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Examining Youth Conceptualizations of Water Safety Behaviors among Participants in a Learn-to-Swim Program (open access)

Examining Youth Conceptualizations of Water Safety Behaviors among Participants in a Learn-to-Swim Program

Article presents a qualitative-based study evaluating how youth apply learned water safety concepts when posed with a hypothetical aquatic scenario.
Date: February 15, 2022
Creator: Anderson, Austin; Anderson, Kristina R.; Ramos, William D. & Beale-Tawfeeq, Angela K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excavating theory in teacher evaluation: Implementing evaluation frameworks as Wengerian boundary objects (open access)

Excavating theory in teacher evaluation: Implementing evaluation frameworks as Wengerian boundary objects

This article explores the theory and practice between two existing conceptual frameworks: 1) social learning theory and 2) teacher evaluation systems.
Date: April 13, 2020
Creator: King, Kelley M. & Paufler, Noelle A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Validity of Self-Report Dietary Assessment in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: Comparison with Doubly Labeled Water Measured Total Energy Expenditure (open access)

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Validity of Self-Report Dietary Assessment in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: Comparison with Doubly Labeled Water Measured Total Energy Expenditure

This article includes a cross-sectional study examining the Automated Self-Administered 24-H (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool in persons with Multiple Sclerosis. This study establishes the feasibility and acceptability of ASA24 in persons with MS and provides a foundation regarding the need for further validation research examining appropriate outcomes for supporting dietary interventions
Date: April 5, 2021
Creator: Silveira, Stephanie L.; Jeng, Brenda; Gower, Barbara A. & Motl, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geometry, groceries, and gardens: Learning mathematics and social justice through a nested, equity-directed instructional approach (open access)

Geometry, groceries, and gardens: Learning mathematics and social justice through a nested, equity-directed instructional approach

Authors of the article addressed the call for explorations of how BIPOC students’ “experiences in secondary mathematics classrooms might advance transformative, equity-focused, pedagogical models” by exploring how a nested, equity-directed approach created different kinds of opportunities for students to take up, shift, or resist what it means to teach, learn, and do mathematics. Specifically, authors looked at efforts to engage equity-directed dominant and critical approaches through a series of three mathematics projects aimed at investigating food insecurity as a social (in)justice issue using geometry.
Date: June 10, 2023
Creator: Harper, Frances K. & Kudaisi, Queshonda J.
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
How Do Chinese International Students View Seeking Mental Health Services? (open access)

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.
Date: May 15, 2020
Creator: Chen, Huan; Akpanudo, Usenime & Hasler, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Nutrient Intake on Hydration Biomarkers Following Exercise and Rehydration Using a Clustering-Based Approach (open access)

Impact of Nutrient Intake on Hydration Biomarkers Following Exercise and Rehydration Using a Clustering-Based Approach

This article investigates the impact of nutrient intake on hydration biomarkers in cyclists before and after a 161 km ride, including one hour after a 650 mL water bolus consumed post-ride. Most predictor groups showed significant association with at least one hydration biomarker: (1) Glycemic Load + Carbohydrates + Sodium, (2) Protein + Fat + Zinc, (3) Magnesium + Calcium, (4) Pinitol, (5) Caffeine, (6) Fiber + Betaine, and (7) Water; potassium + three polyols, and mannitol + sorbitol showed no significant associations with any hydration biomarker. The authors conclude that in a real-life scenario, some nutrients may serve as mediators of body water, and urine-specific hydration biomarkers may be more responsive to nutrient intake than measures derived from plasma or body mass.
Date: April 30, 2020
Creator: Muñoz, Colleen X.; Johnson, Evan C.; Kunces, Laura J.; McKenzie, Amy L.; Wininger, Michael; Butts, Cory L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in U.S. children (open access)

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.
Date: February 28, 2021
Creator: Tulchin-Francis, Kirsten; Stevens Jr., Wilshaw; Gu, Xiangli; Zhang, Tao; Roberts, Heather; Keller, M. Jean et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary children's literacy achievement: A systematic review spanning 2007-2019 (open access)

The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary children's literacy achievement: A systematic review spanning 2007-2019

This article conducts a review study to measure the effectiveness of mobile technologies to support children's literacy achievement on pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students from 2007 to 2019.
Date: June 15, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren; Mitchell, C.; Stamm, Benjamin & Kogut, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Initial Response to COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Media and School Communications to Identify Pedagogical Implications for Remote Teaching (open access)

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.
Date: December 4, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren; Antonenko, Pavlo D. & Mitchell, Chrystine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Innovation to what end? Exploring the dynamic landscape of Texas teacher preparation pathways (open access)

Innovation to what end? Exploring the dynamic landscape of Texas teacher preparation pathways

This article conducts an exploratory study of innovation in Texas' teacher preparation marketplace by drawing on theories of organizational innovation, specifically, dimensions of innovation related to organizational structure, processes, and outcomes. The analysis suggests programs should critically unpack what it means to be innovative in a dynamic and competitive teacher preparation marketplace.
Date: May 17, 2021
Creator: Castro, Andrene J. & Edwards, Wesley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Organizational Impact of Computer Technology in Secondary Science Classrooms (open access)

An Investigation of the Organizational Impact of Computer Technology in Secondary Science Classrooms

This article investigates the organizational impact of computer technology on four secondary science teachers’ teaching actions using the construct of community of practice. Analysis of data reveals three social participation structures that collectively orchestrated students’ science content learning: (1) students’ membership, (2) access to the structured tasks, and (3) confirmation of students’ learning of science concepts.
Date: June 13, 2021
Creator: Subramaniam, Karthigeyan
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
Longer Nap Duration During Ramadan Observance Positively Impacts 5-m Shuttle Run Test Performance Performed in the Afternoon (open access)

Longer Nap Duration During Ramadan Observance Positively Impacts 5-m Shuttle Run Test Performance Performed in the Afternoon

This article presents a study with the aim of examining the effect of different naps opportunities’ durations during Ramadan on performance of short-duration repetitive maximal exercise and perception of effort.
Date: February 9, 2022
Creator: Boukhris, Omar; Hill, David W.; Ammar, Achraf; Trabelsi, Khaled; Hsouna, Hsen; Abdessalem, Raouf et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Longitudinal Effects of Motivation and Physical Activity on Depressive Symptoms among College Students (open access)

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.
Date: May 12, 2021
Creator: Zhang, Jie; Gu, Xiangli; Zhang, Xiaoxia; Lee, Jihye; Chang, Mei & Zhang, Tao
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
Measuring flexibility: A text-mining approach (open access)

Measuring flexibility: A text-mining approach

Article describes how, in creativity research, ideational flexibility, the ability to generate ideas by shifting between concepts, has long been the focus of investigation. Here, the authors build from extant research to theoretically posit, and then empirically validate, a text-mining based method for measuring flexibility in verbal divergent thinking (DT) responses.
Date: January 18, 2023
Creator: Grajzel, Katalin; Acar, Selcuk; Dumas, Denis; Organisciak, Peter & Berthiaume, Kelly
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring Success: Integrating Number Lines Into Measurement Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities (open access)

Measuring Success: Integrating Number Lines Into Measurement Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities

Article asserts that number lines can benefit students in learning an array of mathematical concepts. This article demonstrates the versatility of integrating number lines into mathematical interventions involving measurement concepts for students with learning disabilities in mathematics.
Date: August 2, 2023
Creator: Gersib, Jenna A.; Rojo, Megan; Ghafaghazi, Shadi; Uy, Jasmine & Doabler, Christian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood (open access)

A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood

This article investigates the associations between fundamental motor skills (FMS), health-related fitness (HRF) and physical activity (PA) during middle childhood and examines whether HRF serves as a mediator in these pathways. The behavioral mechanism (e.g., maintaining appropriate levels of HRF) provides meaningful insights to understand the obesity trajectory during middle childhood.
Date: January 20, 2021
Creator: Gu, Xiangli; Tamplain, Priscila M.; Chen, Weiyun; Zhang, Tao; Keller, M. Jean & Wang, Jing
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pandemic induced remote learning increases need for mobile game-based learning to engage learners (open access)

Pandemic induced remote learning increases need for mobile game-based learning to engage learners

Article providing a research perspective on Giannakas et al.’s (2018) manuscript, “A critical review of 13 years of mobile game-based learning” to serve as a resource to educators navigating the transition to remote learning during the pandemic.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Fitness Promotion among Adolescents: Effects of a Jump Rope-Based Physical Activity Afterschool Program (open access)

Physical Fitness Promotion among Adolescents: Effects of a Jump Rope-Based Physical Activity Afterschool Program

Article examines the effects of a jump rope-based physical activity afterschool program on middle school students’ physical fitness. This article belongs to the special issue Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Health Interventions in Children and Adolescents.
Date: August 14, 2020
Creator: Lee, Joonyoung; Zhang, Tao; Yang, Xiaofeng; Gu, Xiangli & Zhang, Xiaoxia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pilot Testing a Series of Value-Based Care Training Courses (open access)

Pilot Testing a Series of Value-Based Care Training Courses

Article presents a study that demonstrates a pilot test consisting of a series of online courses designed to teach clinicians value-based care principles and practices with the goal of facilitating change to a value-based care model.
Date: April 11, 2022
Creator: Kovach, Jamison V.; Obanua, Faith & Hutchins, Holly M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preservice Teachers’ Acceptance of Virtual Reality to Plan Science  Instruction (open access)

Preservice Teachers’ Acceptance of Virtual Reality to Plan Science Instruction

Article examining individual concerns to integrate virtual reality into science instruction before and after a hands-on intervention with virtual reality to improve understanding of preservice teacher acceptance and integration of virtual reality into science.
Date: April 2021
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Long, Christopher S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

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.
Date: June 29, 2020
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Trotter, Julia
System: The UNT Digital Library