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Omarbekova, Gulnara and Erik Aasland. Contemporary Kazakh Proverb Research: Digital, Cognitive, Literary, and Ecological Approaches
Get PDFReading Achievement in Arizona Public Montessori Schools
Get PDFIn recent years, many state legislatures in the United States have implemented legislation and regulations requiring public schools to use evidence-based reading curricula. This study of reading achievement in public Montessori schools in Arizona was conducted to comply with one such piece of legislation. It compares public Montessori students’ standardized state reading test scores to those of traditional public school students statewide. Through descriptive statistics and t-tests on aggregate measures, as well as simple regression, we demonstrate that students receiving Montessori reading instruction perform as well as or better than the comparison group in absolute terms. The longer students remain in the Montessori setting, the better they perform. This is also true for special education students, whose reading test scores after three or more years in a public Montessori program were indistinguishable from the general population. These results suggest Montessori instruction works as well or better than other reading curricula in use throughout the state to produce favorable results on Arizona’s reading assessment, with noteworthy outcomes for students receiving special education services
“I recruit parents just as much as I do kids”: The evolving relationship between intercollegiate coaches and parents
Get PDF Parents play a large role in their child’s development, and this influence continues into their child’s early adulthood (i.e. emerging adulthood; Darlow et al., 2017; Dotterer, 2022). This continued involvement holds true for many intercollegiate athletes (Dorsch et al., 2016; Parietti et al., 2017). An area that research has not examined is how parental involvement impact intercollegiate coaches and how they respond. The purpose of this study was to examine how coaches view parental involvement in athletics, specifically what is the current coach-parent dynamic in intercollegiate sport. Fourteen head coaches participated in this qualitative interview study. Thematic analyses were conducted and the following themes emerged: parent-coach interaction, everybody knows what the line is, and mother/father differences. Overall, coaches are interacting with parents in various ways, and this study helps to start the discussion regarding the intercollegiate coach-parent dynamic
Motives and Points of Attachment Influencing Adult Spectator Attendance at High School Football Games
Get PDFIn the United States, high school sports is a growing industry segment. Given the rise in media coverage, including digital streaming and television rights, and increased revenue opportunities through ticketing and sponsorship deals, high school athletic staff and other marketing professionals working in this sector can benefit from understanding spectator motives to inform decision-making. Past literature points to distinct differences in spectator motives by level of play, yet high school spectators remain relatively unexplored. This study leveraged a survey (57 items) of attendees’ (N = 564; representative of 217 cities across 22 states) motives (i.e., excitement, family, nostalgia, role model, skill, social, and vicarious achievement) and attachment points (i.e., identification with the community, players, and the team) influencing their attendance behavior while accounting for differences by event type and gender. Multiple regressions tested the proposed research questions, and MANOVA isolated differences based on event type (i.e., special event versus regular season) and gender.
Results pinpoint differences in factors affecting attendance among the groups considered. Findings add to the limited literature exploring interscholastic sports and will prove valuable to industry professionals (e.g., athletic directors, coaches, marketing professionals, and sponsors).
Keywords: interscholastic sports, attendance, spectator motivation, attachment point
The Fair Dealing Exception Explained: A 20 Year Retrospective
Get PDFThis paper is intended for library practitioners and information professionals, presenting a deep dive into the Canadian case law that relates to fair dealing, a user’s right, with a particular focus on CCH and subsequent cases from 2004 to 2024. Readers will learn the importance of fair dealing, discovering how decisions from the courts can be used to help users of copyrighted works conduct fair dealing analyses by considering the six fair dealing factors prescribed by the Supreme Court of Canada in CCH. This “paper” does not follow a typical structure expected of a research paper, and is not meant to be read as a complete work. Rather, the summaries and excerpts provided below are to be used as references for those researching fair dealing or conducting fair dealing analyses. The genesis of the 2024 ABC Copyright Conference presentation, available in the ABC 2024 collection and copies of all cases referenced in both our presentation and this paper are available in an open reading list
Hip Internal Rotation in Healthy Baseball Athletes: A Scoping Review
Get PDFObjective. The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate hip internal rotation (IR) range of motion (ROM) across different age groups of baseball athletes to identify those at greater risk of injury. Additional objectives included comparing hip IR ROM between dominant and non-dominant legs and between pitchers and position players.
Data Sources. PubMed, Embase, OVID, and CINAHL.
Study Selection. Inclusion criteria required studies to be full text, written in English, involve healthy baseball athletes cleared for participation, and include measurements of bilateral passive hip IR ROM prior to any interventions.
Data Extraction. Three independent reviewers systematically extracted data on population age, competition level, passive dominant hip IR ROM, and passive non-dominant hip IR ROM. When available, means, standard deviations, and sample sizes also were extracted.
Data Synthesis. The initial search yielded 155 studies, of which 23 met inclusion criteria. Aggregate data were analyzed using weighted means, pooled standard deviations, and sample sizes. Athlete groups were categorized as youth (<13 years), high school, college, and professional. College and professional groups were further stratified into pitchers and position players.
Conclusions. All groups exhibited deficits in bilateral passive hip IR ROM. Professional athletes demonstrated greater bilateral hip IR compared to college-aged athletes. The difference in mean non-dominant versus dominant hip IR between pitchers and position players was minimal, measuring less than two degrees
The Evolving Demands and Resources of Live Entertainment: The Development of a Job Demands Resources Sport (JDRS) Model
Get PDFUtilizing the job demands resource (JDR) model, as a basis to learn and better understand the workplace experience of employees in live entertainment, we developed a model specific to sport. Through a three-stage process, the scale was measured and validated with collegiate sport employees. The first stage included subject matter experts (n = 69) openly listing job demands and resources in their workplace, then the second stage included two samples of employed graduate students (sample one: n = 101; sample two: n = 112), and finally phase three included two samples of collegiate sport employees (sample one: n = 249; sample two: n = 239). Based on the results, a job demands resources sport (JDRS) model was developed with nine of the 10 job demands relating to burnout, and all seven job resources relating to both work engagement and burnout. Theoretically and practically, the JDRS model will help sport employees and organizations identify opportunities to reduce burnout and increase engagement so they may better serve stakeholders
Dear Dr. L: ALS
Get PDFRooted in a personal interview with a single individual living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), this poem offers a reflective narrative that seeks to preserve and honor the specificity of the patient\u27s voice. Rather than generalizing the experience of those with ALS, the work consciously maintains the integrity of one story--acknowledging the nuances, emotional depth, and individuality often lost in broader clinical disclosure.
While clinicians and trainees are well-versed in the pathophysiology of ALS, they may have fewer opportunities to witness its lived experience through the eyes of a patient. Through verse, this piece invites readers to engage more fully with the emotional, physical, and social realities of a life reshaped by diagnosis. It aims to deepen empathy and promote truly patient-centered communication in neurologic care and education
