Jared W. Papa and Dr. Brent Feland, Physical Education Muscle flexibility is “the ability of a muscle to lengthen, allowing one joint (or more than one joint in a series) to move through a range of motion.”1. Various studies have been performed to determine the most reliable and valid means of measuring flexibility, which is […]
Isokinetic, Isotonic, and Isometric Strength Evaluation Measurements and Their Ability to Predict Strength Gains
Jeremy M. Huff and Dr. Kenneth L. Knight, Physical Education Introduction The use of strength measurements to predict strength gains is commonplace in the rehabilitation community. Athletic trainers, physical therapists and exercise scientists constantly use systems like the Biodex Dynamometer (Biodex Medical Systems, Shirley, N.Y.), to assess the progress of patients undergoing rehabilitation for injuries. […]
Neuromuscular Characteristics before and after Taper in Male Collegiate Swimmers
Michael J. Buys and Dr. Allen Parcel, Physical Education Introduction An important part of maximizing performance in competitive swimming is a progressive reduction of training before championship competitions called “tapering” (Johns et al. 1992). Because the high volume and intensity of training used during in-season swim workouts may adversely affect muscle strength and performance (Hakkinen […]
The Test-Retest Reliability of Measuring Body Composition Using DEXA (Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry)
Celia Bowles and Dr. Larry Tucker, Physical Education The problem of obesity has become a pressing issue for the general population. Currently, about one-in-two adults is overweight or obese.1 Obesity is a predecessor of various health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterol-emia, and some cancers.2 Annually, almost 300,000 deaths in the U.S. can […]
Investigating Attitudes of Seniors Towards the Role of the Gospel in their Classes: A Student-Initiated Feedback Study Across the College of Family, Home & Social Sciences at BYU
Dan Williams, Jacob Hess, Trevor Davis, and Drs. Robert Hunt with Scott Richards, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction & Objectives The purpose of our study was to investigate the perspectives of fellow students towards current efforts at addressing the gospel of Jesus Christ in their departmental classes. The idea of a “BYU education,” while […]
Crisis Intervention
Adrianne White and Dr. Melissa Allen, Counseling and Special Education Because of the media’s focus on recent incidents of school violence, there is an increased awareness of the need for effective crisis prevention and intervention in our public schools. In order to learn more about current training needs for crisis intervention, a survey was conducted […]
The Life and Legacy of Karl G. Maeser as an Educator
Sarah Jane Sandberg and Professor Brad Wilcox, Teacher Education A chalk circle of honor, a memorial building, a statue: each of these items stand today on Brigham Young University campus as an echo from the past of a man who educated with love. Nearly a century after his death, the legacy of Karl G. Maeser […]
Subvocalization and Speed Reading in the University Setting
Kathryn R. Pearson and Dr. Dillon Inouye, Instructional Psychology and Technology Speed reading experts deem subvocalization as a significant obstacle to achieving optimal reading rates. Perhaps one of the most telling factors in assessing an individual’s capacity for speed reading is the presence or absence of subvocalization. Repressing this “phoenemic recoding” is a key step […]
The Education System in Tanzania
Amelia Kacher and Dr. Michael Bush, Associate Professor of French and Instructional Psychology and Technology I spent three months living with an African family in a little village of Marangu, Tanzania with hopes to learn about the education system in the area. This research included learning about the logistics of the system i.e., who goes […]
Digitally Recorded Japanese Speech Audiometry Materials
Patience A. Mastny and Dr. Richard W. Harris, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Speech audiometry is essential to audiologists in answering questions regarding a patient’s degree of hearing loss for speech; the levels of comfortable and uncomfortable loudness; the range of comfortable loudness; and, their ability to identify accurately the sounds of speech at suprathreshold levels. […]
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