Correction to: Computerized Agility Training Improves Change-of-Direction and Balance Performance Independently of Footwear in Young Adults     

Max R. Paquette  Brian K. Schilling  Joshua D. Bravo  Shelby A. Peel  Yuhua Li  Robert J. Townsend 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2017,88(2)

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Computerized Agility Training Improves Change-of-Direction and Balance Performance Independently of Footwear in Young Adults     

Max R. Paquette  Brian K. Schilling  Joshua D. Bravo  Shelby A. Peel  Yuhua Li  Robert J. Townsend 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2017,88(1):44-51

Understanding the effects of training in different footwear on sporting performance would be useful to coaches and athletes. Purpose: This study compared the effects of computerized agility training using 3 types of footwear on change-of-direction and balance performance in young adults. Method: Thirty recreationally active young adults (M_age = 22.8 ± 3.1 years; M_height = 1.71 ± 0.7 m; M_bodymass = 73.4 ± 10.3 kg) were randomly assigned to a 6-week computerized agility training intervention in 1 of 3 footwear groups (n = 10/group): barefoot, minimal footwear, or traditional shoes. Participants had no previous barefoot or minimal-footwear training experience. Dependent variables included change-of-direction test time to completion, Star Excursion Balance Test, and single-leg stability evaluation. Testing was performed at the start of the training program, after 2 weeks, after 4 weeks, and at the end of the training program. Results: No group or time interactions were found for any of the dependent variables. Time main effects were observed for the performance measures of change of direction, Star Excursion, and single-leg-with-eyes-open stability evaluation. Participants improved in all 3 tests as early as 2 weeks into the intervention, with improvements continuing through the entire 6-week intervention. Conclusions: The lack of interaction and footwear effects suggests that agility and balance improvements during foot agility training are independent of footwear in a recreationally active young-adult population. Computerized agility training improves change-of-direction and balance performance within 2 weeks of training implementation. Future studies should consider footwear training effects in different populations, including frail older adults and athletes.  相似文献   

The use of color for the embellishment of the motion picture program     

L.M. Townsend  L.A. Jones 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1925,200(4):535-536

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Flipping the classroom to teach systematic reviews: the development of a continuing education course for librarians     

Marisa L. Conte  Mark P. MacEachern  Nandita S. Mani  Whitney A. Townsend  Judith E. Smith  Chase Masters  Caitlin Kelley 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2015,103(2):69-73

Objective:The researchers used the flipped classroom model to develop and conduct a systematic review course for librarians.Setting:The research took place at an academic health sciences library.Method:A team of informationists developed and conducted a pilot course. Assessment informed changes to both course components; a second course addressed gaps in the pilot.Conclusion:The flipped classroom model can be successful in developing and implementing a course that is well rated by students.  相似文献   

Assessment innovation and student experience: a new assessment challenge and call for a multi-perspective approach to assessment research     

Sheena Bevitt 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2015,40(1):103-119

The impact of innovative assessment on student experience in higher education is a neglected research topic. This represents an important gap in the literature-given debate around the marketisation of higher education, international focus on student satisfaction measurement tools and political calls to put students at the heart of higher education in the UK. This paper reports on qualitative findings from a research project examining the impact of assessment preferences and familiarity on student attainment and experience. It argues that innovation is defined by the student, shaped by diverse assessment experiences and preferences, and therefore its impact is difficult to predict. It proposes that future innovations must explore assessment choice mechanisms which allow students to shape their own assessments. Cultural change and staff development will be required to achieve this. To be accepted, assessment for student experience must be viewed as a complementary layer within a complex multi-perspective model of assessment, which also embraces assessment of learning, assessment for learning and assessment for lifelong learning. Further research is required to build a meta-theory of assessment to enhance the synergies between these alternative approaches and minimise the tensions between them.  相似文献   

Narrative construction of professional teacher identity of teachers with dyslexia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Eila Burns  Sheena Bell   《Teaching and Teacher Education》2011,27(5):952-960

This paper considers the development of teachers’ professional identity in the context of educators that have diverse backgrounds. We elucidate how teachers with dyslexia working in tertiary education use narrative resources to construct and negotiate their professional teacher identities. The analysis of narrative interviews, interpreted within the framework of positioning theory and the theories of narrative identity, indicated that the interviewees constructed several professional teacher identities that were closely linked to each teacher’s perception of their dyslexia. The experience of dyslexia was clearly evident as a positive element in each identity. Instead of seeing it as an obstacle it can become a part of the teacher’s own identity and can be used as a tool to thrive in their profession.  相似文献   

A Social Networking Primer for Librarians     

Laura Townsend Kane 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2011,99(2):173-174

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Can ‘pooling teaching tips’ be more than ‘pooling teaching tips’?     

Colin O’Byrne  Gwynaeth McIntyre  Celia Lie  Sheena Townsend  Benjamin Schonthal 《Tertiary Education and Management》2013,19(4):351-361

Abstract

There is increasing interest in how academic development of various kinds influences university teaching and student learning. To date the focus has been on formal, expert-led opportunities to learn how to teach. Our institution has developed a less formal, participant-led forum for teaching staff that was initially established to share ideas on teaching techniques and skills. We report here on participant-led research that explores if and how this model of group learning works, and how it might relate to other models that have been applied to tertiary teaching development. Authors adopted a self-study research framework incorporating a collaborative autoethnography. The data emphasises how participants use this forum as a community of practice, as a means for deep engagement with learning about teaching, and as a means to rationally manage their learning against a backdrop of challenges associated with learning to teach in research-led higher education.  相似文献   

Ethical Issues Affecting Human Participants in Community College Research     

Barbara K. Townsend 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(4):301-311

Reverse transfer students, those students who matriculated at four-year colleges and then transferred to two-year colleges, have been enrolling in community colleges since at least the 1960s. Consisting of both undergraduate reverse transfers and post-baccalaureate reverse transfers (individuals who already have at least a bachelor s degree), these students represent at least 16 % of community college enrollments nation-wide. A concern about the admission of reverse transfers is that they may take enrollment spaces, particularly in selective programs, at the expense of potential students with no previous college experience and with weaker academic backgrounds. Analysis of documents written about reverse transfers indicates that their enrollment has been justified under a variety of rationales, including providing a second chance for these individuals in school and in the job market.  相似文献   

Improving indigenous and ethnic minority student success in foundation health study     

Elana Curtis  Sonia Townsend  Airini 《Teaching in Higher Education》2013,18(5):589-602

This study investigates what teaching practices in the ‘non-lecture context of a foundation programme' help or hinder Māori and Pasifika students' success in a New Zealand university. This two-year qualitative project used Kaupapa Māori and Pasifika Research (KM/PR) methodologies conducted in three phases: (1) needs analysis, (2) intervention and (3) evaluation. Twenty-eight Māori or Pasifika students were interviewed using the Critical Incident Technique identifying 798 incidents grouped into four themes for institutional development: (I) use effective practices for teaching and learning, (II) grow independent learners, (III) support the empowerment of the learner and (IV) harness the positive cohort effect. Initially, students reported that intensive support provided by the foundation programme was not preparing students well for success in degree-level study. Following interventions of institutionally-led changes, students reported better preparation for ongoing study. The overall learning environment and provision of Māori and Pasifika academic and pastoral support were important factors for success.  相似文献