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Can You Float? Part I - Perceptions And Practice Of Unsupported Flotation Competency Among Young Adults, Kevin Moran Ph.D.

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The capacity to maintain the airway through buoyancy control when immersed in water is critical in preventing drowning (Stallman, Moran, Quan & Langendorfer, 2017). In this first phase of the Can you Float? study, perceived and real unsupported flotation competency of a group of students (n=37) with known water proficiency was examined. Using a modified version of Borgs Rating of Perceived exertion (RPE), participants were asked to estimate exertion levels before and after a practical test of five stationary floating tasks of increasing difficulty ranging from treading water to motionless floating. Most participants (82%) were able to tread water for …

Self-Reported Addiction To Pornography In A Nationally Representative Sample: The Roles Of Use Habits, Religiousness, And Moral Incongruence, Joshua B. Grubbs, Shane W. Kraus, Samuel L. Perry

Psychology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite controversies regarding its existence as a legitimate mental health condition, self-reports of pornography addiction seem to occur regularly. In the United States, prior works using various sampling techniques, such as undergraduate samples and online convenience samples, have consistently demonstrated that some pornography users report feeling dysregulated or out of control in their use. Even so, there has been very little work in US nationally representative samples to examine self-reported pornography addiction.

METHODS: This study sought to examine self-reported pornography addiction in a US nationally representative sample of adult Internet users (N = 2,075).

RESULTS: The results …

Exploring New Statistical Frontiers At The Intersection Of Survey Science And Big Data: Convergence At "Bigsurv18", Craig A. Hill, Paul Biemer, Trent Buskirk, Mario Callegaro, Analucía Córdova Cazar, Adam Eck, Lilli Japec, Antje Kirchner, Stas Kolenikov, Lars Lyberg, Patrick Sturgis

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Held in October 2018, The Big Data Meets Survey Science conference, also known as “Big- Surv18,” provided a first-of-its-kind opportunity for survey researchers, statisticians, computer scientists, and data scientists to convene under the same roof. At this conference, scientists from multiple disciplines were able to exchange ideas about their work might influence and enhance the work of others. This was a landmark event, especially for survey researchers and statisticians, whose industry has been buffeted of late by falling response rates and rising costs at the same time as a proliferation of new tools and techniques, coupled with increasing availability of …

Fp-19-20 Gray Divorce Rate In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017, Colette Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Belief Bias And Representation In Assessing The Bayesian Rationality Of Others, Richard B. Anderson, Laura Marie Leventhal, Don C. Zhang, Daniel Fasko Jr., Zachariah Basehore, Christopher Gamsby, Jared Branch, Timothy Patrick

Psychology Faculty Publications

People often assess the reasonableness of another person’s judgments. When doing so, the evaluator should set aside knowledge that would not have been available to the evaluatee to assess whether the evaluatee made a reasonable decision, given the available information. But under what circumstances does the evaluator set aside information? On the one hand, if the evaluator fails to set aside prior information, not available to the evaluatee, they exhibit belief bias. But on the other hand, when Bayesian inference is called for, the evaluator should generally incorporate prior knowledge about relevant probabilities in decision making. The present research integrated …

Prevalence Of Disordered Eating And Muscle Dysmorphia In College Students By Predominant Exercise Type, Taylor E. Lechner, Emily M. Gill, Madeleine J. Drees, Carrie M. Hamady

Public and Allied Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Reader Of Narrative And Critical Lenses On Intercultural Teaching And Learning, Nicole R. Rivera

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Book Review

Help A Sista Out: Black Women Doctoral Students’ Use Of Peer Mentorship As An Act Of Resistance, Jari L. Minnett, Arcasia D. James-Gallaway, Devean R. Owens

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Many Black women doctoral students entering and persisting through graduate study lack the affirmation, community, and resources necessary to confidently assert themselves as members of the academy. These barriers make it especially difficult for Black women to effectively navigate doctoral programs that privilege and normalize elite white male experiences. Using Black feminism as the conceptual lens, this manuscript presents a burgeoning peer mentorship framework of Black women doctoral students attending a predominantly white institution through a collective Black feminist autoethnography. This model highlights our strategy for not only surviving the academy, but also resisting manifestations of white heteropatriarchal violence within …

Black Issues Conference 2019 Program, Bowling Green State University

Black Issues Conference (2019-2021)

Program from the 19th Annual Black Issues Conference.

An Analysis Of Academic Dishonesty In Online Classes, Jennifer Peterson

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Currently, online formal education is growing at a phenomenal rate; however, many fear that online courses do not provide the same rigor as on-campus courses. This is due in large part to the perception that students are more likely to cheat in online courses. A number of studies have been completed in this area and, in fact, many have shown that students are more likely to cheat in on-campus courses than in online courses; however, the perception remains. This perception affects opinions about online classes and even the reputation of the institutions offering the classes. The question then arises as …

Facilitating Teacher Reflection Using A Metacognitive Tool, Mary-Kate Sableski, Kathryn Kinnucan-Welsch, Catherine Rosemary

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Teacher reflection is a central component of developing preservice and practicing teachers. This article describes a case study designed to explore reflection through an examination of a metacognitive tool, the Teacher Learning Instrument. The findings provide insight into the dimensions of reflection, specifically the interplay of observation and inference. Through their use of the metacognitive tool, the teachers adopted a metalanguage to discuss their observations of students’ learning, to express their thought processes about instruction, and to pinpoint changes to their instruction to enhance student performance. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the reflective process and inform the …

A Comparison Of Older Adult Suicide And Adolescent Suicide Through Film Representations, Catherine Longmore-Micham

Honors Projects

Approximately, 47,173 people in the United States died by suicide in 2017, making it the 10th leading cause of death. Although middle-aged adults have the highest rate of suicide, 20.2 per 100,000, older adults (i.e., individuals 60 years and older) closely follow with a rate of 20.1. Adolescent age groups have much lower rates for suicide: a rate of 14.46 per 100,100 in 2017 (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 2017). The risk factors that affect adolescents and older adults are similar in some ways, but they differ in one major aspect: impulsivity. The issues that can be said to ‘cause’ …

Mindful Volleyball: A Complete Mindfulness Program For Volleyball Teams, Athletes, And Coaches, Kristine Walker

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

During competition, not only are athletes expected to perform well, but they also must be able to shift their attention to what is relevant, make quick decisions, and fight through challenges and mistakes (i.e., adversity) whileperforming well. An increasingly popular way to train these aspects of mental performance is through mindfulness practice. Being able to pay attention, without judgment to what is happening in the present moment (i.e., being mindful; Kabat-Zinn, 1994) plays a role in success on the court or field (Mannion, in press). An attacker in volleyball must be able to forget about her last attempt where …

Sponsorship In Esports Welcome To The Brave New World, Boyuan Xing

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

In the past few decades, eSports and competitive gaming are experiencing huge developments and growing tremendouslyin itspopularity (Newzoo, 2019; PwC, 2019). Same as any other fast-growing industry, eSports has attracted significant capital investments and marketing practices. As predicted by Newzoo (2019), the market revenue of eSports will reach 1,790 million dollars by 2022, andthe sponsorships would likely be the largestcontributor. Unlike sponsorshipin traditional sports, various features of eSport make the sponsorship in conjunction with the event very unique and different from the traditionalsportssponsorship: the target market, the categories of sponsors, the form of sponsorship, etc. This study intends to compare …

Glucose Recovery In Collegiate Female Distance Swimmers: A Case Study On Exploring How Glucose Delivered Orally Affects Collegiate Distance Swimmers After Exercise, Elizabeth Mcnutt

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Objective: Use a case-study approach to explore blood glucose recovery times of collegiate female swimmers after swimming 1 mile and consuming different foods. Subjects: Four collegiate female long-distance swimmers ages 21 and 22. Procedure/Methods: Glucose tolerance testing indicates glucose impairment levels in the body while remaining minimally invasive. The swimmers reported at 6 am on different days, having only water for at least 4 hours prior to the study. The participants performed a prescribed warm up activity, then had their blood glucose levels measured using a Care Touch glucometer and McKesson 28G lancet before swimming 1 mile. After swimming, each …

Using Stories To Teach, Julianna Cajka

Honors Projects

By nature, human beings are drawn to stories. Even from a young age, a good story can capture our attention, engage our emotions, and build a sense of community. The contextualizing function of stories is an essential tool for making sense of information and events, and we tend to remember stories better than information communicated in other ways. These are all reasons why stories can and should have a place in classroom teaching. My project contains a portfolio of lesson plans written to be used in middle or high school language arts classrooms. These lesson plans (and other instructional materials) …

Leveraging Case Study Research: A Mechanism To Measure Teaching Effectiveness, Sarah K. Anderson, Brittany D. Hagen, Andrea L. Dulski-Bucholz, Christopher M. Whitsel, Kayla D. Smith, Ann M. Willeson

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This article shares findings from a descriptive, multiple case study assessing graduate outcomes 2.5 years after the completion of a teacher education program. Case study was used as an alternative to value-added measures to holistically examine complex attributes of effective teaching. Mixed methods data collection included graduate and supervisor surveys, self and supervisor evaluation of skills and dispositions, interviews, and classroom observations. Results indicated participants effectively applied the knowledge, skills, and dispositions the program was designed to achieve in the areas of Learner and Learning, Content, Instructional Practice, and Professional Responsibility. Three major recommendations emerged: 1) the necessity to develop …

Sharing Stories And Learning To Lead: A Relational Mentoring Process Through Self-Portraiture, Kathleen M. Cowin, Sarah N. Newcomer

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The creation of a relational, co-mentoring community for aspiring school leaders during their certification program may allow these future leaders to participate in a peer mentoring process wherein they engage one another in interdependence, experience reciprocal growth-fostering interactions, and tackle issues related to systemic power. The relational mentoring process creates a network of colleagues who understand the nature of the work of a principal candidate and who provide support and promote trust, knowing what they reveal will be held in confidence. This study focuses on two questions: How does the process of self-portraiture help principal candidates reflect on the kind …

An Investigation Of Three Approaches To Vocabulary Learning In High School Spanish Classes, Kathleen A. M. Jester, Rebecca M. Giles, Susan N. Ferguson

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Three vocabulary learning approaches -- rote memorization; Cover, Copy, Compare (CCC); and Cover, Copy, Compare Adapted with picture (CCCA) – were examined for effectiveness in promoting long-term memory retention for productive vocabulary in foreign language learning. Pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest data were collected using Conjuguemos, an on-line Spanish program. Results indicated a significant increase in mean scores with each assessment for all treatments; however, there was no significant difference in recall among the three learning approaches. Students were also surveyed about their preferences in approaches. Although survey responses indicated a preference for CCC, most students reported abandoning use of …

Children Learn What They Live: Addressing Early Childhood Trauma Resulting In Toxic Stress In Schools, Kate Mcgruder

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Though there is extensive research on the health outcomes of individuals who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), society at large has not embraced this ground-breaking research and many still believe that the use of harsh punishment for students provides the same intended result as a discipline approach that teaches coping skills and the management of emotions. These traumatic experiences can result in toxic stress and create long term effects on children’s social-emotional and cognitive development that impair academic performance. This commentary will discuss trauma-informed educational practices have been developed to aid in recovery in the school environment.

Self-Regulated Learning Of Mentees And Mentors In An Education Doctorate Peer Mentoring Program, Kendra Lowery, Rachel Louise Geesa, Kat Mcconnell

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

In this case study of a peer mentoring program developed for first-year education doctoral (Ed.D.) students, we sought to understand how participants’ experiences in the program might yield understanding about the mentoring process. Study participants included 11 mentees and 4 mentors. Interview and focus group data were analyzed through the conceptual model of self-regulated learning and mentoring. Four themes relevant to the phases of self-regulated learning emerged. Participants engaged in goalsetting in conversations about pre-planning for the dissertation and professional goals. During the post-mentoring phase, mentors’ reflections on their conversations informed future conversations. Mentors transferred their knowledge by engaging in …

Changing The Doctoral Student-Dissertation Chair Relationship Through The Article Dissertation Format, Elizabeth W. Ferrell, David Ensminger, Elizabeth Coleman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

In this article, we contribute to dialogue about the capstone for most doctoral programs: the dissertation. More specifically, we explore the mentorship between doctoral student and chair and assert that using a nontraditional dissertation format affords more fulfilling relationships for the mentee and mentor. Having recently completed three article dissertations, we aim to further the discussion of doctoral capstone formats based on our experiences through autoethnographic methods and rooted in a relational mentorship framework (Ragins, 2012). We believe that the article dissertation format provided a vehicle for disrupting the typical power structure between dissertation chair and doctoral student by positioning …

Virtual Ethnography: The Post Possibilities Of Not Being There, Lauren Angelone

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The purpose of this paper is methodological. It serves as a defense of virtual ethnography as a method, not only well suited to postpositivist research, but as a tool to further interrogate the tenuous truth that all research produces. To accomplish this, virtual ethnography is situated within the history of qualitative inquiry and then examined in terms of data collection, analysis, and the types of productive challenges virtuality presents. The paper concludes by considering the use of virtual ethnography in education, particularly in the field of educational technology.

Elementary Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Development On The Neuroscience Of Learning, Wendy Bana, Jeff Cranmore

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how knowledge on the neuroscience of learning may inform the practice of teaching and classroom instruction. Twelve purposively selected elementary teachers from a private school in California were asked about their perceptions of the nature of a professional development (PD) course on the neuroscience of learning and also their perceptions of the influence such training had on their practice. The conceptual framework for this study was Desimone and Garet’s (2015) model of effective professional development. Themes from semi structured interviews, focus groups, and observations of the teacher participants were identified …

"No One Wants To Be A Loser:" High School Students' Perceptions Of Academic Competition, Monica Kowalski, Andrea L. Christensen

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This study sought to explore the often controversial role of competition in academic settings by interviewing 11 high school students, about half of whom were in an AP English course. The interviews asked the students to describe how they feel competition plays a role in their classrooms and personal learning experiences, and also how competition has influenced their motivation and achievement-related outcomes. Results indicated that all students had engaged in competition academically and it was viewed both positively and negatively, despite the fact that students’ description of specific experiences with competition were largely negative. Four dominant patterns emerged that depended …

Differences In Perceived Issues In Teacher Preparation Between First-Year Teachers And Their Principals, Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Jia "Grace" Liang, James Sottile, George R. Watson

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The perspectives of both teachers and principals are valuable in understanding to what extent recent graduates from formal educator preparation programs are ready to take on teaching roles and tasks as a teacher. The understanding gained may contribute to bettering initiatives targeted on teacher retention, particularly in those critical beginning years of practice. This study examined the perceived effectiveness of first-year teachers’ preparation from the perspectives of the teachers and the principals, utilizing three-year survey data of 644 first-year teachers who graduated from a higher education institution and 497 hosting principals in a Midwest state. The findings note that the …

Ethics In Partnership In Teacher Education, Leah Washburn-Moses

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Recently, teacher education has confronted pressures to intensify both quantity and quality of “clinical experiences,” resulting in both increased breadth and depth of partnerships supporting both K-12 and higher education. However, potential ethical issues have not been explored. This article reports results of a nationwide study examining ethics in partnership in teacher education in a representative sample of 248 institutions of higher education. Eighty-nine field directors and 61 clinical faculty responded to an ethics survey initially developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) from the APA Code of Ethics. Results indicated that respondents did encounter ethical issues in their work. …

Utilizing Family Systems Theory In College Readiness Counseling?, Bagmi Das, Beth H. Gilfillan

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Postsecondary planning includes academic, emotional, and financial challenges for which many students and families are unprepared. School counselors will be able to better prepare students and their families for the college readiness process through understanding and implementing concepts from Family Systems Theory. This manuscript focuses on core tenets of Family Systems Theory that are directly applicable to the college readiness experience. The authors then propose a new framework to utilize these concepts and guide school counselor-student-family interactions. The manuscript proposes the READ-E framework to incorporate Family Systems Theory into college readiness counseling for K-12 students.

Functional Movement Testing And Subjective Well-Being Of Female Track And Field Athletes: Pre- And Post- Indoor Season, Aliyah Gustafson

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Track and field is a sport that is comprised of running events and field events. Running events include sprints, middle- and long-distances, and hurdles. Field events are comprised of throwing and jumping events (e.g., shot put, discus, javelin, and high-jump). Track and field athletes have a wide range of body types, energy system demands, and specific skills/techniques during performance of these varied events. The purposes of this study were to evaluate functional movements and subjective well-being (positive affect and satisfaction with life) of female track and field athletes at Bowling Green State University prior to and following the 7-week indoor …

Cognitive Strategies During Moderate-Intensity Running: Psychologicaland Performance Outcomes In Non-Elite Runners, Diana Curtis

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Cognitive strategies allow athletes and recreational exercisers to shift their focus of attention to achieve psychological benefits and performance enhancements. The types of cognitive strategy utilized, association and dissociation, can differentially affect individuals’ psychological and performance outcomes. The purpose of the current study was to examine the potential relationships between cognitive strategies and enjoyment, mood, time to completion, heart rate, perceived exertion, and self-efficacy by randomly assigning participants to two interventions: an Association intervention and a Dissociation intervention. Participants (N = 12) included male, college-age recreational exercisers who exercised for at least 120 minutes per week in the previous month. …