SCHOOL OF APPLIED HEALTH AND
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (SAHEP)
GIS
Research and Implementation
This project will integrate the use of a statewide
Geographic Information System (GIS) in the sponsorâs programs by developing a
centralized GIS laboratory to effectively serve as a library for geo-referenced
infrastructure, facility, visitor, natural resources, financial, inventory,
tourism, and other data. It will facilitate management of extensive digital
data sets, transfer of data, and cooperation with outside agencies and the
public. It will also identify and procure remote sensing data, integrate the
GIS with remote sensing, and better manage data internally, as well as provide
data to the public in a visual format.
Sponsor:
PI:
Proposal
for an Assessment of the Leisure Service Delivery System
This project has four phases: 1) a baseline inventory of
public, private, and non-profit providers of leisure services, 2) an assessment
of potential partnerships between these providers to increase efficiency and
effectiveness of service, 3) a determination of duplications that may exist
among those providers of leisure services, with the intent of assisting Stillwater
in being more cost-effective in its planning, and 4) a determination of
omission of services and opportunities for under-served residents in the
community, with the intent of allowing for targeted development in public
services to reach the ãunreached.ä
Sponsor:
PIs:
Indian
Health Services Scholarship
This scholarship pays for one Counseling Psychology studentâs
tuition and fees for the 2005ö2006 academic year.
Sponsor: Department of
Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services
Preparing
Future Faculty in Psychology
Programs offered
will address the career interests of OSU doctoral students interested in
preparing for academic careers. Participants include students from OSUâs five
doctoral psychology programs housed in SAHEP in the College of Education and in
the Psychology department in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as
faculty mentors and students from partner institutions (Langston University,
the University of Central Oklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma State University,
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Community College, OSU College of
Osteopathic Medicine, OU Health Sciences Psychologists).
Sponsor: American Psychological Association
PI:
Sue C. Jacobs
Assessment of Public Perception of
The
potential sale of Lake Murray Lodge and the surrounding property offers an
opportunity to seek and present the best available information on public
perception of ownership, management, and operation of state lodges. The PIs
will oversee the research design and methodology to provide public input for
residents most affected by actions on Lake Murray Lodge, develop a survey
instrument, conduct a telephone survey, and analyze and report on the responses.
PIs: Deb Jordan,
Needs Assessment for the Assistive
Technology Equipment Loan (ATEL) Program
This
project has several objectives: 1) determine the assistive technology equipment
needs of select agencies across the state of
Sponsor:
PIs: Deb Jordan,
Research Assistant: Donna Lindenmeier
Continuing Education Program for
This
contract reimburses OSU for instruction included in specified continuing
education programs.
Sponsor:
PI: Jerry Jordan
Project
CREATES conducts research on transforming teaching and learning as teachers and
artists develop and deliver high-quality academic instruction infused with
high-quality arts instruction for students attending high-risk schools in the
Tulsa community.
Sponsors: Barthelmes Foundation, ArtsBridge/University
of
PI: Diane Montgomery
Exercise as a Recreational Therapy
Intervention for Older Individuals Diagnosed with Depression
This
project will evaluate the influence exercise may or may not have when delivered
as a Recreational Therapy intervention to individuals admitted to a Geriatric
Psychiatric Treatment Facility diagnosed with clinical depression. This project
will add to the body of knowledge addressing commonly utilized interventions
with specific data concerning exercise as a recreational therapy intervention.
These findings may also provide examples of best practice exercise programs,
such as specific types and durations of exercise schedules for utilization with
older individuals diagnosed with depressive disorders.
Sponsor: American Therapeutic Recreation
Foundation
PIs: Tim Passmore, Donna Lindenmeier
Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR-UP)
A
comprehensive five-year program, GEAR-UP utilizes diverse public and private
two-year and four-year institutions, a state agency, non-profit, community-based
organizations, and Tulsa Public Schools. As a main objective, the program works
with approximately 1,200 middle school students and encourages them to stay in
school, study, and prepare for college or vocational training.
Sponsor:
PI: John Romans
Practicum Programs
Programs provide students with pre-professional clinical
experience.
Sponsor:
PI: Barbara Carlozzi
Sponsor:
PI: Tona Palmer
Sponsor: Stillwater Public Schools
PI: Terry Stinnett
Sponsors: Associated
Centers for Therapy, Inc.,
PI:
Carrie Winterowd
SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (SES)
Assessment of Comparison of
Perceived Sleep Quality and Comfort Based on Selected Durations of Bedding
System Use
This study
will attempt to: 1) assess sleep and comfort among selected durations of
bedding systems use, 2) compare stress and sleep quality among selected
durations of bedding system use, and 3) ascertain the break-in period for new
bedding systems. Results of this study may enable bedding system manufacturers
to more accurately predict system longevity and will enable consumers to choose
bedding systems with more confidence and accuracy.
Sponsor: International Sleep Products
Association
PI: Bert Jacobson
The
Center endeavors to increase accountability of community education programs in
Sponsor: Oklahoma State Department of
Education
PI: Bert Jacobson
SES:
Deke Johnson, Director
Assessment of the Effectiveness of
Non-Transdermal Lifewave Patches on Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance, and
Power
According
to the manufacturers, recently developed energy patches use bioelectric
stimulation produced by specific electrical frequencies in the body's magnetic
field. They claim that over 99% of users experienced significant improvements
(10% or higher) in strength after only a few minutes of wearing the patches.
This study compares the efficacy of energy and placebo patches in the
performance of bench press repetitions, standing vertical jump, and muscle
endurance in college varsity athletes. The study finds no significant within or
between group differences between active and placebo patches for maximum bench
press repetitions, vertical jump distance, or grip strength. Based on these results, the energy
patches used in this study did not significantly alter performance in the
selected testing areas. Future research should focus on the efficacy of energy
patches on endurance activities.
Sponsor: Lifewave TM
PI: Bert Jacobson
NASA
Aerospace Education Services Program
Through this program,
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
PI: Steven K. Marks
NASA Teaching From
Space Cooperative Agreement
Under a contract with NASA,
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
PI: Steven K. Marks
The OSU Aerospace Education High School Summer Academy makes
it possible for 30 students who are between their sophomore and junior years or
junior and senior years in high school to engage in active study of aerospace
education concepts. This experience provides on-campus classroom activities, as
well as regional field trips to study the impact of aviation and space
exploration on society.
Sponsor:
PI: Steven K. Marks
Students
from
Sponsor: Academy of Applied Science
PI: Caroline Beller
Collaborative
Research: Engineering Students for the 21st Century
This multi-year, department-level reform program will
replace the traditional focus on acquisition of knowledge with an emphasis on
student cognitive development, where knowledge acquisition becomes a means to
an end. Selected courses across the engineering curriculum are being reformed
to fit this developmental model by modifying both the content of the courses
and the methods of teaching.
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation (NSF)
PIs: Richard Bryant
Electrical and Computer Engineering: R. Alan Cheville,
Charles F. Bunting, Keith A. Teague
Digital Library Services: Elizabeth A. Reiten
Physics: Timothy M. Wilson
Vitalizing
Electromagnetic Concepts to Obtain Relevancy: VECTOR
Researchers will develop and implement a two-course
sequence in electromagnetics based on proven teaching methods. The project aims
to make electromagnetics curriculum relevant to students, utilize modern
engineering tools and techniques to teach fundamental concepts, pipeline
students into the electromagnetics-photonics curriculum, and evaluate VECTOR as
a test-bed for future development of exemplary curricular materials.
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation (NSF)
PIs: Richard Bryant
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Charles F. Bunting,
James C. West, R. Alan Cheville
Geometry: Visualization and Manipulation for
Understanding
Researchers conduct week-long professional development
workshops on visualization and manipulation for understanding of geometry in
order to improve the content knowledge of mathematics teachers from high-need
LEAs at three different locations in the state. All three workshops provide
teachers the opportunity to work with the latest technology and geometry
software and to incorporate those technologies and other geometric models with
appropriate lesson plans and assessments based on the PASS objectives.
Scientifically based research techniques measure the workshopsâ impact on
student achievement.
Sponsor:
PIs: Darlinda Cassel,
Stacy Reeder, Juliana Utley
Professional Development Institute
for
Sponsor:
PIs: Leah Engelhardt
Stillwater
Public Schools: Diana Leggett
Teach for Achievement: Data Driven
Decision Making in Literacy Education
Teach for
Achievement (TFA) intends to address endemic problems associated with poor
literacy instruction and subsequent student outcomes. At its core, this project
will provide intensive literacy, assessment, and data-based decision making
training to teachers and other school personnel. Follow up support provided
through teacher coaches will be employed to ensure the implementation of
empirically-based literacy practices in the target school. Through the
provision of these empirically-based literacy practices and use of assessment data
to inform instruction and monitor student progress, it is expected that student
literacy outcomes will be impacted.
Sponsor:
PI: Heidi Anne Mesmer
School of
Applied Health and Educational Studies: Eric Mesmer
Communication
Sciences and Disorders: Penny Cremeens
OSU Writing Project
An
affiliate of the National Writing Project, the OSU Writing Project is a
collaborative school-university program dedicated to improving the quality of
instruction in elementary and secondary schools through staff development
training for teachers. The OSU Writing Project offers a summer institute for
classroom teachers who want to improve their own writing skills and involve
their students in more writing activities. Teachers must apply to the summer
institute, and those accepted receive a stipend towards tuition and books.
Participants study current theories of teaching writing and share their own
best practices. The 2004 project was the thirteenth in a row to be funded by
the National Writing Project,
Sponsor: National Writing Project
PIs: Margaret Scott
English:
Carol Moder, Britton Gildersleeve
Career and Technology New Teacher
Induction Process
This
service and research grant uses collaborators among the Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education (ODCTE), 22 technology centers, and Occupational
Education Studies at the
Sponsors: Oklahoma Department of Career and
Technology Education,
PI: Mary Jo Crawford Self
Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Program
This
project delivers professional development to middle and high school algebra
teachers through a two-week Summer Professional Development Institute (PDI) and
a concurrent one-week Summer Algebra Academy for middle and high school
students. It provides teachers with: 1) training on content, pedagogy, and
assessment related to OK PASS standards; 2) increased content knowledge to
support formative assessment and diagnose student algebra learning; 3) expanded
knowledge and skills for effective use of technology; 4) real classroom
opportunities to work with students to implement strategies learned; and 5)
peer coaching and reflection strategies related to their practice and
instructional planning.
Sponsor:
PIs: Susan Stansberry
Education
Research Administration: Gayla Hudson
Mathematics:
James Choike
Rural
RAISE
seeks to enrich the learning environment of 6thö12th grade students while
providing OSU graduate students with firsthand opportunities to experience the
teaching profession. Graduate students (RAISE Fellows) pair with 6thö12th grade
science teachers. The interdisciplinary area of Geographic Information Science
(GISci) serves as the focus for fellows and teachers to develop innovative
science curricula. Summer workshops were offered in July 2004. Dissemination of
lesson plans and other materials developed by fellow/teacher teams will occur regionally
through summer institutes and nationally through a project website.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
PIs: John Steinbrink
Geography:
Thomas Wikle, Joel Helmer
National Clearinghouse of
Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM)
Funded by a
grant from the U.S. Department of Education-Rehabilitation Services
Administration, the NCRTM supports the collection and dissemination of human
resource development materials created by the national vocational
rehabilitation community. The Clearinghouse, established at OSU in 1961,
reaches an international audience of rehabilitation practitioners and counselor
education programs, special educators, state vocational rehabilitation
agencies, and community rehabilitation programs. Its library contains more than
7,000 titles of printed and audio visual materials on topics related to people
with disabilities. It provides document delivery, reference, and research
services to the national rehabilitation community.
Sponsor:
PI: Charles Feasley
A Professional Development Institute
on Algebra and Its End-of-Course Assessment
This
project delivers professional development to middle and high school algebra teachers.
It provides training on: 1) strategies in content, pedagogy, equity, and
assessment related to algebra teaching; 2) using formative assessment and
student achievement information in instructional planning; 3) content knowledge
tied specifically to supporting formative assessment and diagnosing student
algebra learning; 4) teacher leadership, peer coaching, and self-reflection;
and 5) increasing student literacy in speaking and writing about mathematics.
Project goals will be accomplished with a five-day Summer Institute, follow-up
meetings, and academic year support by means of the U.S. Department of
Education funded ãAlgebra for Allä web site.
Sponsor:
PIs: Gayla Hudson
STCL:
Susan Stansberry
Mathematics:
James R. Choike
OCITE
has created an active coalition of key stakeholders and developed relationships
with and among a higher education collaborative and the Tulsa Public School
District (TPS).
Sponsor:
PIs: Gayla Hudson
Mathematics:
James R. Choike
Tulsa
Public Schools: David E. Sawyer
Northeastern