LAUSD Black Student Enrichment Program 2--The Black House Events

The DuBois Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement (DHIAA) of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences within the California State University Northridge (CSUN) shall collaborate with LAUSD to form the CSUN-LAUSD Partnership for the Black Student Achievement Plan. DHIAA shall coordinate use of the CSUN Black House to host activities for up to 100 students from Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle School in Northridge, California. DHIA...

INTERNET GOVERNANCE, DIGITAL MANIPULATION, AND TEXTUAL DECEPTION

How should regulators regulate internet deception? Are “evil” internet designs more deceptive than plain text? Do internet designs push consumers to agree to their terms and conditions? And would close reading of the terms and conditions remedy such problem? In summary, what is the difference between internet designs (dark patterns) versus contractual drafting (textual patterns) in nudging consumers online? This project aims to ans...

Teacher Residency Grant

There is an acute shortage of high quality teachers prepared to serve low-income students in urban schools, particularly in special education and in secondary mathematics and science education. To address this shortage, grant funding has been appropriated by the California General Fund to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) that supports the development and implementation of residency programs offered by local educational agencies (LEAs) in collaborat...

TCMS Training Proposal to LAUSD from CSUN

Prior to training participants will review material on statistical tools like Chi Square test. At the training participants will be introduced to the pedagogical method of Transition to College Math and Statistics (TCMS). Following this, participants will work collaboratively on the teaching schedule for Unit 1, with a focus on "group worthiness". In addition participants will be trained on the adaptive learning system ALEKS an how to use it in coordin...

An experimental investigation to reduce homophobia and increase empathy and knowledge concerning older LGBT individuals

This randomized controlled experiment is funded by an internal CSUN grant. Prof. Lagana` has created a feature documentary that she has hosted, directed, and produced on the topic of being an older LGBT individual. She is testing the anti-bias value of viewing this film on CSUN students. Her prior LGBT film, "LGBT United," has been used in her research with success, as viewing i...

A randomized controlled study to test the anti-bias effect of viewing an original documentary on homelessness

This is a research project funded by two CSUN internal grants. It is an innovative, film-based randomized controlled experiment on whether viewing a feature documentary created and produced by Prof. Lagana' will improve attitudes and knowledge about homeless individuals among the general population and among CSUN students.

Literate Adolescents (LA) Intervention Model Demonstration Project

The purpose of the Literate Adolescents (LA) Intervention Project is to establish, replicate, and disseminate a model demonstration program that improves the literacy of students with disabilities in high-need, urban high schools. The Project will implement intensive, culturally responsive, evidence-based adolescent literacy interventions, provide professional development activities to all educators involved in the model, and cond...