gibson (2010). They found that there are negative consequences of being an attractive woman and applying for masculine dominated positions. It is expected that participants will choose the unattractive woman for positions that have been male sex-typed and that attractiveness is of less importance. For positions that are female sex-typed and have a high importance for attractiveness, it is expected that the attractive woman will be chosen. 

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

L203

9 – 9:30 AM

Keegan Clark, Kristen DeHaven & Christina Salazar

How Class Jobs Benefit Students

Student jobs are a major part of classroom management. Students will be encouraged to stay on task in order to earn their “pay check.” Student jobs allow students in all social-economic classes to learn the real life task of getting a job and having a “pay check.” Our presentation will cover these topics in hope of encouraging future and present teachers to form classroom jobs.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Elyse Crichton

Second Language Acquisition

I will address first language acquisition in children and adults compared to second language acquisition in adults. A survey of adults learning English at Downtown Languages was taken to learn which factors impact language the most.

IDS 499, Senior Capstone

Mick Bollenbaugh

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Alexander Crossingham, Stephanie Hescock & Justin Ward

Team Digby Foundation Simulation

A presentation of our business simulation project detailing the products we produced, the strategy we used, and the outcome of our business.

BUS 499, Senior Capstone

Dave Quirk

P114

9 – 9:30 AM

Brooke Davis

Construction of a Simple Securities Market Model

The securities market includes stocks and bonds, but also many more less common types of securities. This presentation will introduce viewers to the basics of the market, including risk and the no-arbitrage principle. This principle requires that no risk-free investments with a guarantee of gain can be made, and once it is assumed to be true, many other facts and interesting truths can be derived. The presentation will explore this in more depth, and provide an equation for determining the future value of investments.

MATH 499, Senior Capstone

Connie Wilmarth

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Kenneth Dube & Kyle Dube

Accounting Standards Update: Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350)-Testing Goodwill for Impairment

The purpose of this paper is to reveal why the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is updating the two step goodwill impairment test. This paper will discuss the reasons for the update, who is affected by the amendments of this update, the main provisions of the update, and when the amendments will be effective. A brief description of what the FASB is and does will be discussed as well.

ACTG 499, Senior Capstone

Frank Paliotta

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Alexandria Foster

New Generation of Open and Affirming Denominations

In my presentation I plan to explain the journey of becoming a denomination that is open and affirming to open homosexual individuals and partners. I will use the Episcopal Church USA and the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) as case studies.

HIST 499, Senior Capstone

Steve Goetz

A201

9 – 9:30 AM

Eric Fromm

McArthur’s “I Have Returned” Speech

I will be analyzing McArthur’s speech that he gave in the Philippines. The critical criticism being used is cluster criticism. It will start off with background information then enter into what the key terms are. The analysis will show his terministic screen.

COMM 340, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Jason Haggard, Victoria Radli & Rachel Schneider

“3X4, or it’s Out the Door” – A Classroom Management Comparison

This presentation will discuss four stages—Analysis, Design and Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—of classroom management across three teacher certification levels—Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Jordan Henderson

Institutional Discrimination, the Oppression of Native Cultures: What is Left for Ainu & Mapuche Way of Life?

Between the generations of western development and modernization throughout the world, people have come to see just how better their lives are from being a part of this movement. Few pockets of societies across the glove do, however, which to keep close to traditional customs. The native Ainu of Japan along with the indigenous Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina have long been discriminated against by the local main stream culture. Within my study I shall review the tension between the indigenous group and the majority groups along with issues of some wanting assimilation while others wish for cultural survival.

GLST 499, Senior Capstone

Ron Palmer

A201

1:30 – 2 PM

Daniel Jones

Evolution of the Thinking Soldier: How British Light Infantry of the War of Independence Paved the Way for the American Paratrooper

Throughout civilization, most armies were drilled to become a machine, moving as one. However, a few elite groups broke that mold, light infantry and paratroopers being striking examples. This work analyzes and compares these two groups.

HIST 499, Senior Capstone

Ron Palmer

A201

10:30 – 11 AM

Nicole Klingerman

Masculine and Feminine vs. Male and Female

Through past generations Americans have held onto the idea that masculine and feminine characteristics must mean a person is male or female. Recently, this ideas has been changing with the realization that these words do not depict a person’s gender roles. In order to get an idea of the views of NCU students on this campus, a survey was given. The survey consisted of the Bem Sex Role Inventory and ten questions. After the survey, the results were analyzed to see the similarities between previous research and the views of NCU students.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

P103

2 – 2:30 PM

Kalyssa Koontz

The Late, Great Western Front: A Historical Look into why the Western Front was Delayed in WWII

This presentation focuses on the question of “Why was the Western Front delayed in WWII?” This presentation will focus on the diplomatic as well as military reasons for delaying the western front.

HIST 490

Ron Palmer

A201

1 – 1:30 PM

Joel Leinbach

Beyond the Call of Duty: A Review of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) refers to actins that are beneficial to an organization, but lite outside the parameters of the required performance of a job description. These behaviors can be directed towards another individual (OCB-I) or they can be organization-oriented (OCB-O). This paper provides a broad overview of the development of this sub-section of organizational behavior from its early stages that sought to find its antecedents, to more current studies that focus on its outcomes. An understanding of OCB will aid in the development of a productive workforce.

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

L203

9:30 – 10 AM

Patricia Martinez & Emily O’Neal

Bean Growth in Accordance t Light and Water Quality

Soil makers and fertilizer producers are always promoting their product as the most beneficial factor for plant growth, but what other factors play into promoting healthy plants? One major factor that deals with plant growth is environment, such as light and dark, that factors into the amount of photosynthesis which can take place. Another factor that is important to consider is the quality of water being fed to the plants. This poster will attempt to show the difference that light and water have on plant growth and conclude why each source produced each result.

BIOL 200

Tracy Vermilyea

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM