JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from February 2000

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from February 2000

Practical Management of Type 1 Diabetes During Exercise.
February 1, 2000... Imagine that you are taking your physical education students on a field trip to participate in a new activity: indoor rock-climbing at a local gym. While most of your students are excited about the upcoming event, one child approaches you...

Strategies for Enhancing the Performance of Low-Skilled Students.
February 1, 2000... Healthy People 2000, a 1990 United States Public Health Service publication, challenged all citizens to pursue more active lifestyles. The Surgeon General's report (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996) continued this theme of...

Fair Play: Respect for All.
February 1, 2000... "Physical Education has as its objectives all of the objectives of general education, and in this list of objectives character is of even greater importance than health." (Nash, 1938) Character development, sportsmanship, and fair play...

Speech-Language Strategies for Physical Educators.
February 1, 2000... Communication is a functional skill that is very much aligned with what and how preschoolers learn. As such, speech and language play an important role in a child's educational development (Bailey & Worley, 1989). In fact, the majority of...

Connecting School Physical Education to the Community Through Service-Learning.
February 1, 2000... Service-learning is a teaching method that provides opportunities for students to acquire academic, career, social, and personal skills through community service projects. The rationale for service-learning is that students learn best by doing,...

Leaving an Imprint.(Obituary)
February 1, 2000... Clinton Fuelling died today. Now before you begin an exhaustive search of the annals of physical education for the name Clinton Fuelling and his contributions to this profession, stop. Clinton Fuelling was not a physical educator; he was the...

Weight Change Affects Quality of Life.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The full impact of weight change on the daily lives of individuals is often lost in the sea of morbidity and mortality statistics surrounding weight gain and loss. Most Americans are more or less aware that their body weight is directly related...

Asthma and Child-Care Facilities.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Many parents of asthmatic children have educated themselves about the special needs of their children, but can they rely on child-care facilities to give these children the same individualized attention? The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of...

Coronary Heart Disease Among Women.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Though breast cancer is rightfully cited as one of the most serious health risks for women, it often overshadows the fact that the leading cause of death among American men is even more prevalent among women. According to the American College...

Service-Learning on the Rise in Public Schools.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Despite growing concern about the academic and moral status of American public school students, there is at least one statistic that flies in the face of the conventional wisdom concerning them. According to a 1999 survey by the U.S. Department...

Dealing with School Violence.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... In the wake of growing concern nationwide regarding school safety, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Department of Defense have recently published the Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence. It is...

Eligibility and Disability.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... A controversial clash between the Americans with Disabilities Act and national sports participation eligibility standards was resolved recently when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand an Indiana ruling allowing a 19-year-old learning-disabled...

Head Injuries and Protective Eyewear in Women's Lacrosse.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Webster, Bayliss, and Spadaro (1999) assert that helmets and protective eyewear are scarcely used in women's lacrosse, even though head and face injury rates in women's lacrosse (a non-contact sport) are typically higher than in men's lacrosse...

Product Liability.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Michael D. Trost v. Trek Bicycle Corporation United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 23, 1998 162 F.3d 1004; 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 31734 Michael Trost brought action against the manufacturer of his...

How can you have an elective physical education program and maintain gender balance within the classes?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... If one defines "gender balance" as approximately equal numbers of males and females in classes, then it is obvious that the only way to maintain balance in an "elective" program is to offer only courses that appeal more or less equally to male...

Using the Internet for Athletic Recruiting.
February 1, 2000... In the business world, companies are always looking to get ahead of their competitors in the marketplace, often by exploiting technological innovations. College coaches are no different. They want to know what new methods they can use to obtain...

Transfer of Qualitative Skill Analysis Ability to Similar Sport-Specific Skills.
February 1, 2000... Qualitative Analysis: Putting IT ALL Together The following two articles conclude a two-part feature on the present and future states of qualitative analysis in physical education. In the January issue, after an introduction by feature...

What Can Professionals Qualitatively Analyze?
February 1, 2000... QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER? Physical education teachers and coaches use qualitative analysis to help people improve their performance in many activities. The accuracy and consistency of qualitative analysis is therefore...