Browsing by Author "Dahne, Jennifer Renee"
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Item The Design and Implementation of an Educational Computer Game and Its Study as a Motivational Tool for Middle School ESOL Students(2010) Caputo, Joseph; Dahne, Jennifer Renee; Holbert, Bret David; Klein, Brittney Anne; Kriz, Vicki; Liu, Keddy Xuan; Myers, Austin Oliver; Rammelkamp, Anna Julia; Scher, Dara Naomi Miriam; Whittiker, Katherine Nicole; Young, Jason; Lavine, Roberta Z.; Varshney, AmitabhOver the past three years, Team ILL has designed, created and tested a multiplayer computer game intended to complement middle school English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) curriculum. Reflecting upon our own language classroom experiences, we wanted to create a game whose entertainment value equaled its educational value, thereby helping us answer our research question ―How effective is our interactive multiplayer computer game as a motivational tool for students?‖ In June 2009, we tested the game in Bates and Annapolis Middle Schools, the two schools in the Anne Arundel County Public School system with the largest ESOL populations. For further understanding of the game‘s potential as an educational tool, we performed a follow-up focus group with ESOL teachers and teachers with an interest in ESOL teaching techniques. Overall, the game was well received by both students and educators and shows potential as a motivating factor in middle school ESOL classrooms.Item An Experimental Investigation of the Functional Relationship between Social Phobia and Cigarette Smoking(2013) Dahne, Jennifer Renee; Lejuez, Carl W; Psychology; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Individuals with Social Phobia (SP) represent a large group with elevated rates of cigarette smoking and cessation rates lower than that of individuals without psychopathology. For individuals with SP, cigarette smoking may be used to reduce social anxiety in anticipation of and during social situations, however, no study to date has experimentally examined this function. The aim of the current study was to experimentally examine the functional relationship between cigarette smoking and SP as a function of induced social stress. Results indicated that high SP individuals experienced significant decreases in negative affect following smoking a cigarette when experiencing social stress. This effect was specific to high SP individuals under social stress condition and was not observed among individuals average in SP or when examining changes in positive affect. Findings are discussed in the context of understanding risk factors for smoking initiation and maintenance as well the development of efficacious interventions.