College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaSymposium PresentationsGraduate Student Research Symposium 2025

Graduate Student Research Symposium 2025

May 3, 2025 | 8:45AM-1:00PM
UH Mānoa College of Education

About the Symposium

Program Schedule

Presenter Guidelines

Schedule

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May 3, 2025

Opening Session & Welcome 8:45am–9:00am HST

Welcome

Plenary Session

Nathan Murata, Jon Yoshioka

Presentation Session I 9:10am–10:20am HST

Laulima A (Lima A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Faculty Reviewer: TBD | Room Moderator: TBD

Learning From Friends: Transmedia Literacy Development in Online Media Fandom Spaces

Oral Presentation

Jessica Chillingworth

Sense of Belonging and Knowledge Sharing in Online Communities

Oral Presentation

Rebecca Carino-Agustin

Designing Learning Spaces: Enhancing Collaboration Through Physical and Virtual Environment Integration

Oral Presentation

Laulima B (Lima B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scales for Children with and without Disabilities

Oral Presentation

Karl-Richard Hennebach

Making Ways Out of No Way: Black Doctoral Women’s Socialization into the Professoriate

Oral Presentation

Dallot as Liberatory Cultural and Pedagogical Practice

Oral Presentation

Michelle Levine Aquino

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 9:10am–10:20am HST

P4C’s Affect on Reading Comprehension in a Secondary ELA Environment on Maui

Oral Presentation

Science Teacher Perspectives on District Support of NGSS Implementation at a Hard-to-Staff Title I School

Oral Presentation

The Impact of Explicit Instruction of Executive Function Skills on Student Task Initiation

Oral Presentation

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 9:10am–10:20am HST

Organizational Tools and Independent Learners in Elementary Classrooms

Oral Presentation

Elizabeth Hamilton

An Action Research Study on the Effect of Growing Native Kalo to Students Sense of Belonging to Hawai’i in a Elementary Classroom

Oral Presentation

The Effects of Goal-Setting Practices on Academic Performance in Elementary Students

Oral Presentation

Savannah Campbell

Makawalu 9:10am–10:20am HST

The Influence of Instructional Conversations on the Well Being and Academic Success of Students in a Culturally Diverse Classroom

Oral Presentation

Alexandra Vandenberg

Can Lunch Bunch Impact a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom?

Oral Presentation

Preparing to Become a Linguistically Responsive Teacher

Oral Presentation

Nahiku 9:10am–10:20am HST

How does college student athletes’ participation in college competitive sports affect their mental health?

Oral Presentation

Nikola Homolkova

Persistence of Transgender Students of Color in STEM Fields: A Qualitative Phenomenological Inquiry

Oral Presentation

Ethnic identity formation of Filipino adolescents in Hawai‘i

Oral Presentation

Elerose Cordero

The Relationship Between Second-Language Usage Entering Kindergarten and Students’ Social and Cognitive Scores in Grade 5

Oral Presentation

Chanelle Camero

Presentation Session II 10:30am–11:40am HST

Laulima A (Lima A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Facilitating Deaf Student Access to American Sign Language Interpreters in the College Classroom

Oral Presentation

Seeing the System: A Connectivist Evaluation of Digital Tools for Organizational Improvement

Oral Presentation

Investigating the Perceptions of Underrepresented Students’ Belonging & Intent to Persist Following Online Community Participation

Oral Presentation

Laulima B (Lima B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Movement and Mood: The Impact of Physical Activity on Affect

Oral Presentation

The Early College Pick Me-up: Leveraging Psychological Constructs & Environmental Influences to Support Students Beyond the Program

Oral Presentation

Can the Online Classroom Be Decolonized?: Online Learning, Indigenous Thought, and Hawaiian Approach within the University of Hawaiʻi System

Oral Presentation

Kristin Hargrove

Ku‘ono‘ono A (Ono A) 10:30am–11:40am HST

The Effects of Small Group Instruction on Engagement in Elementary Students

Oral Presentation

Dutch Tanaka-Akana, Anya Amaral

Future Media Makers

Oral Presentation

Kameryn Kaneshiro

Ku‘ono‘ono B (Ono B) 10:30am–11:40am HST

Teacher Perspectives on Physical Activity and Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom

Oral Presentation

Jenna Yoshimi-Watling

The Effect of Game Based Learning on Student Engagement in a Japanese World Language Class

Oral Presentation

Effect of Flipped Teaching on Perceived Learning and Academic Performance in a High School Biology Class

Oral Presentation

Nahiku 10:30am–11:50am HST

School Climate in Hawai`i

Oral Presentation

Psychometric Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale Among Filipino Adults

Oral Presentation

Renz Louis Montano

Testing the Language-Level Correlates of Visual Gender Perception Across Countries

Oral Presentation

Multisensory Information Processing In Military Contexts

Oral Presentation

Break 11:40am–12:10pm HST

Poster Session 12:10pm–1:00pm HST

Hoʻi Ke Ea: He Hoʻoulu I Ka Mōhala O Ka Naʻau A Me Ka Launa Kanaka O Ke Keiki Ma Nā Haʻawina

Candy "Puʻuwai" Robins-Reyes

Teaching Science and Social Studies in Elementary School Classrooms

Sonrisa Stepath

Talk Story in a High School Social Studies Classroom

Jennifer Abella

The Impact of School Beautification Projects – (specifically murals) – on Sense of Belonging in Hawai’i

Jillian Tyburski

Examining Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth Attitudes Towards Physical Activity and Physical Education

Exploring Special Education Teachers’ Attitudes and Knowledge of Physical Activity for Students with Disabilities：A Systematic Review

Growing Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Through Kindergarten Mathematics

Crafting a Secondary-Level Fine Arts Curriculum Through Reflective Practices

Agbiag ti Ilokano: Transforming Ilokano Teaching Through Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching

Jairah Mae Pascual

Developing AI Literacy in Computer Science Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Prospects

Free As Our Hair: A Qualitative Research Narrative of Black Women’s Racialized Hair Experiences In Their Higher Education Journey

Niya Denise McAdoo

Edukits Hawaii’s Impact on Nā Hopena Aʻo Integration: A Teacher Resource Evaluation Study

Candide Krieger

The Effects of Community-Building Activities on Cross-Cultural Collaboration in a Middle School Social Studies Classroom

Caroline Kikkawa

Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Classroom: Autoethnography Exploring One Teachers’ Classroom Management and Student Teacher Relationship Boundaries

Puakenikeni Kepler

Play To Learn: The Impact Of Interactive Games And Activities On Student Engagement

Generative AI in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Student Usage Patterns and Perceptions

Expanding Access to Kinesiology Through Inclusive and Innovative Teaching

Designing a Native Hawaiian School Garden: Strengthening Aloha ʻĀina and Pilina

Close –1:00pm HST