Physical Educator articles from September 2006

Physical Educator archives from September 2006

Maintaining connections: a web-enhanced approach to undergraduate internship supervision.
September 22, 2006... Abstract Academic departments in kinesiology and physical education have historically struggled with the important issue of interdisciplinary collaboration in the areas of teaching, research, and service. The resultant lack of coherence...

The behavioral assessment of parents and coaches at youth sports: validity and reliability.
September 22, 2006... Abstract A behavioral assessment system for scoring the behaviors of parents and coaches at youth sports games is described within this paper. The Youth Sports Behavior Assessment System (YSBAS) contains nine behavioral categories...

Empowering youth through a responsibility-based cross-age teacher program: an investigation into impact and possibilities.
September 22, 2006... Abstract A Responsibility Model-based (RM) (Hellison, 2003) cross-age teaching program was developed to promote the leadership of a selected group of youth from underserved communities. The participants, called the "Urban Youth Leaders,"...

The effect of four instructional formats on aerobic fitness of junior-high school students.
September 22, 2006... Abstract The low level of fitness in junior-high school students is an area of great concern. An important, but misunderstood, part of the physical education curriculum is the development of aerobic fitness. What is the best way to go...

Effect of participation in a cup stacking unit on hand-eye coordination of elementary children.
September 22, 2006... Abstract The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the influence of a cup stacking instructional unit on the hand-eye coordination of children. Participants (N = 104) consisted of three grade level groups (first/second, third...

Effects of medicine ball training on fitness performance of high-school physical education students.
September 22, 2006... Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of medicine ball training on the fitness performance of high-school physical education students. Sixty-nine high-school students' participated in a 6-week medicine training...