The different effects of genre-based writing instruction and integration of technology use in genre-based writing instruction will be examined. The specific genre for this study is a research paper. Different patterns of instructor-learner interaction in both instructional situations will also be investigated.

There will be three in-person visits for instructions on academic writing. Pre- and Post-instructions questionnaires and reflective journals will be collected.

We aim to study how minoritized students perceive multimodal cues in instructional materials to improve STEM teaching for their STEM identity development.

To participate in the study at Penn State, students will be accompanied with their parent or a legal guardian. During the 40-minute session, participants will be asked to complete a brief survey and take part in an interview.

$50

This project examines team problem solving. Participants will work individually or in small groups to solve problems alone or in collaboration with a computer (AI) program, presented either as puzzles or in case studies. Participants may be occasionally asked to self-report concerning the problem, their own or their group's progress, and/or other aspects of their solving.

The purpose of this study is to better understand how human teams with non-human virtual agent team members operate and function.

If you agree to be in this study, you will be fitted to sensors that will measure your neurophysiological (i.e., brain, cardiac, and respiratory) signals while you complete group tasks in person or in virtual reality. This interaction will be recorded and coded. You will also be asked to complete several questionnaires about your demographics, behaviors, and emotions.

$50

This study investigates the effects and effectiveness of different options for designing immersive virtual reality tours of real-world places. Participants will wear a Virtual Reality headset and watchseveral short tours featuring different environments (museum, forest, harbor, Mayan site). After each tour, participants will be asked for their opinion on certain design aspects of the tour app.

This is an interview and survey study that will examine how the design of ICU warning information system influence nurses situation awareness.

This study aims to understand how the design factors of warning information system influence nurse situation awareness in ICUs. You will participate an online interview study and fill out two questionnaires. The study takes 1-2 hours.

$30

We are trying to characterize the movement of a shooter in a VR environment.

The study consists of one visit lasting approximately 30-40 minutes: 10 minutes for VR setup, 15 minutes for simulated test, and 5-15 minutes for post-experiment survey. During the simulated test, participants will be asked to move around in the environment and shoot NPCs.

$10

This study aims to understand ways to affect how riders perceive and provide feedback to drivers through technology intervention. Particularly, we investigate how presenting drivers’ personal profile under different trip conditions may lead to differences in the ways riders may provide feedback. We hypothesize that riders will provide positive feedback when provided drivers’ personal information when the trip goes well, and that riders will provide less negative feedback when provided drivers’ personal information when the trip goes bad due to uncontrollable reasons.

This study involves a content analysis of student newspaper political articles, as well as a survey of student journalists regarding their views about how politics are reported in student media.

This study will examine via ethnographic observation the Story feature on social media. Participants will be asked to provide their Snapchat or Instagram username and must be willing to let the researcher observe the Stories that they post. The primary aims are to illuminate how and why people are using the Story feature on social media, and to analyze how this feature is changing how we relate to and understand the world around us.

This study will test the efficacy of novel guided drawing activities for reducing anxiety in young adults

For this study, your teen will be asked to in a 90 minute in-person lab visit. Cardiac data will be recorded as your teen engages in a drawing activity. Your teen will also answer questionnaires during the visit and again approximately one week later, online via Qualtrics. This final questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

$25

This is a psychological study to examine the effect of a new intervention that provides parents with tools to speak with their kids about race, racism, and privilege.Participants will complete a 2-3 hour long program and answer questionnaires over the course of 6-8 weeks. The total time required for this study is approximately 4.5 hours for parents and 2 hours for children. Parents can earn up to $165 and children can earn up to $50.

Parents and children will both be asked to participate, and all participation will be remote.Over the course of 6-8 weeks, parents will answer 3 sets of questionnaires in addition to completing 2-3 hour long interactive program. Parents will also be asked to participate in a recorded discussion task with their child, and will be invited back for a short interview as the final task.Children will answer 2 sets of questionnaires at the beginning and end of the study, and will also participate in the recorded discussion task with their parents.

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To provide better understanding of Chinese students' vocabulary learning Strategies and help develop better learning strategies

Complete seven sessions, which may take approximately 20-30 minutes of your time per session.Read several English short texts and identify meanings of target words.Possibly participate in a virtual interview that will be scheduled at your convenience.

Better understand and improving Chinese English learners' vocabulary development

•Complete seven sessions, which may take approximately 20-30 minutes of your time per session.•Read several English short texts and identify meanings of target words.•Possibly participate in a virtual interview that will be scheduled at your convenience.

This study is designed to better understand how people complete complicated tasks, and the best ways in which to measure their performance. If you agree to the study, you will be asked to fill out questionnaires on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; take a short interview on the same; and complete brain teasers and computerized tests of attention and learning.

There are several steps to determining whether you are a good fit for the study. If you agree to be in the study, then we will send you a link to complete online questionnaires (~10 min) on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. If you are a good fit, then we will schedule a laboratory visit in Moore Building at the University Park campus (maximum length of time = 3 hours). During that visit you will complete an interview and more questionnaires, brain teasers, and computerized tests of attention and learning. The visit will be video recorded for quality assurance.

$50

This study aims to learn about how university students interact with ChatGPT and how ChatGPT's support of autonomy, competence, and relatedness could either help or hinder students' ability to learn. We will interview students to understand how ChatGPT supports student learning and identify any challenges that may arise.

There will be a 60-minute interview.

$10