JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from April 2006

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from April 2006

NCATE article correction.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... In the article "Selection of Assessments for the NASPE/NCATE Program Report" (JOPERD, Feb. 2006, pp. 25-39), two figures were presented without supporting information in text that was critical to the interpretation of those figures. The...

Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... In the Research Works department in the February 2006 issue of JOPERD, Donald Siegel abstracts a paper by Grissom (2005) on "Physical." The original paper reports on a large data-set (N = 884,715) from California schools in which data from...

Web-based surveys undermine Title IX.(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is intended to prevent discrimination based on sex in publicly funded educational institutions. Soon after its passage, Christine Grant (1977), former Women's Athletic Director of the University of...

Endurance training and heart damage.(News)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Extreme endurance training, such as that done by elite bicyclists and marathon runners, may cause heart damage, according to research presented at last year's meeting of the American Heart Association (November 13-16). Swiss researchers studied...

Are eating disorders autoimmune diseases?(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... In the wake of JOPERD's recent article about eating disturbances (January 2006), we should note a recent report that hints that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be autoimmune diseases. In a study of 57 people with the diseases,...

Obesity surgery risks.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... The most extreme method of weight loss--surgery--poses a much greater risk of death than previously known. Although earlier research reported death rates under 1 percent for people in their 30s to their 50s (the most common age-range for this...

World Scholar-Athlete Games.(Institute for International Sport )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... The Institute for International Sport (IIS) will hold the fourth annual World Scholar-Athlete Games from June 24 through July 2, 2006, at the University of Rhode Island. The event is expected to attract more than 2,000 scholar-athletes and...

The physical educator's lead in improving school wellness.
April 1, 2006... When the Child Nutrition and Women, Infants, and Children Reauthorization Act of 2004 became law, schools began to accept more responsibility for educating students about the need for establishing good nutritional habits and engaging in daily...

Sexual harassment and due process.
April 1, 2006... Gomes v. University of Maine 365 F.Supp.2d 6 Federal District Court Maine April 8, 2005 Simpson v. University of Colorado 372 F.Supp.2d 1229 Federal District Court Colorado March 31, 2005 In separate...

Exercise training in obese children and adolescents.
April 1, 2006... What Was the Question? The objective of this study (Watts, Jones, Davis, & Green, 2005) was to examine what is known about the effects of exercise on body composition, haemodynamic and metabolic variables, cardiovascular fitness, muscular...

When does an incident of student academic misconduct, within a professional preparation program, pass from "ignore," to "reprimand," to "expel"?(Issues)
April 1, 2006... In any academic setting, ignoring student academic misconduct sends the wrong message to the guilty students and any other student that knows about the misconduct. The reprimand that follows academic misconduct should be based on the severity...

September question.(Issues)
April 1, 2006... In light of the editorial in this issue, what are some valid ways to assess interests in athletic participation for Title IX compliance? Respond briefly* and send your response by July 3 to JOPERD, Issues, 1900 Association Dr., Reston, VA...

Tips to increase girls' participation in flag football units.(Teaching Tips)
April 1, 2006... Results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study of 2000 indicated that flag football is offered as a regular part of the physical education curriculum in 81 percent of schools nationwide. The same study revealed that 32.6 percent of...

Introduction.(FACILITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT)
April 1, 2006... The general mission of the Council on Physical Activity and Recreation Venue Design and Management (PARVDM), a component of the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR), is to promote the creation of policies,...

Planning and designing facilities: from a high school football field to a professional stadium, successful facilities development requires careful, step-by-step planning.(FACILITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT)
April 1, 2006... Before one begins the planning process for a new facility, it is important to determine whether there is a need for a new facility. The demand for new and better facilities can be based on increases in the number of users, the type of users, or...

Financing facilities 101: public funding, private funding, hard taxes, soft taxes--welcome to the complex world of facilities financing.(FACILITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT)
April 1, 2006... Funding the development of sport facilities, whether for not-for-profit organizations, public schools, private schools, colleges and universities, or professional franchises, has become a major financial challenge. The greatest challenge for...

Teacher radar: the view from the front of the class; Is your radar on? Is it in good working order?(physical education )
April 1, 2006... In a middle school physical education class, the late bell has rung. Three seventh-grade students rush into their squad lines, noisily sliding into their places while throwing a wadded up piece of paper back and forth between themselves. The...

Coach education online: the Montana model; Taking advantage of the Internet can facilitate the education of coaches.
April 1, 2006... Ensuring that athletic programs have well-prepared coaches is one of the continuing challenges in sport. Professionals in coach education, athletic programs, and sport organizations routinely confront the need for more coaches. Finding and...

Using narratives to enhance moral education in sport: stories can model integrity, as well as teach how to think through a dilemma.
April 1, 2006... Stories play an integral role in our lives. They provide a context for us, a backdrop against which to measure our efforts. We learn through these stories or narratives--about the world, our ancestors, and our geographic region. We learn about...

Best practices in university-community partnerships: lessons learned from a physical-activity-based program; Whatever the program, following certain principles will improve the likelihood for collaborative success.
April 1, 2006... Universities have a civic responsibility to address the current needs in society. To that end, they have attempted various forms of university-community collaborations with schools, community agencies, and neighborhood organizations that serve...

Conferences & workshops.
April 1, 2006... April 26, 2006. NASPE's First Annual Book Writers' Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) will hold its first annual Book Writers' Workshop from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for anyone interested in...

New books.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Caribbean Dances from Abakua to Zouk: How Movement Shapes Identity Susanna Sloat University Press of Florida, cloth/paper, 432 pp., $39.95/$24.95 The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children...