Category: research

Attitudes Toward Safety of Day-Care Students: The Case of Save the Children Korea

by

Y.Hong

Abstract

This study focuses on the safety of day care children from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) because because their financial instability and lack of parental support are more likely to expose these students danger than other students. For this, the study considers the nursery schools managed by Save the Children in Korea because all these schools have children from low-SES families. According to the results, parents were generally satisfied with their children’s safety. As expected, there was some gender difference in parents’ perception of the safety of their children, but the difference was only slight and nonsignificant. More specifically, parents were slightly more likely to be concerned about the safety of their female children than their male children. Teachers also perceived the safety of their students, and children generally had favorable attitudes toward their own safety (based on their discussions with their teachers). There was a slight difference between teachers and students in terms of their safety perceptions, and it was nonsignificant. These results have important practical implications, and some limitations as well as interesting avenues for future research are discussed.

 

Keywords: Safety, Day Care, Students, Classroom, Commute, Save the Children, Korea

Summary
The research we conducted attempted to investigate the effects of cloud cover. Our research wanted to see if cloud cover acts as a shield to insolation, allowing less insolation to reach Earth’s surface, allowing the Earth to cool. We did this by investigating the relation of cloud cover and sun insolation. We hypothesized that insolation would reduce as the cloud cover increased, which we assessed by calculating insolation and cloud cover using data collected from a pyranometer and a time lapse camera, and then relating them with each other. Our data suggest that our hypothesis was correct. As cloud cover increased, the insolation decreased. It appeared that clouds block out insolation, meaning they might not be a cause of global warming.

Daniel Crair, Kelsey Peeples, and Dr. Suzanne Banas

Click here for PDF file: March2014(1)

Summary
The goal of this project was to increase the efficiency of the helicopter blades on the Double Horse 9053 RC Helicopter by adding tubercles based off those of a humpback whale. Increases in efficiency were determined by measuring the wind speed of control blades at three different speeds and then comparing these speeds to the wind speeds of tubercle-designed blades. The control blades had no tubercles while the tubercle blades had a set of 8 or 4 tubercles per blade. After analysis of increases in wind speeds based off the control, it was found that the 8-tubercle blades often had an increase in speed. The 4-tubercle blades had a decrease in output. The data supports the idea that the number and placement of tubercles matters. This small-scale experiment shows potential for improvements in the efficiency of full-scale helicopters.

Sam Weitzman and Ann Lambert

Click here for PDF file: December2013

The perception of online education: A cross-cultural analysis of Japanese and Chinese students

 

J. Du

Mayumi Nakamura

 

Abstract

The last decade has seen online degree programs playing an increasingly important role in the field of education, and in this regard, this study examines people perceive online education. According to the results, the respondents generally were indifferent toward online education. Chinese students had more favorable attitudes toward online education than Japanese students, and there was a significant difference in their perception of online education. The respondents emphasized quality as the most important motivator of online education. Chinese students were most likely to indicate quality, followed by the learning environment, trustworthiness, and costs, in that order, whereas Japanese students indicated quality as the most important motivator, followed by trustworthiness and the learning environment. In terms of barriers, the respondents emphasized poor academic quality as the most important barrier to online education, followed by a lack of teacher/peer support, low awareness, and newness, in that order. Chinese students were most likely to indicate poor academic quality, followed by a lack of teacher/peer support, low awareness, and newness, in that order. Japanese students indicated poor academic quality, followed by a lack of teacher/peer support. Low awareness and newness were least likely to be reported. These results have important practical implications for policymakers and practitioners.

 

Keywords: Cross-Cultural Analysis, Students, Perception, Online Education, China, Japan