Quantitative Preparation in Doctoral Education Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study of Doctoral Student Perspectives on Their Quantitative Training (open access)

Quantitative Preparation in Doctoral Education Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study of Doctoral Student Perspectives on Their Quantitative Training

This article explores student perceptions of their own doctoral-level education and quantitative proficiency.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Ferguson, Sarah L.; Hovey, Katrina A. & Henson, Robin K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting changes in systolic blood pressure using longitudinal patient records (open access)

Predicting changes in systolic blood pressure using longitudinal patient records

This article introduces a model that predicts future changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) based on structured and unstructured (text-based) information from longitudinal clinical records.
Date: July 22, 2015
Creator: Solomon, John Wes & Nielsen, Rodney D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High School Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Physical Fitness: A 3 × 2 Achievement Goal Approach (open access)

High School Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Physical Fitness: A 3 × 2 Achievement Goal Approach

Article examining the influence of six goal orientations on physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) in high school students in China using the latest 3 × 2 achievement goal model. Results show fostering self- and other-approach-oriented environments with developmentally appropriate content in physical education may have implications for enhancing high school students’ PA and PF.
Date: July 27, 2020
Creator: Shen, Liang; Lee, Joonyoung; Chen, Changzhou & Zhang, Tao
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does Perceived Competence Mediate between Ball Skills and Children’s Physical Activity and Enjoyment? (open access)

Does Perceived Competence Mediate between Ball Skills and Children’s Physical Activity and Enjoyment?

This article examines the potential mediating role of perceived motor skill competence on relationships between actual ball skills and children’s physical activity (PA) and PA enjoyment. Correlation analyses showed positive relationships among the study variables. The findings highlight that ball skills significantly impact students’ perceived competence, positively and indirectly affecting their PA and PA enjoyment.
Date: July 4, 2021
Creator: Zhang, Tao; Lee, Joonyoung; Barnett, Lisa M. & Gu, Xiangli
System: The UNT Digital Library
It's a Shit Show, and It's Fine: Symbolic Nonviolence Practices in Higher Education in 2020 (open access)

It's a Shit Show, and It's Fine: Symbolic Nonviolence Practices in Higher Education in 2020

Article describes how, through in-depth interviews with 22 faculty who taught during COVID in 2020, this study examines symbolic violence and symbolic nonviolence in higher education. The concept, symbolic nonviolence, was created, which is the intentional and systemic practice of recognizing and absorbing symbolic violence to transform the habitus.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Evans, Aubree
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Together We Are Better": Professional Learning Networks for Teachers (open access)

"Together We Are Better": Professional Learning Networks for Teachers

This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that investigated professional learning network experiences through the analysis of survey data from 732 P-12 teachers.
Date: July 2, 2016
Creator: Trust, Torrey; Krutka, Daniel G. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children’s Use of Comparative Text Signals: The Relationship between Age and Comprehension Ability (open access)

Children’s Use of Comparative Text Signals: The Relationship between Age and Comprehension Ability

This article examines age differences in children and young adolescents' use of comparative text signals in order to gain insights into the development of signaling knowledge.
Date: July 16, 2012
Creator: Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Ray, Melissa N. & Middlemiss, Wendy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Validation of the Physical Education Teacher's Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) Scale (open access)

Validation of the Physical Education Teacher's Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) Scale

This article studies the validity and reliability of the Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) scale, developed by the current investigators, and to compare the ESBI with two other self-efficacy scales that had been used in physical education.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Buns, Matthew T. & Thomas, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development (open access)

Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development

This article argues that the development of rap song lyrics or lyrical concept mapping can be a viable pedagogical alternative to the development of concept maps as a means to reinforce STEM vocabulary.
Date: July 31, 2018
Creator: Young, Jamaal; Young, Jemimah L.; Cason, Marti; Ortiz, Nickolaus; Foster, Marquita & Hamilton, Christina
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making space for visual literacy in literacy teacher preparation: Preservice teachers coding to design digital books (open access)

Making space for visual literacy in literacy teacher preparation: Preservice teachers coding to design digital books

Article exploring preservice teachers’ coding in the design of a visually-enhanced digital book to reduce the lag between highly visual texts in elementary classrooms and a lack of emphasis on visual literacy in teacher preparation. Findings call for a shift to acknowledge and incorporate visual literacy theories and practices into teacher preparation programs to prepare preservice teachers for digitally literate classrooms.
Date: July 24, 2021
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools (open access)

Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools

Article describes how a growing body of research has shown the positive effects of peer tutoring on students’ academic achievement, self-concept, attitude, social, and behavioral outcomes. The authors' study examined classroom practices, as well as program teachers’ and students’ behaviors within a cross-age peer-tutoring program implemented in elementary and middle schools that serve predominantly Hispanic students.
Date: July 1, 2023
Creator: Barahona, Elba; Padrón, Yolanda N. & Waxman, Hersh C.
System: The UNT Digital Library