JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from October 2002

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from October 2002

Conferences & Workshops.(Calendar)
October 1, 2002... October 24-26, 2002. 31st National Conference on Physical Activity for the Exceptional Individual, Sacramento, CA. "2002--What's New?" is the theme for this year's conference, which will bring speakers from across the country to present current...

Physical education activity preferences of middle school students. (Research Works).
October 1, 2002... Greenwood, Stillwell, and Byars (2001) identify the most-liked and least-liked physical education activities among a population of middle school boys and girls. They point out that administrators often overlook student preferences when making...

Title IX alert. (News).(women in sport)
October 1, 2002... The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) and other women's advocacy organizations are deeply concerned that the Bush administration may be moving to reduce the nation's commitment to girls and women in sport. The concern...

Does gender play a role in eating habits? (News).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... A new study from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases may help explain why more women than men suffer from eating disorders. Researchers discovered that men's and women's brains react differently to hunger and...

Anti-obesity drugs a possibility. (News).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Not everyone is equal when it comes to gaining weight from overeating--some gain weight quickly, and others do not. The reason for this is a major mystery in obesity research. According to a study published in the August 2, 2002, issue of...

Childhood obesity in Canada. (News).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The problems of childhood obesity and decreasing physical education requirements are not confined to the United States. Fewer than half of Canadian children get enough daily exercise to obtain a health benefit, the Toronto Globe and Mail...

The smell of victory. (News).(peppermint )
October 1, 2002... Might peppermint one day join the list of substances banned from sports? Will officials use bloodhounds to test athletes? Read on. In a study published in the June 2001 issue of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, researchers...

Considerations for training beginners on the use of treadmills. (Law Review).
October 1, 2002... Corrigan v. Musclemakers, Inc., D.B.A. Gold's Gym Supreme Court of NewYork, Appellate Division 258 A.D. 2d 861 February 25, 1999 Treadmill use surged in popularity during the 1990s.The Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association...

Using technology in elementary physical education. (Technology Tips).
October 1, 2002... Technology is an integral part of life and will become increasingly so in the future" (Franks &Wood, 1997, p. 315). As teachers and society become more comfortable with various technologies, it is likely that technology will be implemented in...

Would school vouchers benefit K-12 physical education? (Issues).
October 1, 2002... As far as I am concerned, school vouchers are an outdated attempt to replace the governance system. School vouchers encourage public schools to compete for students and for the money they would bring with them. I feel the voucher system would...

Motivating students through assessment.
October 1, 2002... The following three articles conclude a two-part feature on assessment issues at the elementary school level. In the September issue--after an introduction by feature editor Gary A. Arbogast--Glenna DeJong, C Lee Kokinakis, and Charles...

Reporting assessment results to parents.
October 1, 2002... After an assessment plan has 4 been designed for each domain (psychomotor, cognitive, affective), the issue of what to do with the assessment remains. While assessment can certainly be useful to teachers and administrators internally, for...

Using assessment data to monitor physical education programs.
October 1, 2002... Linda is a middle school physical educator in a district consisting of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Linda works hard at providing a high-quality physical education program. She possesses clearly stated...

Perspectives on sport specialization.
October 1, 2002... For many years now, in high schools all around the United States, athletes have increasingly chosen to specialize in one sport. In the late 1980s, Grant Hill wrote or co-wrote a series of reports dealing with the alarming trend of...

See you in the movies? We hope not!
October 1, 2002... How knowledgeable are you about influential figures in physical education? Specifically, are any of the following physical educators familiar to you? Mr. Chapin, Ms. Balbricker, Mr. Meister, Mr. Horn, or Ms. Stoeger. Perhaps you will recognize...

Effective use of interpreters in general physical education.
October 1, 2002... Consider the following scenario: Jewahai and Sean are sixth-grade students in a suburban middle school. They are both Deaf, and they came from a magnet elementary school that had 25 Deaf students. Because their elementary school utilized most...

The effects of high-stakes testing on elementary school art, music, and physical education.
October 1, 2002... Quality art, music, and physical education programs contribute significantly to a youngster's overall education (Coleman, 1999; Lambert, 2000; National Association for Sport and Physical Education, 1995; Perrin, 1994; Straub, 1994; Winner &...