b'Views on Marriage Counseling:Perceived Benefits, Hesitations,and MisconceptionsRaneisha HudsonSponsor: Dr. LoganMarriage counseling is a form of therapy that gives a voice of reason and supports couples in a relationship. Therapy may be useful for spouses regarding separation or seeking guidance and improve familiarity and understanding. While the relationship itself is the focus of marital counselling, both parties are required to give attention to individual self-improvement and self-awareness. Marriage counselling can be successful or unsuccessful depending on the willingness of both parties to reconcile their relationship. Marriage counselling can also help couples improve their chances of success in fixing/improving the marriage. Though couples may go to therapy to seek marital help/guidance, studies have shown that about 57% of couples who seek counselling have already made up in their mind to end their relationship. However, couples counselling can help in many and can be the catalyst to save the marriages. Contrary to what some may believe, marriage counselling is not about taking sides, shaming, or blaming one party. This research project will utilize existing literature and survey data to clarify the perceived benefits and hesitations regarding marriage counseling and help uncover the factors impacting hesitation of couples or individuals in seeking marital counselling.Department of Teacher EducationFostering Creative Thinkingin K-8 Enrichment ProgramJaden Markee RogersDr. DesmetThe classroom should be a place where creative thinking is encouraged. However, research has shown that many teachers have misconceptions about how to best foster creative thinking.Enrichment programs for gifted, creative, and talented students often offer educators more freedom to include activities and teaching strategies that can foster creative thinking. This study explores how enrichment teachers perceive and foster creative thinking in enrichment classrooms designed for gifted, creative, and talented students. Eleven enrichment teachers were interviewed and observed and evaluated using inductive qualitative analysis of the interviews, observation field notes, and lesson plans.It was determined that the majority of these teachers believed creativity involved new and original ideas, leading them to foster creativity through primarily open-ended idea generation tasks.62'