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Direct linkMohr, Derek J.; Townsend, J. Scott; Pritchard, Tony – Physical Educator, 2006
Physical education represents an area of the middle school curriculum that has the potential to impact adolescents' developing knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in positive and meaningful ways that may endure across the lifespan. Despite the well-documented benefits of engaging in regular physical activity (e.g., American Heart…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedKoehler, Robert W. – Physical Educator, 1975
This article defines physical education as including movement, play, physical fitness, and health. (CD)
Descriptors: Health, Motion, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Peer reviewedSingh, A. I. Clifford – Physical Educator, 1988
Air Pollution is a common environmental stressor affecting the training and competitive performance of athletes, commonly irritating the eyes, nose, and throat. The health and exercise effects of such primary and secondary air pollutants as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, air particulates, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide are discussed. (CB)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Athletes, Exercise Physiology, Physical Fitness
Peer reviewedGillam, G. McKenzie – Physical Educator, 1985
Health-related physical fitness and motor performance components are the causal or facilitating elements in all human physical functioning. Consequently, physical education programs should be directed toward development of these components. A sample unit is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedKaufman, David A. – Physical Educator, 1975
Discusses obesity and some of the problems involved with it. (PB)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Genetics, Heredity, Obesity
Peer reviewedMontoye, Henry J. – Physical Educator, 1977
A physically more active life, while not being related to atherosclerosis, could enable some individuals to live longer with atherosclerosis before dying from or showing symptoms of coronary heart disease. (MJB)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Disease Control, Exercise, Exercise (Physiology)
Peer reviewedWest, Barbara H.; And Others – Physical Educator, 1987
A program of the Salt Lake City School District and the University of Utah, Operation C.H.A.M.P. (Children's Health and Movement Program), was designed to motivate elementary school children to do their best in physical education and fitness testing. The program is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Phillips, Amber – Physical Educator, 2008
The purpose of this study was to describe the differences of teachers with and without National Board Certification in relation to their percentages of student competency in high school physical education. Data from the South Carolina Physical Education Assessment Program (SCPEAP) were used as the measure of student competency. Student competency…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills, Competence
Peer reviewedMorris, G.; Schwarzkopf, Robert – Physical Educator, 1977
A proper physical education program can be instrumental in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity. (MB)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Obesity, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Peer reviewedRaffel, Norma K. – Physical Educator, 1979
Various Chinese "physical culture" programs are recounted along with observations regarding the role of girls and women in the multilevel sports activities. (LH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Faigenbaum, Avery D.; Mediate, Patrick – Physical Educator, 2006
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 program during the first 10 to 15 minutes of each physical education class. A group of 49 students who participated in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength, Physical Education
Peer reviewedGrebner, Florence – Physical Educator, 1975
Descriptors: Elective Courses, Higher Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education
Peer reviewedShimon, Paul – Physical Educator, 1975
Descriptors: Exercise (Physiology), Heart Rate, Jogging, Physical Education
Peer reviewedWard, Dianne S.; And Others – Physical Educator, 1988
A summer day camp program featuring supervised physical activity, behavioral management, nutrition education, and family involvement helped obese children (N=13) to modify their physical fitness levels and reduce their health risk. (CB)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Children, Day Camp Programs, Physical Fitness
Roberts, Thomas; Evans, Tom; Ormond, Frank – Physical Educator, 2006
College/University administrators have, for various reasons, scrutinized Physical Education basic instruction program (BIP) requirements for possible reduction. In an effort to defend these requirements, assessment should be undertaken to obtain objective and subjective data that measure a program's effectiveness. This study was conducted at a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Wellness, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
