Vol. 4 No. 1 Spring 2018 DEVRY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL of DEVRY SCHOLARLY RESEARCH TABLE of CONTENTS a Message from the Provost and Associate Provost
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DEVRY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH Vol. 4 No. 1 Spring 2018 DEVRY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF DEVRY SCHOLARLY RESEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS A Message from the Provost and Associate Provost ................................................................................................... 2 A Message from the National Dean....................................................................................................................................3 UNIVERSITY A Message from the Managing Editors ............................................................................................................................3 Editorial Board .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Journal Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Peer Reviewers for this Issue ............................................................................................................................................... 5 JOURNAL OF Institutional Review Board (IRB) ...................................................................................................................................... 5 ARTICLES: PAPERS FROM THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES Literary Matters in Technical Contexts Judy McCarthy & John Morello ......................................................................................................................................... 6 SCHOLARLY Institutional Gridlock in the United States Congress Andrew Tuholski .....................................................................................................................................................................15 PAPER FROM THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & INFORMATION SCIENCES A Lecture to Teach Generic Programming at an Advanced College Programming Course: RESEARCH A Case of Visual C++ Penn Wu ................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 FROM THE CLASSROOM: The Factoring Flowchart: A Problem-Based Learning Tool for Factoring Polynomials Kyle Muldrow ..........................................................................................................................................................................39 Why Writing Matters Jennifer Schneider ...............................................................................................................................................................45 Vol. 4 No. 1 Spring 2018 BOOK REVIEWS: Cinema Verite? William Hayes ........................................................................................................................................................................48 Better Together John Morello ............................................................................................................................................................................50 Born to Run. And Write. Shawn Schumacher ............................................................................................................................................................... 52 CALL FOR PAPERS: Call for Papers, Case Studies, Book Reviews, Letters to the Editor, From the Classroom, and Editors’ Instructions for Submission and Deadlines, Fall 2018 Issue .......................................................54 A MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST As we embark on our 87th year at DeVry University, we are proud to share the fourth volume of the DeVry University Journal of Scholarly Research. Scholarly activity continues to be an important role for our faculty at DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management. The work presented in this edition is a testament to our professors’ dedication to their individual fields of study and those of interest to the university as a whole. We are equally pleased to present the initial scholarly activity pertaining to our distinctive learning approach – TechPath. In this issue, you will find work by our faculty in this area, including: • Literary Matters in Technical Contexts, by Dr. Judy McCarthy and Dr. John Morello • A Lecture to Teach Generic Programming at an Advanced College Programming Course: A Case of Visual C++, by Dr. Penn Wu • The Factoring Flowchart: A Problem-Based Learning Tool for Factoring Polynomials, by Kyle Muldrow Through our professors’ dedication to scholarly work, our commitment to transform learning will continue to evolve. We look forward to presenting thought-provoking work in future journals as we continue to evolve “DeVry TechPath”. Shantanu Bose, PhD Provost, DeVry University Darryl Field, PhD Associate Provost – Academic Operations /2 /3 A MESSAGE FROM THE A MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL DEAN MANAGING EDITORS As we embark upon a new year, there is an We would like to extend a very warm welcome to extraordinary opportunity to move the field the latest issue of the DeVry University Journal of teaching and learning forward. While we of Scholarly Research; Vol. 4, No. 1. are experiencing one of the strongest hiring markets for college graduates, employers are still This issue contains papers from across the not granting graduates a “free pass.” (Gardner, university. Among the papers we have included 2018) The labor market and skill sets needed for a spotlight is focused on the humanities and today’s college students continue to evolve at a STEM debate. Additionally, we have a political rapid pace – fueled by technology. Modernizing science paper within this issue and a paper learning to prepare students for the future that focuses on increasing the effectiveness of becomes critical and central to our faculty teaching advanced programming to Computer community and our University at large. Information Science students. We are very happy to include two “From the Classroom” As the workplace becomes expeditiously papers that provide observations that resonate digitized, so do our classrooms. DeVry with all faculty. University provides a modern experience – focused on hands-on experiential learning. We would like to thank all of our contributors Modern learning is deeply rooted in real-world and the DUJOSR board for their enthusiastic and application and problem solving so both faculty generous contributions. We would particularly and students collectively solve the complex like to acknowledge and thank our Liberal Arts problems of today’s digitized workplace. and Sciences (LAS) editors Judy McCarthy and John Morello, who are stepping down from their We are proud of the anagogical practices editorial roles, and who as part of the founding our faculty have embraced to transform our group of faculty have forged and shaped this classrooms, along with the scholarly research publication, and, who without stint have shared that has transpired in this area. This issue of the insights, talent and good humor. We welcome DeVry University Journal of Scholarly Research Michael Gooch to the editorial board as our new focuses on some initial advances of what we all LAS editor. refer to as “TechPath,” a distinctive approach to teaching and learning – focused on People, As we expand and enhance the TechPathway of Process, Data, and Devices. our university’s course offerings, the DUJOSR provides a perfect forum for discussion and This journey has just begun and so has the series exchange of ideas that enhances such a strategy. of scholarly research focusing on “TechPath.” Buckle in as we continue to transform teaching Sincerely, and learning! Deborah Helman, PhD Managing Editor Lynn Marie Burks, PhD National Dean, Faculty Michael Bird, PhD Managing Editor /2 /3 DEVRY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE DEVRY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH NATIONAL DEAN, FACULTY COPY EDITORS Lynn Marie Burks, PhD Michael Dufresne, MA, MSEd Julie Hagemann, PhD MANAGING EDITORS Jim Schneider, MA Deborah Helman, PhD Patti Myer, MBA Michael Bird, PhD DUJOSR ADVISORY BOARD COLLEGE EDITORS Judy McCarthy, PhD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT: Michael Faulkner, PhD Wayne Morgan, DBA JOURNAL INFORMATION Willie Wilborn, EdD The DeVry University Journal of Scholarly Research COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & (ISSN 2375-5393 1) is a semi-annual, multi- INFORMATION SCIENCES: discipline, peer-reviewed journal devoted to Eric Addeo, PhD scholarship and education research. Gina Cooper, PhD The journal is the work of the faculty, staff and COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES: administration of DeVry University. The views expressed in the journal are those of the authors Michael Gooch, PhD and should not be attributed to the sponsoring John Morello, PhD organizations or the institutions with which the BOOK REVIEW EDITOR authors are affiliated. John Morello, PhD FROM THE CLASSROOM EDITOR Jim Schneider, MA /4 /5 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS INFORMATION INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD The journal welcomes unsolicited articles, case DeVry University has an Institutional Review studies, reviews, and letters on scholarship, Board (IRB) to protect the rights and welfare of education research or related subjects. Text humans participating as subjects in a research and citations should conform to APA style study. The IRB ensures the protection of as described in the Publication Manual of the subjects by reviewing research protocols and American Psychological