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- Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas
- This article explores the intercultural movements toward social justice in education in the Americas, most particularly, North America, and how U.S. multicultural movements and policies influence countries like Brazil.
- Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision
- This article focuses on the importance of contextualizing school policies by illuminating how one school rule, In-School-Suspension (ISS) disengages students from the learning process.
- A Survey of U.S. Olympic Coaches: Variables Perceived to Have Influenced Athlete Performances and Coach Effectiveness
- This article discusses research on variables perceived to have influenced athlete performances and coach effectiveness.
- Perceptions of Youth Obesity Among Physical Educators
- This article discusses perceptions of youth obesity among physical educators.
- Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women
- This article discusses self-objectification among physically active women.
- Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education
- Article discussing a study on how fat stereotypes influence beliefs about physical education.
- Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes
- This article discusses the prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among male collegiate athletes.
- Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model
- Article discussing a growth mixture model and differential growth trajectories for achievement among children retained in first grade.
- MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity
- This article discusses the efficacy of mental and physical (MAP) training in improving symptoms of depression and rumination in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD).
- Walking in My Students' Shoes: An ESL Teacher Brings Theory to Life in Order to Transform Her Classroom
- This article discusses how a teacher's second language learning experience may impact beliefs about teaching english language learner students.
- Reliability Generalization of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire: A Meta-Analytic View of Reliability Estimates
- This article uses a reliability generalization meta-analysis to explore the relationship between study factors and levels of alpha reliability for the 15 subscales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ).
- Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: Voices from the Field
- This article uses a qualitative, multi-case study research design to gain insight into the perceptions and experiences of special education teachers and administrators.
- Transforming Educational Leadership Preparation: Starting with Ourselves
- This article describes a duoethnography of two faculty members working in different leadership programs to reveal how their understanding of diversity and social justice has been formed over the course of their lives.
- Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies
- This article uses the example of the Arab Spring to discuss how new media lowers barriers so that more voices may be heard.
- "Remixing" Current Events: Navigating the Transmedia Terrain with Fifth Graders
- This article discusses two democratic media literacy skills that teachers can model and teach to help students as 21st century citizens.
- (Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District
- This article reports a Texas suburban school district's efforts to promote cultural proficiency after leadership trainings.
- Tensions and Transformations: Using an Ethical Framework to Teach a Course on Disability Law to Future Educational Leaders
- This article explores the authors' experience using an ethical framework to teach a course on disability law to graduate level education students.
- Videoconferencing for Global Citizenship Education: Wise Practices for Social Studies Educators
- This article reviews literature on videoconferencing for global citizenship education and analyzes those efforts towards cosmopolitan citizenship.
- Does observance of Ramadan affect sleep in athletes and physically active individuals? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- This article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis is to provide an accurate description of the effect of Ramadan observance on sleep duration, sleep quality, daily nap duration, and daytime sleepiness in athletes and physically active individuals.
- The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in U.S. children
- This article examines the impact of the pandemic on the physical activity and play behavior of U.S. children and to provide evidence based recommendations to improve their physical activity.
- Children's Physical Activity Levels and Psychological Correlates in Interactive Dance Versus Aerobic Dance
- This article compares children's physical activity levels, self-efficacy, and enjoyment when experiencing dance-exergaming and aerobic dance in physical education.
- The Extent of Autism Knowledge of Novice Alternatively Certified Special Education Teachers in Texas
- This article assesses the knowledge of novice alternative certification teachers in the area of autism intervention.
- The Virtual Workroom: Using Social Media, Teachers Reach Beyond School Walls to Learn and Grow
- This article discusses educators' use of professional learning networks and its impact on their teaching and student learning.
- Levelling the Playing Field: Human Capability Approach and Lived Realities for Sport and Gender in the West Indies
- This article applies the human capability approach (HCA) to explicitly investigate gender role attitudes from the perspective of boy and girl participants in sport for development and peace (SDP).
- Sedentary behavior and physical activity predicting depressive symptoms in adolescents beyond attributes of health-related physical fitness
- This article investigates whether sedentary behavior and fitness-producing activity predicted depression in active adolescents over and above gender and fitness attributes.
- Longitudinal trajectories of physical activity in women using latent class growth analysis: The WIN Study
- This article discusses a study to examine the longitudinal trajectories in objectively measured physical activity (PA), to identify unknown (i.e., latent) subgroups with distinct trajectories, and to examine the correlates of latent subgroups among community dwelling women.
- Platforms, Purpose, and Pedagogy: Reclaiming Context and Resisting Technopoly with Participatory Media
- This article examines the work of media theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman in the wake of participatory media.
- Print or iPad? Young Children’s Text Type Shared Reading Preference and Behaviors in Comparison to Parent Predictions and At-home Practices
- Article examining young children’s reading preference by text type. Discourse and observation analyses show children engage differently between text types. Findings have implications for parents, teachers, and teacher educators support today’s young children as readers.
- The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues
- Article is a study examining three picture books to consider the significance of contemporary retellings of traditional tales.
- Exceptional Friction Mitigation via Subsurface Plastic Shear in Defective Nanocrystalline Ceramics
- This article reports that atomic layer deposition {0002}-textured ZnO films, with nanocolumnar grains and defective sub-stoichiometric structure, exhibit nanocrystalline plasticity and exceptionally low sliding friction and wear.
- Review of Gamification mindset
- This article is a review of the book "Gamification Mindset" by Ole Goethe.
- Baker's Yeast Beta Glucan Supplementation Increases Salivary IgA and Decreases Cold/Flu Symptomatic Days After Intense Exercise
- Article describes study which sought to determine if baker's yeast β-glucan (BG) could positively affect the immune system of individuals undergoing intense exercise stress.
- Ethics Acculturation of International Counseling Students
- Article studying students' learning of counseling ethics, particularly international students who experience acculturation in the general sense and the acculturation of ethics in the counseling profession specifically.
- Analysis of the start to the first hurdle in 110 m hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015
- Article describes study in which observational analysis was used to evaluate the relationships between variables measured at the start of the men’s 110 hurdles event and race performance itself.
- Examining physical activity and quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability
- Article discusses how quality of life and physical activity relate to each other in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. The authors use Fitbit activity trackers to find connections between physical activity and quality of life of their sample group of autistic adults.
- How Do Chinese International Students View Seeking Mental Health Services?
- This article is a study exploring how Chinese international students view seeking mental health services.
- Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience
- This article seeks to better understand to what extent the Individual Education Plan (IEP) adequately prepared one girl for major life transitions following high-school graduation.
- Psychosocial predictors of physical activity and health-related quality of life among Shanghai working adults
- This article investigates the psychosocial predictors of physical activity and quality of life (QOL) among Shanghai working adults. Stress and social support from friends were two important sources of self-efficacy, all of which facilitated more physical activity participation. Lower stress, higher social support, and more physical activity may directly increase QOL among Shanghai working adults.
- Initial Response to COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Media and School Communications to Identify Pedagogical Implications for Remote Teaching
- Article examining one month of social media, news media, school district websites’ continuity plans and educational affiliate organizations, to unveil K-12 stakeholders’ initial response to K-12 remote teaching following the declaration of the national emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Initial responses focused on community lockdown procedures, sustaining education, adapting to a remote lifestyle and political tension. The authors revisited included tweets one week later to measure their connectedness, which revealed that educational organizations, which have the largest number of followers, also have the greatest outreach and visibility. This is the accepted manuscript of the article which has been approved to post in an institutional repository.
- How Parent Perceptions Relate to Elementary Children’s Portable Technology Use by Gender and Grade Level
- Article examining how parents' reports of children’s technology use in the home varies by a child’s gender or grade level. Strategies are provided for teachers, support specialists, and parents to improve how children use technology. Implications for app developers are suggested.
- Accessing Physical Activity and Health Disparities among Underserved Hispanic Children: The Role of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence
- Paper describes study examining the relationship of actual motor competence and perceived motor competence with PA participation and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among underserved Hispanic children who were born in the U.S.
- Longitudinal Effects of Motivation and Physical Activity on Depressive Symptoms among College Students
- This article is guided by Lubans et al.'s conceptual framework and examines the longitudinal relationships of physical activity (PA) motivation with leisure-time PA and depressive symptoms among college students over one academic year. The findings suggest sex-specified motivational intervention strategies and PA promotion programs/opportunities are needed to reduce depression symptoms among college students over time.
- Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: A Psychosocial Mechanism
- Article tests a hypothesized path model of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables (i.e., attitude toward behavior, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intention) with physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms. The findings support the theoretical tenets of TPB and provide empirical evidence of the psychosocial mechanism of PA and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents. It suggests that building PA intervention strategies while considering the TPB framework may promote adolescents’ physical and mental health.
- Relationship between Perceived Training Load, Well-Being Indices, Recovery State and Physical Enjoyment during Judo-Specific Training
- Article investigating the relationship between well-being indices and the session rating of perceived exertion (session-RPE), recovery (TQR), and physical enjoyment (PE) during intensified, tapering phases of judo training. Sleep, recovery state, pre-fatigue states, and HI are signals contributing to the enjoyment and internal intensity variability during training. Coaches can use these simple tools to monitor judo training.
- Understanding Adolescents' Need Support, Need Satisfaction, and Health-Related Outcomes: A Self-Determination Health Behavior Perspective
- Paper describes a study exploring the relationships among perceived need support from physical education teachers, psychological need satisfaction, and adolescents’ health-related outcomes in Chinese adolescent students.
- School-Based Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and Health-Related Outcomes among Hispanic Children in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
- The article highlights a study meant to examine the relationships between school-based sedentary behavior, physical activity, and health-related outcomes, including cardiorespiratory fitness, weight status, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Hispanic children. Sedentary behavior was negatively correlated with cardiorespiratory fitness and HRQOL but positively associated with weight status. MVPA was positively correlated with cardiorespiratory fitness and HRQOL, but negatively associated with weight status and sedentary behavior. Multiple regressions demonstrated that sedentary behavior significantly predicted cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status, whereas MVPA significantly predicted HRQOL.
- Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom
- This article compares the leisure and school-related computer use of students in inclusive classrooms.
- Challenges in measuring ACGME competencies: considerations for milestones
- This article extends previous studies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)'s measure of residents' training progress to examine the validity of ACGME International competency measures for an international setting across emergency medicine (EM) and neurology, and across evaluators.
- Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter
- This article describes results from a survey of 109 English teachers describing their frequent and versatile uses of Twitter.
- Mental Health Interventions for Parent Carers of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Practice Guidelines from a Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) Systematic Review
- This article contains a systematic review that identifies key qualities of interventions supporting the mental health of parent carers and proposes practitioner-parent carer support guidelines.