{"id":8116,"date":"2023-03-14T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.qc.cuny.edu\/?p=8116"},"modified":"2023-03-14T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:48:32","slug":"qc-research-highlights-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/2023\/03\/14\/qc-research-highlights-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"QC Research Highlights: March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome to the March edition of QC Research Highlights!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every month, we feature a few articles showcasing the work of QC authors. Please enjoy this month\u2019s selection of faculty publications!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to all the authors who have contributed their works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Math and Natural Sciences <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eve Bernstein<\/a> (Family, Nutrition and Exercise Science)<\/strong>\u2019s article, \u201cStudents\u2019 Perceived Experiences of Competitive Activities through Electronic Platforms<\/a>,\u201d analyzed what middle school students said on YouTube about competitive activities in physical education courses. She analyzed 26 videos of students talking about their experiences. Since participation in physical activities declines after middle school, she thought it was especially important to understand the students\u2019 perspectives at that stage. In the videos, students\u2019 perception of their own skill level deeply influences their experience; less-skilled students became embarrassed or lost interest. Bernstein suggests that activities should be structured in such a way as to alleviate the experience of failure and not make students feel powerless. She critiques the teacher-centered approach shown in the clips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toni Spring (Elementary and Early Education)<\/strong> researches children\u2019s eyewitness testimony through the lens of moral decision-making. In the article \u201cGender Differences in Moral Influences on Adolescents\u2019 Eyewitness Identification<\/a>,\u201d Spring, along with co-authors Herbert D. Saltzstein (Graduate Center, CUNY) and Leeann Siegel (University of Pennsylvania), works to reveal implicit moral decision-making in adolescents, considering both age and gender. After watching a video in which one character stole a cell phone from another, the study participants answered some questions indicating how bad the character\u2019s actions were and how severely they believed she should be punished. Finally, they were asked to identify the character from a selection of photos. This study differed from others in this area because it used female actors. The older children and the girls used more stringent criteria in identifying the culprit and were more likely to focus on fairness rather than prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In her article, Debility and Disability in Edith Wharton\u2019s Novels<\/a>, Karen Weingarten<\/a> (English)<\/strong> argues that Edith Wharton\u2019s understanding of disability in some ways anticipates modern disability studies. Considering Ethan Frome, The Fruit of the Tree<\/em>, and Summer<\/em>, Weingarten analyzes how Wharton situates disability within the economic and political circumstances of her characters. Ultimately, Weingarten argues for a distinction between disability, which can be understood as an identity category, and debility, which is a condition brought on by economic conditions. Disability as an identity is available to those characters whose social position entitles them to the support of the community, whereas debilitation describes the condition of those who have suffered injury or illness due to the working and living conditions of capitalism. Ultimately, Weingarten argues: \u201cAs a tracing of the representation of disability and debility in Wharton\u2019s novels demonstrates, disabled\u2014and debilitated\u2014people\u2019s oppression has always been tied to economic, racial, and sexual politics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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