COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
shoreline at Cape Kidnappers. The combined field class was a huge success with faculty and students working successfully together and forming lasting friendships. The two weeks culminated with a wonderful Chinese dinner and final student presentations in Napier, New Zealand. This initial experience has led to an invitation from Nanjing University to bring UD students to Nanjing for a combined field course in China. This should be another excellent opportunity to foster greater scientific, international, and intercultural learning in our students.
Investigation of the Geological World Through Natural Disasters
STUDENTS Molly T Browning, Samantha L Hortsman ADVISORS Katherine Rose Schoenenberger LOCATION, TIME RecPlex, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Geology, Poster - Course Project, 13 SP GEO 116L 01 As future high school educators, it is crucial to have practice in lesson planning. As future high school science teachers, it is our job to understand and be able to relay scientific facts to our students. For our project, this group has decided to dive into both of these areas and to research, plan, and construct a usable lesson plan for a geology lab course in the future. With help from our advisor, we constructed a lesson on natural disasters. Using our background knowledge along with extra research we constructed a lesson that not only informs, but allows for some interaction with natural disasters. The lesson will take an hour and thirty minutes to complete, with an extra half an hour just in case. At the end of the lab students will be graded on their work. The goal of this lesson is to involve students at an interactive level to what actually occurs during a natural disaster in a geologic mind set.
Music Technology in Secondary Music Education: Reaching the 80%
STUDENTS Natalie N Erdy ADVISORS Linda A Hartley LOCATION, TIME RecPlex, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Music, Poster - Independent Research The majority of United States school music programs engage nearly every student in the elementary grades. In the secondary schools, however, they tend to become too overly specialized and exclusive. With band, choir, and orchestra often the only options for music participation in secondary schools, this leads to only a small percentage of the student population involved in music education. Courses in music technology are hands-on and relevant to the current student population. These courses can help increase the percentage of ‘non-traditional’ music students involved in creating music while fulfilling the National Standards for music education. Music technology is also unique because even students with special needs can be involved. This poster presentation will take a look at the music programs of schools in the Dayton area and what they have to offer for non-traditional music students, as well as examining the benefits of such programs
Eating Disorder Diagnoses and Treatments: The Impact of an Educational Symposium
STUDENTS Hannah Jessica Lowe, Meredith N. Schlabig ADVISORS Susan C Gardstrom LOCATION, TIME RecPlex, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Music, Poster - Independent Research The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of “Eating Disorder Diagnoses and Treatments: An Educational Symposium,” a one-day event that was held at the University of Dayton on November 3, 2012. The goals of this symposium were to increase the attendees’ knowledge about eating disorders and to improve their attitudes toward individuals with these disorders. The symposium was composed of presentations by health and mental healthcare professionals who shared research, statistics, case studies, and anecdotes and artifacts from their clinical experience. Speakers included a Psychologist, a Board-Certified Music Therapist, a Licensed Registered Dietitian, and a Registered and Board-Certified Art Therapist. In addition, a UD Music Therapy major shared personal testimony related to her own experiences of battling an eating disorder. Symposium attendees were invited to voluntarily and anonymously complete a 5-question survey that assessed knowledge and attitudes related to eating disorders and their treatments. Participants completed the survey both prior to and after attending symposium sessions. Five 5-point Likert scales captured attendees’ 1) knowledge about diagnoses, 2) knowledge about treatment, and the degree to which they were 3) judgmental, 4) concerned, and 5) sympathetic toward individuals with eating disorders. Survey results indicate an encouraging trend: In general, respondents-even those who attended only a portion of the symposium--reported increases in knowledge about eating disorders and positive changes in 22