http://hdl.handle.net/1951/25159 http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/retrieve/57302 http://hdl.handle.net/1951/25159 Search the Channel search http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/1951/44972 Title: USE OF UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION THEORY TO EXAMINE EMOTICONS AND OTHER CHAT ROOM TOOLS’ FACILITATION OF AFFILIATIVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION<br/><br/>Authors: Curtis, Jordan<br/><br/>Abstract: Physical cues of affiliative, nonverbal communication are unavailable in Internet chat situations. People utilize text formatting and constructs called smileys or emoticons to adapt affiliative, physical cues for expression during chat rooms. The effectiveness of such textual constructs has been questioned. Past studies have only noted that the media of face-to-face and computer-mediated communication are, in fact, different. It is time to determine what people are doing to bridge the gap between the two, how they are utilizing what is available in a chat room to replicate the cues from face-to-face interaction and how effectively such replication is achieved. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/44971 Title: THE EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND MUSIC ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE<br/><br/>Authors: Pawananon, Sarah; Burris, Ron; Holland, Maya; Johnson, Ashley; Whitmore, Colter; Baist, Rhea<br/><br/>Abstract: Along with the No Child Left Behind legislation, the role of an educator in public schools was encouraged to be mindful of the various learning styles and ways in which to motivate students of all achievement levels. Background music can be used as a tool for motivating and focusing students. It is imperative that teachers find effective and creative ways for assisting students with their ability to focus for periods of time.In this study, the subjects who listened to the background music while writing, stayed on task and were motivated to complete the assignment. Once the activity was competed, the students were asked to fill out a survey on the writing activity. The result was positive and demonstrated that our hypothesis was correct. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/44949 Title: EFFECTIVENESS OF HOMEWORK<br/><br/>Authors: Carr, Shannon; Rocker, Maria<br/><br/>Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine which approaches to homework are most effective and least effective for increasing student performance on various methods of assessments and test. Fourteen parents and fourteen students filled out questionnaires regarding homework. The questionnaires were aimed at finding out the types of homework assigned, the amount of time spent on homework, and whether or not the homework that the children complete helps or hinders their classroom performance. The results showed that students spend, on average, one hour, completing homework, and that homework is assigned, on average, four days a week. The results also showed that not all of the students are able to complete homework independently. In addition, the majority of students stated that homework only helps them earn good grades some of the time. Parents also indicated that even though most of their homework seems to be helpful, that there are some assignments that their children bring home that appear to be “busy work,” with no purpose. This study proposes that effective homework approaches are those that involve homework that is directly related to in-class work, and can be completed independently by the student. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/44948 Title: CHARLOTTE BROOKE AND LADY GREGORY: IRISH LITERARY NATIONALIST WRITERS<br/><br/>Authors: Neer, Christine E.<br/><br/>Abstract: Ireland’s literary response to British colonization produced two distinctly important literary movements: antiquarian nationalism in the eighteenth century and the Irish Literary Revival in the nineteenth. Writers in both movements explored traditional Irish themes and images; however, antiquarian nationalists glorified a pre-colonial national past while Literary Revivalists emphasized native, cross-cultural, and individual experiences. Charlotte Brooke (1740-1793) published Reliques of Irish Poetry in 1789. Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) published Cuchulain of Muirthemne in 1902 and Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland in 1920. Each book typifies the interests of the movement in which it was created, but all three have unique characteristics uncommon amongst peer writing, such as Brooke’s inclusion of original Gaelic sources and Lady Gregory’s translations from local, native Gaelic speakers. In spite of this, Brooke and Lady Gregory are often undervalued and misrepresented in Irish literary surveys or by literary scholars.