Students Present Research at 2018 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Symposium (UROP)6/3/2018
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in the Division of Undergraduate Education encourages and facilitates research and creative activities by undergraduates from all schools and academic disciplines at UCI. The mission of UROP is to integrate undergraduate students into the research culture of the University by providing opportunities for faculty and students to work together. During the academic year, faculty and graduate students advise and mentor undergraduate UROP participants through the research process, including proposal writing, developing research plans, facilitating project management, and creating a final product for public presentation. UROP students presented their 2017-2018 research at a symposium, held this year on May 19th, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm at the UCI Student Center. School of Education faculty advisors, mentors, and student participants in 2018 UROP included the following (listed alphabetically by first undergraduate presenter listed). Click on the presentation title to access the presentation abstract. Presenter: Bianca Soto Alarcon, Poster Presentation Research Title: Exposure to Different Types of Literature at Home and How it May Affect Children’s Literacy Faculty Advisor: Carol Connor Mentor: Elham Zargar Presenter: Amanda Bishop, Oral Presentation Research Title: Impact of Working Memory Task Training on College Undergraduate Students Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentor: Austin Moon Presenter: Amanda Bishop, Oral Presentation Research Title: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Relation to Working Memory Task Performance Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Presenters: Tzu-Hsin (Kelsy) Chou, Sharmin Shanu, Oral Presentation Research Title: Watch out for that Floogit! Measuring Risk in Virtual Reality (Special Call: Computer Gaming, funded in part by the UCI eSports Initiative) Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentors: Emily Sumner, Grace Lin Presenters: Jazmin Cruz, Selena Perez, Oral Presentation Research Title: Teacher-Student Questioning in Mathematics Faculty Advisor: Rossella Santagata Mentor: Priyanka Agarwal Presenters: Jazmin Cruz, Carolyne Villaescusa, Jennifer H. Nguyen, Poster Presentation Research Title: Factors Influencing Science Instructional Decisions of Rural Elementary School Teachers Faculty Advisor: Judith Sandholtz Mentor: Doron Zinger Presenters: Quennie S. Dong, Emily T. Heng, Tianyi Guan, Jennifer M. Correa, Erica Higa. Poster Presentation Research Title: Exit Ticket Analysis: Implications for Formative Assessments Faculty Advisor: Hosun Kang Presenters: Karen Gonzales, Branda Sun, Julie Short, Poster Presentation Research Title: Heritage Language Speakers and Spatial Language Learning in Preschool Faculty Advisor: Drew Bailey Mentor: Robert Kalinowski Presenters: Eden Harder, Nicholas Samaha, Jocelyn Lopez, Poster Presentation Research Title: Visual Neural and Behavioral Response to tDCS Faculty Co-Advisors: Susanne Jaeggi, Ramesh Srinivasan [Cognitive Science] Mentor: Jacky Au Presenter: Shweta Karkee, Oral Presentation Presentation Title: Digital Learning Faculty Advisor: Mark Warschauer Mentors: Yenda Prado, Soobin Yim Presenters: Shireen Khan, Jennifer Dee, Poster Presentation Research Title: Parental Influences on Mindsets, Motivation, and Persistence in Children with ADHD Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentors: Masha Jones, Nina Ozbardakci, Francesca Trane Presenter: Beatrice Kug, Poster Presentation Research Title: Understanding Preschool Children's Reading Engagement with Interactive eBooks Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Reich Mentor: Ying Xu Presenter: Esmeralda Martin, Poster Presentation Research Title: "Give me the Phone Now!" Socioeconomic Differences among Latino Parents in their use of Mobile Screen Technologies for Managing the Behavior of their Young Children Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Reich Mentor: Wendy Ochoa Presenter: Lani Matsumura, Poster Presentation Research Title: How Spacing and Self-Testing are Related Learning Outcomes in a Large STEM Course Faculty Advisor: Rachel Baker, Mark Warschauer Presenter: Christine Nam, Poster Presentation Research Title: Effects of Text Messaging on Stress and Mood Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Reich Mentor: Joanna Yau Presenters: Christopher Ngov, Alyssa Ford, Ratiana Karapet, Poster Presentation Research Title: Validating the Randomized Sequence of eCorsi Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentor: Grace Lin, Snigdha Kamarsu Presenters: Jessica Padron, UROP Fellow, Poster Presentation Research Title: Understanding Asian American High School Students’ Career Aspirations: Do Males and Females Have Different Aspirations? Faculty Advisors: Nayssan Safavian, Jacquelynne Eccles Presenter: Skyler Phamle, Poster Presentation Research Title: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Effort Regulation in Student Achievement in Online Courses Faculty Advisor: Mark Warschauer Presenters: Dimple Manasalaxmi Ravuri, Nancy Campos, Oral Presentation Research Title: Science Teaching and Learning in Elementary School Classrooms Faculty Advisor: Rossella Santagata Mentor: Jiwon Lee Presenters: Leslie G. Rosales, Tran Bao Hoang, Yucheng Zhu, Poster Presentation Research Title: Abstract Versus Concrete Vocabulary and Gesture for Preschool Children: Comparing Engagement Between Two Highly Similar Educational Songs Faculty Advisor: Drew Bailey Mentor: Robert Kalinowski Presenter: Amrit Sidhu, Poster Presentation Research Title: How Much Education is in Educational Preschool Apps?: Analyzing and Experimentally Testing Educational App Designs Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Reich Mentor: Melissa Callaghan Presenter: Rachel Smith, Poster Presentation Research Title: Strategy-Based Learning and the Manipulation of Lexical Features in Metamemory Tasks Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentor: Grace Lin, Austin Moon Presenters: Shengzi (Dorreen) Sun, Priscilla Ng, Ran Yi (Honorary UROP Fellowship), Oral Presentation Research Title: Relationship between Bilinguals' Verbal Working Memory and Language Dominance Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Mentor: Grace Lin, Snigdha Kamarsu Presenter: Mohammed Tourchian, Poster Presentation Research Title: Motivational Intervention for Children with ADHD Faculty Advisor: Susanne Jaeggi Presenters: Alondra Villegas, Algrae Gorospe, Vanessa Comia, Poster Presentation Research Title: Impact of Peer Interaction on Students' Intellectual and Behavioral Development and Engagement Faculty Advisor: Hosun Kang Mentor: David Liu Presenters: Yongyin Zhu, Oral Presentation Research Title: The Power of the Field Placement: Exploring how the Field Placement Classroom Setting Affects Novice Teachers’ Learning to Teach Faculty Advisor: Hosun Kang
In addition to the above presenters, undergraduates who are pursuing a double major that include Education Sciences presented their research with mentoring from faculty in other schools and departments. They are listed below, alphabetically, with their dual majors and titles of their presentations.
Muhammad Abdurrohman: Biology/Education Poster Presentation: Relatedness and Differential Disease Expression in Abalone (Genus Haliotis) Maria Alvarez: Education Sciences/ History Oral Presentation: Revisiting Muralism: A Battle for Authenticity and Public Accessibility in the Los Angeles Mural Movement Valeria Calvillo: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: Academic Persistence of First Generation Latina/o High School Students in Higher Education: A Psychosociocultural Perspective Vanessa Comia: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: Impact of Peer Interaction on Student’s Intellectual and Behavioral Development and Engagement Diareni Hernandez: Education Sciences/ Psychology Poster Presentation: Impact of Peer Interaction on Student’s Intellectual and Behavioral Development and Engagement Jonathan Lee: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: A Qualitative Study: Undergraduate REM Homelessness and Well-Being Haofei Li: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Oral Presentation: Anticipatory and Consummatory Pleasure Experiences in Subjects with Social Anhedonia Laura Moreno: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: Academic Discipline Moderates the Relationship between Syllabi Word Use and Teaching Evaluations Julissa Navas: Education Sciences/ Psychology Poster Presentation: Children Willingly Know their Mistakes Alexina Pilo: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: From Boots to Books—Veteran College Students’ and Well-Being: A Psychosociocultural Standpoint Alexina Pilo: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: Effects of Low Socioeconomic Status on Children’s Acute Stress Reactivity in a Diverse Sample Yinuo Su: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Oral Presentation: Individual Differences that are Associated with Physiological Responses to Graphic Media Jerica Tan: Dance/ Education Sciences Poster Presentation: How we Use Dance as a Form of Communication Daisy Valle: Education Sciences/ Psychology & Social Behavior Poster Presentation: First-Generation Latina/o College Students’ Well-Being: A Psychosociocultural Perspective Two students pursuing a double major in Dance and Education Sciences performed during the lunch hour: Nashalah McNamara and Jaliya Wilkinson. Comments are closed.
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