http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10711 2013-06-19T18:45:08Z 2013-06-19T18:45:08Z Espinoza, Rossana http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10734 2010-09-15T02:30:38Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Analyzing the Dream Authors: Espinoza, Rossana Abstract: The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, otherwise known as the DREAM Act, is a proposed bill under consideration in the US Congress that would give undocumented immigrant minors greater access to higher education opportunities while also providing them with a path to achieving full and legal citizenship. The bill was first introduced in 2001 and is now being reintroduced with new amendments in 2009. My research will center on questions regarding the social and economic effects that this proposed bill would have on the undocumented students if it were passed. Specifically, I plan to investigate the potential consequences of this bill in the country by examining case studies of California, Maryland and Virginia with respect to: a) increases in higher education levels and admissions, and b) economic opportunities. My research will center on a policy-analysis in a non-empirical format. I will mostly use qualitative methods of research, although I will collect and analyze some data and statistics on the undocumented community in the aforementioned states.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Southerland, Wallace III (Editor) Lewis, Jerry L. (Editor) http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10730 2012-04-17T14:20:33Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The University of Maryland McNair Scholars Undergraduate Research Journal, Volume 2 Authors: Southerland, Wallace III (Editor); Lewis, Jerry L. (Editor) Abstract: The McNair Scholars Undergraduate Research Journal is a collection of abstracts and papers written by McNair scholars at the University of Maryland (http://www.aap.umd.edu/mcnairprogram.html). This issue features papers from the summer 2009 research institute written by participants from the University of Maryland, College Park; Frostburg State University; and Saint Mary's College of Maryland.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Thorpe, Elizabeth http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10729 2010-09-02T02:30:23Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Brain Behavior is Related to Motor Behavior During Competition Authors: Thorpe, Elizabeth Abstract: In this study the alpha band waves of low to moderately skilled pistol shooters are evaluated to examine the performance of the individuals under a competitive environment. The factors that cater to success in the autonomous stage of learning are different for the athlete. There has been investigation of the brain patterns of experts, while performing a task is efficient and in accord with Fitts and Posner’s claims of what it takes to be successful while in the last stage of motor learning (Hatfield & Hillman, 2001). The problem being addressed in the study is examining Fitts and Posner’s cognitive stage of motor learning. The first question being studied is how does low alpha power relate to variability in the performance of a pistol shoot? The second question being studied is how does high alpha coherence relate to jerk in the performance of a pistol shoot? The first hypothesis to prove is that higher cortical arousal (i.e. lower alpha power), will be associated with better performance (i.e., less variable pistol trajectories). The second hypotheses to prove is networking to the motor planning region (i.e. higher coherence) will be positively associated with increased levels of jerk. The results of the study find that those who performed better (less variability and more jerk) exhibited brain patterns associated with relying on external cues, events and responses.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Stevenson, Stephanie http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10728 2010-09-02T02:30:24Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Scholarship and Empowerment in the Age of the Video Vixen: Promoting Black Adolescent Females’ Academic Success Authors: Stevenson, Stephanie Abstract: Throughout American history, popular culture and some academic disciplines have created limited characterizations of low income, urban, Black adolescent females as hypersexual vixens who are at risk for early sexual activity and low academic achievement. The promulgation of these negative sexual myths may cause Black adolescent females to internalize these myths and perform sexually explicit roles at an early age; consequently increasing their chances of low academic achievement. The purpose of the future ethnographic/self ethnographic study is to explore the ways that cultural framers such as: families (with emphasis on Black mothers) and the media influence Black adolescent females’ motivation to obtain academic success, and resist or accept negative sexual myths. The researcher will use the framing theory and expectancy value theory to explore these relationships. The study will observe Black adolescent females that attend public middle schools in urban areas within the Baltimore/ Washington, D.C metropolitan area. The researcher will consider how racial, gender, and class socialization may frame the adolescents’ life experiences and the methods that they use to construct their identities, value systems, and resistance strategies to combat negative sexual myths.

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