Melissa Powers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3986265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Powers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Powers |
| SIGNATURE | POWERS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Oklahoma |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Generations learning together: Pilot Study for a Multigenerational Program
Generations need to spend time in meaningful activities to facilitate more healthy interactions. An interdisciplinary team worked together to implement an enriching, intergenerational project with 4 year olds, college students, and older adults. College students played an active role in planning/facilitating activities. The overall objective of the research was assessing perceptional change between the generations using pre/posttests with college…
Attitudes Toward Older Adults: Results from a Fitness-Based Intergenerational Learning Experience
Intergenerational learning is a relatively new concept in kinesiology that may be used to improve attitudes toward aging among students. The aim of the present investigation was to determine changes in attitudes before and after an intergenerational fitness experience. Thirty-two undergraduate kinesiology majors completed the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) survey to determine their attitudes toward older adults. Students' attitudes were signif…
Attitudes Toward Older Adults: Results from a Fitness-Based Intergenerational Learning Experience
Intergenerational learning is a relatively new concept in kinesiology that may be used to improve attitudes toward aging among students. The aim of the present investigation was to determine changes in attitudes before and after an intergenerational fitness experience. Thirty-two undergraduate kinesiology majors completed the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) survey to determine their attitudes toward older adults. Students' attitudes were signif…
Generations learning together: Pilot Study for a Multigenerational Program
Generations need to spend time in meaningful activities to facilitate more healthy interactions. An interdisciplinary team worked together to implement an enriching, intergenerational project with 4 year olds, college students, and older adults. College students played an active role in planning/facilitating activities. The overall objective of the research was assessing perceptional change between the generations using pre/posttests with college…
Attitudes Toward Older Adults: Results from a Fitness-Based Intergenerational Learning Experience
Intergenerational learning is a relatively new concept in kinesiology that may be used to improve attitudes toward aging among students. The aim of the present investigation was to determine changes in attitudes before and after an intergenerational fitness experience. Thirty-two undergraduate kinesiology majors completed the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) survey to determine their attitudes toward older adults. Students' attitudes were signif…
Generations learning together: Pilot Study for a Multigenerational Program
Generations need to spend time in meaningful activities to facilitate more healthy interactions. An interdisciplinary team worked together to implement an enriching, intergenerational project with 4 year olds, college students, and older adults. College students played an active role in planning/facilitating activities. The overall objective of the research was assessing perceptional change between the generations using pre/posttests with college…
Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Technology Use by Older Adults (2 works) · Identity, Memory, and Therapy (1 works) · Kinesiology (1 works) · Perception (1 works)