UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #519

Submission information
Submission Number: 519
Submission ID: 8866
Submission UUID: b7906669-a5e1-4de3-9d00-390bdd31ef45

Created: Mon, 08/21/2023 - 07:06 AM
Completed: Mon, 08/21/2023 - 07:15 AM
Changed: Mon, 09/18/2023 - 09:44 AM

Remote IP address: 69.254.222.152
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Audrey Hendrix
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns she
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Ms.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) ahendrix@fsu.edu
Position Title Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email
FSU College (if applicable) Communication and Information
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation School of Communication Science and Disorders
Headshot (optional)
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) Sana Tibi
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns She
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific? Dr.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) sana.tibi@cci.fsu.edu
Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) Dr. Carla Wood
Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns she
Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific? Dr.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) carla.wood@cci.fsu.edu
Title of the Project Morphological Complexity of Second-Grade Teachers’ Instructional Dialogues
Project Keywords morphology, vocabulary, language, education, teachers
Are you currently looking for research assistants? No
Number of Research Assistants Needed 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Psychology
Communication Science and Disorders
Education
IT
Project Location: 201 W. Bloxham, Warren Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-1200. The Warren building is part of FSU, but it is off of the main campus.
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? Yes
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5-7 hours
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description This project will investigate factors which may contribute to elementary students' proficiency in academic language, the formal and complex language necessary for academic success. Specifically, this project will analyze teachers' language samples to determine how often word endings (or morphemes) associated with academic language are present in teacher's instruction in different subject areas. As many students in the U.S. are at-risk for failing to master academic language, this project is expected to make important contributions to existing literature. Contributions are expected to include additional description of students' exposure to academic language in the schools and identification of potential opportunities for teaching academic language for betterment of education or intervention practices.
At this stage in the research project, language samples have already been collected and transcribed as part of earlier projects. This project will utilize new web-based and code-based analysis tools to identify and record academic morphemes present in transcribed language samples. The code-base analysis tool has been created but is still being perfected for data analysis. Data analyzed in this project will be utilized in the UROP mentor's Master's Thesis and subsequent publication(s).
Research Tasks Research tasks may include any of the following (further details below): Data calculation, data analysis, checking data quality, saving data output, and literature review.

Data calculation: Utilizing web-based software to calculate count and frequency of relevant morphemes in transcribed language samples
Data analysis: Copying relevant frequency counts and percentages in Excel spreadsheets in order to better classify morphemes
Checking data quality: Proof-reading data output in Excel or Word
Saving data output: Saving the output of web-based or code-based software according to a standardized naming convention and filing location.
Literature review: Reading relevant research papers and searching for a few new papers for the purpose of creating the UROP poster
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Basic familiarity with Word (required, additional training provided)
Basic familiarity with Excel (required, additional training provided)
Ability to follow research protocols and ask questions if problems or uncertainty arise (required)
Good communication and documentation skills (required, additional training provided)
Attention to detail and commitment (required)
Knowledge of linguistics (recommended)
Mentoring Philosophy I am a second-year Master's student in the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders. While pursuing my bachelor's at FSU, I benefitted from working as a research assistant and Honors-in-the-Major student, an experience that allowed me to supervise over ten research assistants, recruit over 170 participants, write a thesis, and help collect data that has been published in top-tier journals. I am continuing to research in multiple areas at the graduate level to prepare for pursuing a PhD, but my primary interest is literacy which led me to work towards a Master's thesis under Dr. Tibi.
I strongly believe that the best lessons are learned from opportunities to attempt new tasks coupled with the guidance necessary for success. I am committed to giving my mentees opportunities to learn research skills and identify their research strengths and weaknesses. With these opportunities, I will provide resources and guidance to help my mentees learn from their experiences and become confident researchers. My desire is that my mentees would be able to walk away from their UROP experience able to identify their research interests and confidently pursue opportunities to explore these interests further. I would like to help my mentees gain the experience and skills necessary to succeed in any research environment. As someone who owes my current success to the opportunities and guidance I was given in earlier years, I am very excited for the opportunity to help undergraduate students succeed in their research endeavors.
Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://purl-lib-fsu-edu.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/diginole/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1650481767_6334f7ca
Please add any additional information here (if applicable): Parking is provided free to FSU students at the Warren building.
This project is expected to have a major impact on teaching academic vocabulary across all subject and especially help students who are from disadvantaged and diverse linguistic backgrounds.
Roundtable times and Zoom links Friday, Sept. 8, 3:00 p.m.: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97198354785?pwd=anlsZGhqWm53bmYybHhQSEhjYU1qZz09
Friday, Sept. 8, 3:30 p.m.: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/92706927480?pwd=dXZSK0lpcWxyVm44NzUrTER2ck5RUT09
Friday, Sept. 8, 4:00 p.m.: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98273014818?pwd=WmUxM1ZSTHZWOC9RKzdRR2w5RFBMQT09
ROUNDTABLE RECORDING: https://fsu.zoom.us/rec/share/jVJUx5FDR7trmRmARjsxM7etvECxDlblSH_KtPJOaJJxzMi6RWbM4qxviDmK_GMa.sjtrdVixgabh4Vin
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation
Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series?
Year 2023
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