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Effect Of In-Water Scuba Diving Activities On Response Time In Recreational Divers, Christopher R. Kovacs Ph.D., Trevor D. Paulsen M.S. Feb 2017

Effect Of In-Water Scuba Diving Activities On Response Time In Recreational Divers, Christopher R. Kovacs Ph.D., Trevor D. Paulsen M.S.

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the performance of in-water scuba diving training activities and simple motor response time. Twenty-four students enrolled in a scuba course had their motor response times measured before and after a one hour training session. Pre- and post-dive response times were measured using an iPad application. Additionally, students were asked to complete a dive history questionnaire to determine their diving experience and health history. Statistical analysis indicated a significant training effect on response time in the recreational scuba divers F (1.00, 23.00) p =.033. The results of this study suggest …

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The Bg News February 02, 2017, Bowling Green State University Feb 2017

The Bg News February 02, 2017, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 02, 2017. Volume 96-Issue 40.

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The Bg News January 19, 2017, Bowling Green State University Jan 2017

The Bg News January 19, 2017, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. January 19, 2017. Volume 96-Issue 36.

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Creativity And Color, Antonio Scontrino Jan 2017

Creativity And Color, Antonio Scontrino

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Dancing Through Life: Dance As Physical Therapy To Prevent Falls, Salon Gegel Jan 2017

Dancing Through Life: Dance As Physical Therapy To Prevent Falls, Salon Gegel

Honors Projects

The basis of this project was to create a series of dance-based exercise activities to be used as part of an exercise class for elderly people who are classified as fall risks. The idea was to approach exercise through a medium that was convenient and versatile for the class leader, while being comfortable and fun for participants. The activities were developed and presented over the course of the six-week P.L.A.C.E. Program, held at the Montessori School of Bowling Green. Participants met four times to take part in a guided exercise class, and enjoy other activities. At these sessions, participants were …

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Core Reflection As Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Implications For Teacher Education, Aaron Samuel Zimmerman Jan 2017

Core Reflection As Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Implications For Teacher Education, Aaron Samuel Zimmerman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

In this commentary, I explore a method of teacher reflection developed by Korthagen and colleagues, which they refer to as “core reflection” (Korthagen, Kim, & Green, 2013). Specifically, I have noticed that the process of “core reflection” bears a strong resemblance to self-fulfilling prophecies and other “placebo effects” observed in many medical and psychological studies (Price, Finniss, & Benedetti, 2008). It may be the case that this particular brand of teacher reflection is effective, not because teachers actually possess particular character strengths or virtues (as the method supposes), but because core reflection functions as a self-fulfilling prophecy: i.e., expectations bring …

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How To Become Data Literate: The Basics For Educators, Marcia Gail Headley Jan 2017

How To Become Data Literate: The Basics For Educators, Marcia Gail Headley

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Book Review

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Examining A First Grader’S Writing Through A Habermasian Lens: Implications For The Teaching And Learning Of Writing, Cheu-Jey Lee Jan 2017

Examining A First Grader’S Writing Through A Habermasian Lens: Implications For The Teaching And Learning Of Writing, Cheu-Jey Lee

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This paper investigates the relationship between Habermas’s theory of communicative action (TCA) and writing. It begins with a review of the features of Habermas’s TCA: validity claims, their corresponding criteria, and the ideal speech situation. Then TCA is applied in analyzing a first grader’s written notes. Finally, the implications for the teaching and learning of writing are discussed from a Habermasian perspective. This paper demonstrates the applicability of Habermas’s TCA in examining writing. It also shows how TCA informs the teaching and learning of writing.

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School Discipline Disparities: Lessons And Suggestions, Daniel J. Quinn Jan 2017

School Discipline Disparities: Lessons And Suggestions, Daniel J. Quinn

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

In this brief, recent actions related to school discipline, discipline disparities in schools, the school-to-prison pipeline, and the added costs of suspending students in the U.S. are explored. The recommendations offered focus on how school leaders and policy makers can address disparities and how school cultures can be changed to reduce the number of detentions, suspensions, and expulsions.

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School Level And Other Differences In Illinois Teachers’ Use Of Data To Inform Instruction, Todd Reeves Jan 2017

School Level And Other Differences In Illinois Teachers’ Use Of Data To Inform Instruction, Todd Reeves

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Using data to inform classroom decision-making is a salient facet of teachers’ professional practice. However, some evidence suggests that teacher data use practices are unevenly distributed within and across school contexts. In response, the present study examined school-level (elementary, middle, and high) differences in four categories of data use practices among public school teachers (N=303) from at least 68 schools and 52 districts in Illinois, USA. Concomitantly investigated were differences in data use practices by school locale (city, town, suburban, rural), school socioeconomic status, teacher experience, and teacher primary position. Multiple regression analyses revealed school-level differences for two categories of …

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Measuring Teacher Dispositions: Identifying Workplace Personality Traits Most Relevant To Teaching Professionals, Yuankun Yao, Alexander Pagnani, Matt Thomas, Luisa Abellan-Pagnani, Terrell Brown, Dawna Lisa Buchanan Jan 2017

Measuring Teacher Dispositions: Identifying Workplace Personality Traits Most Relevant To Teaching Professionals, Yuankun Yao, Alexander Pagnani, Matt Thomas, Luisa Abellan-Pagnani, Terrell Brown, Dawna Lisa Buchanan

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

What personality traits represent dispositions most relevant to teaching professionals? Could an instrument reflecting work personality traits for a wide variety of professions provide a valid assessment of dispositions for teacher candidates? This study analyzed the internal structure of a state mandated dispositions assessment that was adapted from the Workplace Personality Inventory II. The analyses found that the hypothesized factor structure lacked support from the data. The second stage of the study explored and identified a measurement model consisting of select personality traits most relevant to teaching professionals. The results of the study have implications for educational agencies and teacher …

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Integer, Dan Molyneux Jan 2017

Integer, Dan Molyneux

School of Art Graduate Exhibitions, Portfolios, and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Preparing A Manuscript For Publication: Effects Of Attentional Focus Strategies On Exercise Enjoyment, Mood Alteration, And Ratings Of Perceived Exertion (Jones, 2015), Yin-Kai Chen Jan 2017

Preparing A Manuscript For Publication: Effects Of Attentional Focus Strategies On Exercise Enjoyment, Mood Alteration, And Ratings Of Perceived Exertion (Jones, 2015), Yin-Kai Chen

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

The purpose of this directed project was to strengthen my research skills through my work in preparing a manuscript for publication. This procedure included the following activities. In 2014, Matt Jones completed a master’s thesis, Cognitive Strategies Used during Moderate Intensity Running. In 2016, the thesis committee and Matt Jones gave me permission to prepare the thesis as a manuscript for publication. I reviewed the content of the thesis, reorganized the important information, and condensed the thesis into a manuscript. In addition, I added up-to-date research citations. Lastly, I reviewed all the data and checked the accuracy of figures …

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Psychological Skills Training Manual For Esports Athletes, Ty J. Collins Jan 2017

Psychological Skills Training Manual For Esports Athletes, Ty J. Collins

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

eSports are a new category of competitive games, where groups of players compete against others in competitive video games on personal computers and gaming consoles. These games can be individually based or team oriented. This project applies theoretical and empirical research in sports psychology to develop a psychological skills training manual for eSports athletes and coaches. In particular, tenets of Achievement Goal Theory and relevant research are reviewed and discussed. This manual focuses on the select psychological skill strategies of goal setting, imagery and positive self talk with an aim to minimize potential adverse affects, cognitions, and behaviors in eSport …

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A Study On The Motivations And Attractions Of Visiting Bowling Green’S City Park, Jeffrey Blumenthal Jan 2017

A Study On The Motivations And Attractions Of Visiting Bowling Green’S City Park, Jeffrey Blumenthal

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Community Parks have been recognized as a great asset to serve local residents for their health promotion, recreation participation, family and friend socialization and quality of life improvement. The municipal park at Bowling Green, Ohio has such capacity to provide a variety of opportunities for the local community to engage in family oriented recreational activities. Activities/venues include golf, horseshoe, swimming pool, outdoor park equipment, skate-park, gazebos, basketball, baseball/softball and plenty of yard space for desired lawn games. This study intends to investigate what the factors are that serve as the key motivations and attractions that draw individuals who are over …

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Benefits Of Water Exercise For Cardiac Patients: Considerations And Recommendations, Kelly Johnson Jan 2017

Benefits Of Water Exercise For Cardiac Patients: Considerations And Recommendations, Kelly Johnson

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Water exercise is becoming a recommended alternative exercise for cardiac patients outside of traditional cardiac rehabilitation. There are many exercise responses that need to be considered when exercising in the water that include, heart rate, blood pressure, volume of oxygen consumed, muscle capacity and strength, ventricular function and quality of life. These factors change within every individual in water due to the effects of water immersion, temperature, and type of movement while in the water. The aim of this review was to understand how water exercise affects cardiac patients and to identify considerations and recommendations when prescribing exercise in water …

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Optimal Parental Involvement: An Action Oriented Guide For Parents Of Youth Athletes, Alyson Johnson Jan 2017

Optimal Parental Involvement: An Action Oriented Guide For Parents Of Youth Athletes, Alyson Johnson

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

This paper develops a guide for improving involvement of parents and other adult contributors’ in youth sport for children aged 6-12 years. The purpose of this guide is to provide practical and applied suggestions for parents grounded in research from the fields of sport psychology, developmental psychology, and parenting psychology. Monsaas (1985) and Wolfenden and Holt (2005) emphasized the importance of having a strong parental support network in youth sport. Knight & Holt (2013) noted that parents would benefit from more specific direction regarding how to show support for their children. To fill this need, the guide utilizes Self Determination …

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Material Lore, Dinu Gavris Jan 2017

Material Lore, Dinu Gavris

School of Art Graduate Exhibitions, Portfolios, and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Contradictions Of Adolescent Self-Construal: Examining The Interaction Of Ethnic Identity, Self-Efficacy And Academic Achievement, Margaret Zoller Booth, Sara Abercrombie, Christopher J. Frey Jan 2017

Contradictions Of Adolescent Self-Construal: Examining The Interaction Of Ethnic Identity, Self-Efficacy And Academic Achievement, Margaret Zoller Booth, Sara Abercrombie, Christopher J. Frey

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This research examines the relationship between ethnicity, ethnic identity, self-efficacy, and academic achievement within a multi-ethnic mid-sized city in the US Midwest. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, middle and high school adolescents (Fall, N=482; Spring, N=392) were surveyed and interviewed over the course of one year to investigate the interaction of these variables within the context of their school climate. Quantitative analysis indicated that prior Math achievement and ethnic identity predicted self efficacy. The qualitative results support this finding, indicating that for some minority groups, a strong ethnic identity may be a protective factor in efficacy development. The complexity of the …

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High Achievers From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: The Critical Role Of Disciplinary Climate And Grit, Haigen Huang, Hao Zhu Jan 2017

High Achievers From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: The Critical Role Of Disciplinary Climate And Grit, Haigen Huang, Hao Zhu

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The purpose of this study was to examine whether school disciplinary climate and grit predicted low socioeconomic status (SES) students being high achievers in mathematics and science with a representative sample of 15-year-old students in the United States. Our analysis, using a two-level logistic hierarchical linear model (HLM), indicated both disciplinary climate and grit were significantly associated with low-SES students’ high achievement in math and science. Low-SES students who perceived themselves as having a higher level of grit and whose classrooms had better disciplinary climate were much more likely to be high achievers. This finding provided supplemental evidence to the …

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Digitized And Decoupled? Teacher Sensemaking Around Educational Technology In A Model 1:1 Program, Stacy Gherardi Jan 2017

Digitized And Decoupled? Teacher Sensemaking Around Educational Technology In A Model 1:1 Program, Stacy Gherardi

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This mixed-methods study utilized surveys and interviews to analyze teacher sensemaking in a widely acclaimed 1:1 laptop program in a predominantly low-income, predominantly Latino school district. Quantitative and qualitative measures found that teachers across the district used technology in similar ways and that technology strongly increased differentiated instruction, changed how students accessed knowledge, and had a positive impact on assessment practices; a negative relationship between technology and parent engagement was found. Teacher perceptions of the 1:1 program varied widely and were dependent on both personal and organizational factors. Findings suggested a sensemaking process in which teacher beliefs were often decoupled …

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Sniffing Out The Secret Poison: Selection Bias In Educational Research, Daniel A. Showalter, Luke B. Mullet Jan 2017

Sniffing Out The Secret Poison: Selection Bias In Educational Research, Daniel A. Showalter, Luke B. Mullet

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Selection bias is a persistent, and often hidden, problem in educational research. It is the primary obstacle standing in between increasingly available large education datasets and the ability to make valid causal inferences to inform policymaking, research, and practice (Stuart, 2010). This article provides an accessible discussion on the importance of understanding selection bias in educational research. Although a general explanation on how to remove selection bias is beyond the scope of this article, the reader is guided through an example of this removal process. Specifically, a propensity score analysis is used on a nationally representative dataset to examine whether …

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Visual Tools For Eliciting Connections And Cohesiveness In Mixed Methods Research, Jaclyn M. Murawska, David A. Walker Jan 2017

Visual Tools For Eliciting Connections And Cohesiveness In Mixed Methods Research, Jaclyn M. Murawska, David A. Walker

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

In this commentary, we offer a set of visual tools that can assist education researchers, especially those in the field of mathematics, in developing cohesiveness from a mixed methods perspective, commencing at a study’s research questions and literature review, through its data collection and analysis, and finally to its results. This expounds upon the ideas and methodological insights relating to research connections and structure presented by other scholars (e.g., Creswell, 2009; Heid & Blume, 2011; Mertens, 2010; Thanheiser, Ellis, & Herbel-Eisenmann, 2012). As faculty who work with graduate students in education, we have found that these visual tools help students …

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Knots In Thinking And The Problem Of Enactment: Exploring The Classroom Thinking Of Three Novice Teachers, Aaron Samuel Zimmerman Jan 2017

Knots In Thinking And The Problem Of Enactment: Exploring The Classroom Thinking Of Three Novice Teachers, Aaron Samuel Zimmerman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Novice teachers begin their careers with certain instructional ideals; however, in practice, novice teachers tend to enact classroom practices that only partially align with these ideals—a phenomenon referred to as the problem of enactment. This article explores this phenomenon by investigating the classroom thinking of three novice teachers. Using stimulated-recall interviews, these teachers were asked to describe the deliberative decisions they made while teaching and to rate how well these decisions aligned with their instructional ideals. It was found that when novice teachers perceived only partial alignment between their enacted decisions and their instructional ideals, teachers tended to experience simultaneous …

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A Qualitative Study On Team Awareness Of Mental Health And Their Resources, Jasmine Redman Jan 2017

A Qualitative Study On Team Awareness Of Mental Health And Their Resources, Jasmine Redman

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Mental health issues in student athlete populations is something that is gaining attention from the NCAA and mental health professionals. The mental health resources provided by athletic departments is not consistent across the 351 NCAA Division I universities nor mandated by the NCAA. The purpose of this study was to examine whether student athletes at a Division I university knew what their mental health resources were; if they felt that mental health was an issue that affected their team and to improve our understanding of why student athletes aren’t seeking help. 10 participants were recruited through the athletic department at …

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Reaction Time As A Measure Of Neuroplasticity After Aerobic Exercise, Ahmed Mostafa Jan 2017

Reaction Time As A Measure Of Neuroplasticity After Aerobic Exercise, Ahmed Mostafa

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Until the 1960s it was commonly-assumed in neuropsychology that the adult human nervous system was hard-wired and had extremely limited capacity to change. Recently research has demonstrated that this earlier assumption was not accurate and that the adult human nervous system indeed is quite plastic and in a state of continuous change. Further, physical exercise has been demonstrated to promote positive effects on the adult human nervous system as a result of increased blood flow and modified neurotransmitters and neutrophins. These effects are hypothesized to improve the synaptic connectivity and promote neurogenesis, both of which are believed to play an …

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Active Learning Tour Route: Engagement In An Unconventional Environment, Hattie Molina Dec 2016

Active Learning Tour Route: Engagement In An Unconventional Environment, Hattie Molina

Honors Projects

When guest attend Bowling Green State University for a campus visit, a majority of their experience is comprised of tour guides talking “at” them. The campus tour is made up of a lot of facts and stories provided by the tour guide, but few questions by guests or based on comments from guests. One way to solve this is to create an Active Learning Tour route where guest are the center of their own campus learning experience. According to the research, the components of Active Learning have many facets that branch into other aspects including technology and humor. The aim …

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Building Better Water In Lake Erie, Morgan Potts Dec 2016

Building Better Water In Lake Erie, Morgan Potts

Honors Projects

This paper addresses two of the common forms of pollution in Lake Erie: excess nutrients leading to blooms of toxin-producing cyanobacteria and pollution from heavy metals. The paper provides a brief history on the state of pollution in the lake, as well as historical methods to solve these problems. It addresses the causes of both harmful algal blooms (HABs) and heavy metal pollution in the lake, which are both related to the structure of modern agricultural, urban, and industrial environments. The major focus of this paper is on practices that are currently being used to address this pollution and how …

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Dancing Through The Pain: Dance As A Psychotherapeutic Outlet, Courtney Douglas Dec 2016

Dancing Through The Pain: Dance As A Psychotherapeutic Outlet, Courtney Douglas

Honors Projects

Dance has become a popular sport and hobby in more recent years. Many schools now provide options for dance classes, and universities have created degrees in dance. Dance may provide a therapeutic factor as well. This study aimed to identify the age at which participants began to dance as an outlet for positive or negative emotions. This study also examined whether being a life-long dancer, as compared to someone who has recently started dancing, has effects on the general well-being and depression levels of the dancer. Results show that the average age participants found dance as a useful outlet for …

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Behavioral Effects Of Envrionmental Enrichment Devices Of Tursiops Truncatus, Stephanie Maiorano Dec 2016

Behavioral Effects Of Envrionmental Enrichment Devices Of Tursiops Truncatus, Stephanie Maiorano

Honors Projects

Many studies on environmental enrichment devices have been conducted throughout the years on both terrestrial and marine animals in captivity. However, little is known on the effect that submergible enrichment devices have on cetaceans in captivity. This study examines two male Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Kaiko’o and Nalu, at Sea Life Park, Hawai’i and their interaction with the Magic Box: a device consisting of a submergible vegetable crate weighed down with a weight, flipped upside down with fish underneath. A total of 7 trials were conducted, with data collection on their surfacing behavior before and after the …

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