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Department Chair and Professor

Research Interests: Exercise Physiology, Physiology education, Cognitive strategies to enhance learning, Cardiovascular responses to exercise

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Research Interests: Exercise Physiology, Physiology education, Cognitive strategies to enhance learning, Cardiovascular responses to exercise

Present	Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology
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Kinesiology and Medicine and Health Sciences

Interdisciplinary STEM, Rural education, Cardiovascular function, and Physiology education

Georgia Southern University SoTL Fellowship Award (2014)
Teacher of the Year at the University of Florida (2011)
American Physiological Society’s Teaching of Physiology Research Recognition Award (2011)
Teacher of the Year in the College of Health and Human Performance (2011)
American Physiological Society’s Teaching of Physiology New Investigator Award (2010)
Teacher of the Year in the College of Health and Human Performance (2008)

Cardiopulmonary pathophysiology and ECG Interpretation (KINS 7236)
Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Physiology (KINS 7231)
Exercise Physiology (KINS 7230)
Physiological Aspects of Exercise ( KINS 3542)
Structural Kinesiology (KINS 3541)

PO Box 8076

Statesboro, GA 30460

Phone: (912) 478-8541

Office: Hollis Building 1103B

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Published Peer Reviewed Articles (9)

Self-Testing Produces Superior Recall of Both Familiar and Unfamiliar Muscle ...

Advances in Physiology Education (2015)

John L. Dobson, Tracy Linderholm and Mary Beth Yarbrough

Dozens of studies have found learning strategies based on the “testing effect” promote greater recall than those that rely solely ...

The Effect of Selected "Desirable Difficulties" on the Ability to ...

Anatomical Sciences Education (2015)

John L. Dobson and Tracy Linderholm

“Desirable difficulties” is a theory from cognitive science used to promote learning in a variety of contexts. The basic premise ...

Self-Testing Promotes Superior Retention of Anatomy and Physiology Information

Advances in Health Sciences Education (2015)

John L. Dobson and Tracy Linderholm

The testing effect shows that learning is enhanced by the act of recalling information after exposure. Although the testing effect ...

Benefits of Exercise Intervention in Reducing Neuropathic Pain

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2014)

John Dobson, Jim McMillan and Li Li

Peripheral neuropathy is a widespread and potentially incapacitating pathological condition that encompasses more than 100 different forms and manifestations of ...

Retrieval Practice Is a Efficient Method for Enhancing the Retention ...

Advances in Physiology Education (2013)

Retrieval practice is an efficient method of enhancing the retention of anatomy and physiology information. Adv Physiol Educ 37: 184 ...

The Effect of Uniform versus Expanding Retrieval Practice on the ...

Advances in Physiology Education (2012)

The purpose of this study was to compare the retention of selected physiology concepts throughout 30 days of two different ...

The Effect of Selected "Desirable Difficulty" Learning Strategies on the ...

Advances in Physiology Education (2011)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of interleaving and expanding retrieval on the retention of physiology ...

Faster O2 Uptake Kinetics in Canine Skeletal Muscle in Situ ...

Journal of Physiology (2011)

The ability to sustain skeletal muscle contractions is dependent on the conversion of chemical to mechanical energy – a process ...

A Comparison between Learning Style Preferences and Gender, Status and ...

Advances in Physiology Education (2010)

Students have learning style preferences that are often classified according to their visual (V), aural (A), read-write (R), and/or kinesthetic ...

The Effect of Selected “Desirable Difficulties” on Multiple Text Processing

SoTL Commons Conference (2016)

A testing-based learning strategy is one that relies on the act of recalling (i.e., testing) information after exposure, and interleaving ...

Capitalizing on the Testing Effect to Enhance Learning in Kinesiology ...

Presented at the annual American College of Sports Medicine meeting (2015)

The “testing effect” shows that learning is enhanced by the act of recalling information after exposure. The testing effect is ...

Capitalizing on the “Testing Effect” to Enhance Learning in Kinesiology ...

SoTL Commons Conference (2015)

The “testing effect” refers to the finding that learning is enhanced when learners actively attempt to recall information. That is, ...

Self-Testing Produces Superior Recall of Both Familiar and Unfamiliar Muscle ...

Presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting (2015)

John Dobson and M. B. Yarbrough

Abstract not available.

Self-testing Promotes Superior Retention of Kinesiology Information

Presented at the annual American College of Sports Medicine meeting (2014)

Abstract not available.

Retrieval Practice Promotes Superior Retention of Kinesiology Information

Presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting (2014)

Abstract not available.

Testing Is a Superior Method of Learning Anatomy and Physiology ...

Presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting (2013)

Abstract not available.

Allied Health Students' Perceptions of Learning in Undergraduate Human Anatomy ...

International Journal of Arts and Sciences, American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines (2012)

Abstract not available.

Expanding versus Uniform Retrieval Practice and the Recall of Physiology ...

Presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting (2012)

Abstract not available.

Student Perceptions of Meaningful Learning in Human Anatomy and Physiology ...

Presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting (2012)

John Dobson, D. Sturges and T. Maurer

Abstract not available.

Student Perceptions of Meaningful Learning in Human Anatomy and Physiology ...

SoTL Commons Conference (2012)

Diana Sturges, Trent Maurer and John Dobson

This session will describe a project investigating allied health students' perceptions on the meaning and value of their learning experience ...

Selected "Desirable Difficulties” Learning Strategies and The Retention of Physiology ...

SoTL Commons Conference (2012)

This study examined the effects of interleaving and expanding retrieval practice on the retention of physiology concepts. Participants (n = ...

Student Perceptions of Meaningful Learning in Human Anatomy and Physiology ...

Presented at the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Regional Meeting, Florida State College (2012)

D. Sturges, T. Maurer and John Dobson

Abstract not available.