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Portrait of Dr. Sheri Lynn Burson

Dr. Sheri Lynn Burson

  • Asst Professor of Instruction at Dept of Health & Human Performance, College of Education

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Burson, S. L., Castelli, D. M., & Erwin, H. (2024). Teacher Caring and Perceptions of In-School Play. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2023-0168

2022

  • Burson, S. L., & Castelli, D. M. (2022). How Elementary In‐School Play Opportunities Relate to Academic Achievement and Social‐Emotional Well‐Being: Systematic Review. Journal of School Health, 92(10), 945–958. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13217
  • Castelli, D. M., Burson, S. L., Julien, C., Fritz, C., & Payton, J. (2022). Computer science & physical activity in elementary schools: MoveSmart initial efficacy. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 54(9S), 676. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000883516.00282.a0

2021

  • Bryant, L., Burson, S. L., Fisher, J., Killian, C. M., Mulhearn, S. C., Nesbitt, D., … Castelli, D. M. (2021). Evidence Supporting the Essential Components of Physical Education as a Measure of Quality. Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport, 92(2), 259–269. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1883505
  • Burson, S. L., Mulhearn, S. C., Castelli, D. M., & van der Mars, H. (2021). Essential Components of Physical Education: Policy and Environment. Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport, 92(2), 209–221. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1884178
  • Jung, Y., Burson, S. L., Julien, C., Bray, D. F., & Castelli, D. M. (2021). Development of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention Using an Integrated Approach: Project SMART. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648625
  • Jung, Y., Burson, S. L., Julien, C., Bray, D., & Castelli, D. M. (2021). Development of a school-based physical activity intervention using an integrated approach: Project SMART. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 648625. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648625
  • Fritz, C., Bray, D., Lee, G., Julien, C., & Burson, S. L. (2021). Project moveSMART: When physical education meets computational thinking in elementary classrooms. Computer. Retrieved from https://mpc.ece.utexas.edu/assets/pdf/Project_Smart_Computer_Article.pdf
  • Julien, C., Castelli, D. M., Bray, D., Lee, S., Burson, S. L., & Jung, Y. (2021). Project SMART: A cooperative educational game to increase physical activity in elementary schools. Elsevier Smart Health, 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2020.100163
  • Michael, S. L., Wright, C., Woods, A. M., van der Mars, H., Brusseau, T. A., Stodden, D. F., … Pfledderer, C. D. (2021). Rationale for the Essential Components of Physical Education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 92(2), 202–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2020.1854427

2020

  • Burson, S. L. (2020, December 21). U.S. kids struggle to keep moving. Whole Communities Whole Health. Retrieved from https://medium.com/whole-communities-whole-health/u-s-kids-struggle-to-keep-moving-bc1dcaecd973
  • Castelli, D. M., Barcelona, J. M., Crim, B., & Burson, S. L. (2020). The importance of providing opportunities for health behaviors during the school day. In Building Future Health and Well-Being of Thriving Toddlers and Young Children (Vol. 95). Karger. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1159/isbn.978-3-318-06866-5

2016

  • Odum, M., Housman, J. M., Williams, R. D., Bishop, J. M., & Burson, S. L. (2016). Predicting U.S. adolescent fruit and vegetable consumption: Which socio-ecological factors matter? American Journal of Health Studies, 31(4). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.47779/ajhs.2016.153