JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from August 2004

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from August 2004

New books.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2004... The Basketball Handbook Lee Rose Human Kinetics, paper, 240 pp. $18.95 The Child's Right to Play: A Global Approach Rhonda L. Clements & Leah Fiorentino Greenwood Publishing Group cloth, 440 pp., $59.95 Dance/Movement...

Best, not questionable, practices.(Responses to "Questionable Practices in Physical Education")(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... As a past-chair of MASSPEC and a past-president of Eastern District, I object to Professor Baumgarten's letter (May/June 2004 JOPERD, pp. 4, 9), which showed little knowledge of what takes place in physical education classes at the present...

Dodgeball, relays, and rubber chickens.(Responses to "Questionable Practices in Physical Education")(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... I agree with Professor Baumgarten in regard to national standards, large group games with few opportunities to learn, and concern over obesity and the lack of fitness in today's youths. But why is dodgeball such a hot topic? I am an...

Research supports cup stacking.(Responses to "Questionable Practices in Physical Education")(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... We take grave issue with Professor Baumgarten's letter in the May/June 2004 JOPERD. We especially take issue with his contention that cup stacking is a "fad" of dubious value in an "appropriate" physical education regimen. At the AAHPERD...

Professor Baumgarten responds.(Responses to "Questionable Practices in Physical Education")(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... I find it distressing that Professor Jacoby resorted to personal attacks without even knowing me. I taught elementary physical education for 30 years, the last 20 of which were spent at the Burnell Campus School, the teaching laboratory school...

Convention calendar--2004.(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... Alabama -- November 16-18 * Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham * Contact: Donna Hester, (205) 934-8336 Colorado -- October 21-23 * Holiday Inn Denver International Airport, Denver * Contact: MaryLou Nemione-Miller, (303) 982-5969...

Conferences and workshops.(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... September 16, 2004. AAHPERD Midwest District Student Research Symposium, Angola, IN. The Midwest District of AAHPERD will hold its second Student Research Symposium in conjunction with the Midwest Fall Leadership Conference at Pokagon State...

Small amounts of exercise can prevent weight gain.(News)
August 1, 2004... People with little time for exercise may be pleased to read a recent report, published in the January 12, 2004, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, which stated that overweight adults who are not on a diet need only a small amount of...

Disability rates rising among the young.(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A new analysis of disability trends in the United States shows that rates of disability appear to be increasing among people ages 18 to 59--fueled in part by the obesity epidemic. The Rand Corporation study, published in the January/February...

Genes linked to obesity.(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Just as the number of obese people has dramatically increased in recent years, so has the number of studies that are being conducted to determine what role genetics plays in obesity. Two such studies previously noted in JOPERD respectively...

Is obesity a disease?(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... An ongoing debate about whether obesity should be classified as a disease has serious implications for several American industries. If obesity is officially declared a disease, millions of Americans who need treatment for being overweight could...

New sportsmanship program.(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... According to a study by the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, about 45 percent of young athletes have been called names, yelled at, or insulted while participating in sports, with 17.5 percent saying that they have actually been illegally...

Weight rooms go high tech.(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The computer revolution has reached the weight room. In Chicago's Northwest Suburban High School District 214, students now complete their workouts with help from a computer system. The FitLinxx system monitors students' progress on weight...

International walk to school week.(News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Unlike 40 years ago, when the large majority of children walked or biked every day to school, today only about 19 percent do so even once a week (see "Another Possible Cause of Childhood Obesity," JOPERD, November/December 2002, p. 8). Although...

New online safety course for coaches.(News)(launched by National Center for Sports Safety and the National Athletic Trainers' Association)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Each year, emergency rooms treat more than 775,000 children under age 14 for sports-related injuries, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. Nearly half of these injuries were preventable, yet statistics from the National Youth...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
August 1, 2004... In the April 2004 issue of JOPERD, we gave an incorrect affiliation for Jeanne Raudensky, author of "An Innovative Mechanism for Youth Fitness." Raudensky (jeanne_raudensky@spfldcol.edu) is an associate professor at Springfield College, in...

From supervised to unsupervised exercise: factors associated with exercise adherence.(Research Works)
August 1, 2004... Many adults find exercise adherence difficult, yet few studies have been conducted to examine older adults' exercise adherence patterns. To address this lack, Crowley et al. (2003) examined exercise adherence among older adults in both a...

Mismatching in youth sports.(Law Review)
August 1, 2004... Prejean v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board 98 0063 (La.App. 1 Cir, February, 1999) 729 So. 2d 686; 1999 La. App. Lexis 412 The incident that provoked this lawsuit occurred at Dalton Elementary School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....

How do pedometer brands rate?(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
August 1, 2004... A recent study found NEW-LIFESTYLES pedometers--the Lifecorder, the NL-2000 and the Digi-Walker to be the most accurate and reliable of 10 brands. They were exceptionally accurate, having 95% prediction intervals that were within +/-17 steps...

In light of the article, "Achieving Balance" (Mar. 2004 JOPERD), should physical educators ever use single-gender groupings within a coed setting?(Issues)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... Yes, single-gender groupings should be used in physical education classes. I am a teacher with 10 years experience in junior high physical education and one year of experience in high school. I have observed and agonized over the best way to...

Identifying and teaching children with learning disabilities in general physical education.(Teaching Tips)
August 1, 2004... The parent of a nine-year-old child with learning disabilities in my class approached me on "Parents' Night" and said: I was sitting with my son Paul on the couch last week; we were talking about school, and he said to me, 'Mom, at my old...

Getting the most out of PE Central.(Technology Tips)
August 1, 2004... The PE Central web site (www.pecentral.org) has grown from its humble beginning in the fall of 1996 to become one of the most widely used resources by physical educators. The web site averages 2.7 million page views a month (a page view is...

Introduction: the concepts and principles of physical education provide the foundation for fulfilling the national standards.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 1)
August 1, 2004... When I look at the adults with whom I come in contact, I often wonder what type of physical education program they had in school. What can those people who had a high-quality K-12 physical education program accomplish compared to those who did...

No, you do not have to run today, you get to run: using physical activity to teach fitness concepts across the curriculum will encourage students to develop good, lifelong, fitness habits.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 1)
August 1, 2004... "Do we have to run today?" This familiar student whine poses a serious challenge to physical educators, who aim to develop positive attitudes toward physical activity through natural play patterns and enjoyable class activities. Changing...

It's okay to be a beginner: teach a motor skill, and the skill may be learned. Teach how to learn a motor skill, and many skills can be learned--even after a student leaves school.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 1)
August 1, 2004... One of the biggest problems physical educators face is dealing with classes that include students with a broad range of interest and ability in the skills that are taught. Any particular class will contain students at different stages of...

What's motor development got to do with physical education? Learning basic motor-development concepts will help students understand the skill differences they see in their classmates and in themselves.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 1)
August 1, 2004... Why is motor development important? Why are developmental concepts important to know? These concepts are important to all physically educated persons because they help them to appreciate and anticipate the many changes that individuals undergo...

Student motivation in physical education: breaking down barriers; Student motivation in physical education typically declines after the early years. Why? And what can be done about it?
August 1, 2004... Students in kindergarten appear to be propelled by curiosity and driven by an intense need to explore. They are willing to interact with and make sense of their environment. Rarely does one hear complaints that preschoolers are unmotivated in...

Facilitating second language acquisition in elementary and secondary physical education classes: the increasingly diverse student population makes every teacher a teacher of English.
August 1, 2004... It is a well-known fact that cultural and linguistic diversity are increasing in schools across the United States. University teacher education programs now often require courses in multicultural education in an effort to sensitize future...

Teaching spatial awareness to children: if you don't know where you are and where you're going, you can't move effectively.
August 1, 2004... Traditionally, physical education programs have been based on the premise that a good teaching program involved playing games, running races, and playing team sports. Teachers assumed that playing games would develop the skills necessary for...