JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from January 2001

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from January 2001

LETTERS.(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... Block Scheduling: A Practitioner's View I read with great interest many of the comments in October's JOPERD regarding the effectiveness of block scheduling at the secondary level. Interestingly enough, all the responses were generated from...

Do Physical Educators Actually Teach What They Believe Is Best?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Physical educators are often faced with the dilemma of reconciling what they believe to be in the best interests of their students with the realities of the teaching environment. Kulinna and Silverman (in press) found that the majority of...

Active Seniors Less Susceptible to Depression.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Declines in various physical abilities are a natural part of aging, but unfortunately, these declines are often accompanied by depression and lowered self-esteem among the elderly. Although sedentary living is only one of many possible causes...

Diabetes and Exercise.(role of exercise in combatting disease, including heart disease and cholesterol)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Although past and emerging evidence supports the role of exercise in diabetes management, physical activity still goes underused and underemphasized by diabetics and health-care professionals. This disparity has led organizations such as the...

In Memoriam: Dr. Victor P. Dauer, 1909-2000.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 1, 2001... Victor Dauer, professor emeritus at Washington State University and AAHPERD Honor Award recipient, passed away on September 30 of last year at the age of 91. Dr. Dauer was a noted expert in elementary physical education, publishing one of the...

Free Home Pages for Teachers.(MyClass.net)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Falcon Software has recently launched MyClass.net, a site that provides free web space for teachers to create class-related pages that they, their students, and parents can access at will. Regardless of their computer skills, teachers in any...

Release of Liability.(Kathleen Sanchez versus Bally's Health and Tennis Corp.)(accident in health club)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Kathleen Sanchez, a senior real estate officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, first joined Bally's health club in June 1990. Her application for membership contained the following clause: Accidents/Injury: The member agrees...

Using Homework to Assess Cooperation and Strategic Thinking.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Although many physical education departments are currently promoting and teaching cooperation and strategic thinking, the problem of assessing student progress in these areas remains. The challenge has been to devise a more objective method for...

Should physical education majors be required to pass a physical fitness test before graduation?
January 1, 2001... As a long-time director for a large school district, my answer to that question is a resounding yes! Whether we like it or not, physical educators are judged by students, parents, and community members on the way they look as much as how well...

Millennium Trails and Scenic Byways: Recreation in the 21st Century.(United States. Department of Transportation role in development of trails)
January 1, 2001... Introduction According to Marilyn Carlson Nelson, the National Chair of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), tourism is "the nation's largest services export industry, the third largest retail sales industry, and one of the...

Millennium Trails: "Honor the Past, Imagine the Future".(development of program)
January 1, 2001... "Millennium Trails will be very tangible gifts to the future. We will walk on them and hike on them and bike on them. They will be accessible to people of all ages and abilities. But in an important way, they represent more than the tangible...

The National Scenic Byways Program: On the Road to Recreation.
January 1, 2001... Recreation is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a leisure-time activity engaged in for the sake of refreshment or entertainment" (Cayne, 1990, P. 834). Fun is defined as "pleasure and amusement" (p. 384). Although "recreation" and "fun" may...

Trends in Augmented Feedback Research and Tips for the Practitioner.
January 1, 2001... The most critical form of guidance that a teacher or coach can offer to students or athletes is augmented information feedback. Such feedback comes from a source external to a learner. It includes knowledge of results (KR), which is the...

Smokeless Tobacco Education for College Athletes.
January 1, 2001... The use of smokeless tobacco has increased over the past few decades. Approximately 121 million pounds are consumed annually in the United States (Shoplands, 1997). Yet smokeless tobacco is a hazardous substance: used as either chewing tobacco...

Literacy Through Movement: An Organizational Approach.
January 1, 2001... Literacy initiatives are common in American education. These initiatives may, as many of us have experienced firsthand, come at the expense of programs that do not directly support literacy efforts, such as music, art, and physical education....

Using Metaphors to Enhance Reflectiveness Among Preservice Teachers.
January 1, 2001... In recent years, many within physical education teacher education (PETE) have stressed the importance of encouraging preservice teachers to reflect on their teaching (Kirk, 1995; Tsangaridou & O'Sullivan, 1994). Likewise, the necessity of...

Female Athletes in New "Backyard" Sports CD-ROM.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Humongous Entertainment has recently released a CD-ROM for kids entitled "Backyard Soccer MLS Edition." The game is the latest in a series of "Backyard" titles that allow children ages 5 to 10 to play alongside kid-sized animated versions of...

Finalist--A Safe and Attractive Gym-Floor Coating.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Unlike conventional gym-floor topcoats, Pioneer's Finalist coating has a special water-based formula that is non-flammable and has no strong solvent odors, exceeding even the strictest VOC standards. Finalist is easy to use--it can be applied...

A New Tool for Inclusive Wall-Climbing.(GuidingLine Traversing Wall System)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Sportime introduces its GuidingLine Traversing Wall System, a wall-climbing apparatus that combines the fun and fitness benefits of climbing and the relative safety of horizontal-traverse activities, thus allowing more children of varying...

Activity Monitoring Made Easier.(Polar Electro's ExerTrac, a software system that organizes heart-rate-monitor data)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Polar Electro introduces the ExerTrac, a software system that collects and organizes Polar-heart-rate-monitor data. Polar heart-rate monitors already allow teachers to track student activity levels (e.g., by showing them how long students...

Take Your Golf Game On-Line.(Golf School On-Line (www.golfschoolonline.com),)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... If you are a beginning golfer or an experienced amateur looking to bring your score under 100, you may want to enroll in Golf School On-Line (www.golfschoolonline.com), a new web-based source of golf instruction. During the website's 36-month...