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Direct linkRion J. Wendland; Kristan S. Worthington – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
Improv activities have been shown to increase student engagement, enjoyment, and confidence in higher education classrooms. However, there are few examples of STEM courses designed with dedicated and repeated time allotted to improv activities. We sought to determine the effects of scheduled improv activities on engagement and learning in an…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Engineering Education, Learner Engagement, Adjustment (to Environment)
Justin A. Haegele; Fenghua Sun; Chunxiao Li; Kwok Ng; Jihyun Lee; Stefanie Hwee Chee Ang; Maria Luiza Tanure Alves; Hannah Yang; Yandan Wu; Jernice Sing Yee Tan; Pauli Rintala; Wendy Yajun Huang; Sean Healy; Isabella dos Santos Alves; Andre Lisandro Schliemann; Hyokju Maeng; Eija Karna; Ding Ding – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This cross-sectional observational study sought to examine the environmental correlates of physical activity and screen-time among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents of youth with ASD (n = 1,165) from seven countries/regions provided responses to an online survey form measuring environmental correlates (i.e., physical activity…
Descriptors: Youth, Parents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physical Activity Level
Alexander C. Romney; Christopher J. Hartwell; Jake T. Harrison; Mitchell Pound – Management Teaching Review, 2024
We present a case-based role-play exercise that effectively simulates a crisis students must manage. In the exercise, a farm equipment manufacturing company has decided to redirect its product line, and this change requires laying off a significant portion of its workforce. Students must grapple with the fact that a local news report will be…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Learning Activities, Business Administration Education, Class Activities
Mohtasham Ghaffari; Bita Sadeghi; Sara Dadipoor; Ali Safari-Moradabadi – Health Education Research, 2024
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on the transtheoretical model aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) participation among female employees in Bandar Abbas city (Iran) healthcare centers in December 2017 and August 2018. Using a semi-experimental interventional study design with a randomized and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Females, Employees, Allied Health Personnel
Mansha Mirza; Jasmine P. Brown-Hollie; Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar; Deborah Parra-Medina; Sarah Camillone; Weiwen Zeng; Estefania Garcia-Gomez; Nazanin Heydarian; Sandy Magaña – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This systematic review evaluated interventions and relevant outcomes for health promotion and obesity prevention among children and adolescents with developmental disabilities (DD). Twenty-one studies including randomized control trials (n= 9) and quasi-experimental studies (n=12) published between 2010 and 2021 met inclusion criteria related to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Obesity, Prevention, Intervention
June O'Sullivan; Saudaa Nadat; Leila Roberts – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
This paper describes how eight London nurseries examined whether better use of bicycles would strengthen children's physical activity as a step to reducing child obesity. The nurseries are part of a social enterprise which offers one-third of the 4200 nursery places to children from poor and disadvantaged families/communities where rates of child…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Obesity, Child Health
Mi An; Reia Tanaka; Naho Hirota; Takehiro Sasai; Hideki Takahashi; Yuuya Ogawa; Shizuko Horai; Mayumi Inoue; Randeep Rakwal; Toshihiro Kato – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Purpose: Adapted physical activity (APA) provides children and youth with disabilities more opportunities to be physically active. Nevertheless, it is not well known how APA implementation in different services has benefited them. This study reviews the existing literature on APA interventions to identify characteristics and program descriptions,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Disabilities, Children
William Librera – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Identifying methods of increasing student achievement is a focus of school administrators. The problem was there was a need for academic performance data for suburban public high school students in New Jersey that identify the difference of involvement in extra and co-curricular participation on student academic performance. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Suburban Schools, Public Schools, High School Students
Interlacing and Unweaving the Brachial Plexus: A Visual Demonstration Highlighting Form and Function
Download full textLindsay Renee Dresang – HAPS Educator, 2024
What happens when an individual spinal nerve is damaged or severed? The loss of function upon nerve damage is a straightforward concept to understand. But what if that spinal nerve contributes to the brachial plexus? The brachial plexus can be an intimidating structure for students, but this structure is also rich in regional anatomy connotations…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Difficulty Level, Undergraduate Students, Human Body
Devinder K. Yadav; Dinesh Bhatia – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2024
Validation of ideas are of paramount importance in STEM fields. Learning and converting ideas into practical application is the main purpose of technical education. Aviation is a highly safety sensitive field where confusion and mistakes are not acceptable. This brings serious challenges for academia that provides higher education in this field. A…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Aviation Education, Reflection, Foreign Countries
Linda Gilmore; Karen A. Sullivan; Brenda Hughes – Australian Journal of Education, 2024
Although the value of physical activity for physical and mental health is well accepted, benefits for learning are less clear. Research about the incorporation of physical activity in teaching practice and the benefits teachers perceive for student learning and behaviour is sparse. In the current study, Australian teachers (n = 222) completed an…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Alexander Clayton Moss; Chaojie Shang; Jihyun Song; En-Hua Chan; Alireza Hosseinikhezri; Hamid Amni; Ang Chen – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of student and teacher gender on 9th grade students' in-class physical activity. In-class physical activity was measured in 43 classes taught by 8 female and 7 male teachers. Male students were more active than females (F(1,243) = 23.774, p < 0.001). But, students of female teachers were…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Gender Differences, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics
Mandy Kirkham – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2024
Tossing is one of the easier manipulative skills to develop and is a fun skill to teach. All students can feel successful and there are so many different activities to do when teaching tossing. This article presents some basic cues and 10 tossing stations to make teaching and learning this skill extra fun.
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Education, Learning Activities, Skill Development
Sophie C. Westrop; Laura Maenhout; Craig A. Melville; Arlene M. McGarty – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: There is a paucity of theory-informed physical activity research with adults with intellectual disabilities. This study aimed to address this by synthesising existing literature and applying the COM-B model to understand capabilities, opportunities and motivations. Methods: A qualitative evidence synthesis was conducted and reported in…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activities, Opportunities
Reba A. Wissner – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
This chapter is a case study of the first and only public musicology program in the United States and how the program's courses embed the teaching of digital literacy. Suggestions for adapting and implementing some of the activities in disciplines outside of music are provided.
Descriptors: College Students, Music Education, Technological Literacy, Learning Activities
