1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration (open access)

1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration

This chapter reports the findings of a two-year case study of how one first-grade teacher in a Florida charter school with 1:1 iPads progresses through stages of concerns and levels of use to achieve technological innovation. Findings inform technology integration practices and emphasize the importance of acknowledging change concerns associated with technology acceptance.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrators’ unintentional sensegiving and system reform outcomes (open access)

Administrators’ unintentional sensegiving and system reform outcomes

Article examining how administrators help teachers and other administrators make sense of a system reform during the first two years of implementation.
Date: January 14, 2019
Creator: Wong, Lok-Sze
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Statistical Anxiety Among Online and Traditional Students (open access)

Assessing Statistical Anxiety Among Online and Traditional Students

Article describes study which sought to determine whether scores on the Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) manifest in the same way for students in online and traditional statistics courses.
Date: July 4, 2019
Creator: Frey-Clark, Marta; Natesan, Prathiba & O’Bryant, Monique
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Case for Measuring and Reporting Bilingualism in Developmental Research (open access)

The Case for Measuring and Reporting Bilingualism in Developmental Research

Article argues that bilingualism and language experience in general should be routinely documented in all studies of infant and child development regardless of the research questions pursued, and provides suggestions for measuring and reporting children’s language exposure, proficiency, and use.
Date: August 22, 2019
Creator: Castro, Dina C.; Byers-Heinlein, Krista; Esposito, Alena G.; Winsler, Adam; Marian, Viorica & Luk, Gigi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing patients and families perceptions of satisfaction and predictors of overall satisfaction in the emergency department (open access)

Comparing patients and families perceptions of satisfaction and predictors of overall satisfaction in the emergency department

Article describes study aiming to investigate factors that best predict patient's satisfaction with their emergency department (ED) visit, as well as examine whether patients and their families perceived the factors related to satisfaction similarly.
Date: August 13, 2019
Creator: Natesan, Prathiba; Hadid, Dima; Harb, Yara Abou & Hitti, Eveline
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues (open access)

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.
Date: 2019
Creator: Mathis, Janelle
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A method for predicting background advertisement exposure parameters in sporting events: Televised football game approach (open access)

A method for predicting background advertisement exposure parameters in sporting events: Televised football game approach

Article described study which tested a prediction method where virtual reality (VR) technology was utilized to simulate the telecast of the event and estimate the background advertisement exposure parameters.
Date: October 17, 2019
Creator: Xiao, Yi & Collins, John
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nap Opportunity During the Daytime Affects Performance and Perceived Exertion in 5-m Shuttle Run Test (open access)

Nap Opportunity During the Daytime Affects Performance and Perceived Exertion in 5-m Shuttle Run Test

Article describes study comparing the effect of different durations of nap opportunity during the daytime on repeated high-intensity short-duration performance and rating of perceived exertion (RPE).
Date: June 20, 2019
Creator: Boukhris, Omar; Abdessalem, Raouf; Ammar, Achraf; Hsouna, Hsen; Trabelsi, Khaled; Engel, Florian A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading (open access)

Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading

Article providing evidence of how children from 120 homes across 46 classrooms use apps and portable technology to support their reading development. The finding that nearly all children in this study supported reading skills with portable technology in the home demonstrates the need to foster partnerships between parents and teachers that builds on children's technological knowledge and use to deepen learning between home and school.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity (open access)

Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity

Article examining teacher preparation programs ability to help preservice teachers connect educational theory with teaching practice. This article systematically reflects on written responses, recorded in a private weblog over the course of a 15-week intermediate reading methods course.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Curcio, Rachele
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychosocial predictors of physical activity and health-related quality of life among Shanghai working adults (open access)

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.
Date: April 25, 2019
Creator: Xiao, Yi; Wang, Hongying; Zhang, Tao & Ren, Xiaoling
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A scoping review of digital game-based technology on English language learning (open access)

A scoping review of digital game-based technology on English language learning

Article investigating the current practices of digital game-based language learning to support English language learning. This article provides strategies for educational researchers to improve their rigor in research, along with explicit criteria that digital game designers can apply toward language-learning game development.
Date: August 14, 2019
Creator: Xu, Zhihong; Chen, Zhuo; Eutsler, Lauren; Geng, Zihan & Kogut, Ashlynn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Adolescents' Need Support, Need Satisfaction, and Health-Related Outcomes: A Self-Determination Health Behavior Perspective (open access)

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.
Date: December 22, 2019
Creator: Chen, Changzhou; Zhang, Tao; Gu, Xiangli; Lee, Joonyoung; Ren, Sutang & Wang, Hongying
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library