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Dishman, Rod K.; Steinhardt, Mary – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1990
Discusses a study that compared internal health locus of control (IHLOC) with internal exercise locus of control for predicting college students' activity. Results indicate an independent influence of IHLOC on free-living physical activity and suggest that testing adjust for fitness, barriers to physical activity, and outcome-expectancy values.…
Descriptors: College Students, Exercise, Health Promotion, Individual Power

Corbin, Charles B. – Quest, 1991
Physical development should be classified using a multidimensional hierarchical model. Optimal physical development combines physical fitness and skill development. The paper discusses the history of physical fitness, hierarchical nature of fitness, and specificity of fitness, stressing the need for collaboration in facilitating optimal…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship

Rees, C. Roger; And Others – Quest, 1991
Identifies subdisciplinary fragmentation, academic elitism, and negative stereotyping as obstacles impeding the process of collaboration among different groups of professionals in physical education. The article presents examples of projects in which academics interacted among themselves and with physical education teachers, classroom teachers,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Levin, Susanna – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1992
The presence of older Olympians suggests aging itself may not be the primary obstacle to long-term athletic performance. For older athletes, scheduling sufficient training and recovery time becomes increasingly difficult, but physical and financial rewards entice them to try. No studies have directly addressed the true potential of aging athletes.…
Descriptors: Adults (30 to 45), Aging (Individuals), Athletes, Athletics

Thomas, David Q.; Whitehead, James R. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1993
Presents information about body composition assessment, including how useful the measurement is, how to conduct assessment, accurate skinfold measurement, body mass index versus skinfold results, interpreting results, standards for score interpretation, other types of measurement, how to approach skinfold assessment, and handling sensitivity and…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Height, Body Weight, Elementary Secondary Education
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1999
Children who hate gym grow into adults who associate physical activity with ridicule and humiliation. Physical education is reinventing itself, stressing enjoyable activities that continue into adulthood: aerobic dance, weight training, fitness walking, mountain biking, hiking, inline skating, karate, rock-climbing, and canoeing. Cooperative,…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Cooperative Learning, Dance, Educational Change
Sadetzki, Siegal; Chetrit, Angela; Akstein, Edna; Keinan, Lital; Luxenburg, Osnat; Modan, Baruch – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2000
To assess factors affecting parental relinquishment of infants with Down syndrome, a study was conducted of infants with Down syndrome who were born in Israel during 1979-1983 and 1987-1991. Overall relinquishment rate was 25 percent. Major influencing factors were mother's age, birth order, infant health status, and study periods. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Age Differences, Biological Parents, Birth Order

Bowyer, Garry R. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1996
Preservice teachers in an elementary physical education (PE) class were asked to recall their favorite and least favorite elementary PE experiences and discuss how to improve them. Most students had some positive feelings toward PE, but there were several concerns about specific activities and implementation. (SM)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Rupp, Ned T. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1996
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) affects 12-15% of the population. This comprehensive guide suggests that nearly all individuals with EIA can be active, highlighting both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of asthma and stressing the importance of rigorous patient education in controlling underlying asthma and EIA. (SM)
Descriptors: Adults, Asthma, Athletics, Behavior Modification

Ganley, Theodore; Sherman, Carl – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2000
Regular exercise is important for children's and adolescents' health maintenance, facilitating weight control, strengthening bones, and improving cardiovascular risk factors and mental health. Active childhoods help promote lifetime fitness. Physicians can assess children's weight and activity levels during routine exams. With simple…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Weight, Child Health, Children

Kleinschmidt, Earl E. – Journal of School Health, 2001
This 1941 paper highlights the poor health of draft inductees, describing: implications of draftee rejections for school health programs; whether school children need to be "toughened" during the national emergency; legislation for national health preparedness; barriers to progress in school health (e.g., ill-prepared health educators);…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Curriculum Review, 2004
Each month, "Curriculum Review" offers teachers mutual support, the sharing of ideas, and words of encouragement to help them face challenges in the classroom. The January 2004 issue of "Curriculum Review" contains the following articles: (1) "We Hear from Readers"; (2) "What They're Saying"; (3) "Technology Update"; (4) "Use Parent Nights to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Technology, Test Wiseness
Parker, Mitchum B.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2005
To date, studies examining the Sport Education (SE) model have largely focused on gains in sporting performance and/or psychosocial development. The purpose of this study was to compare the health-related fitness benefits for pupils participating in SE and traditional multi-activity (MA) units of instruction. Participants were two preservice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Units of Study, Physical Education, Teacher Behavior
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2006
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Public Education, Accountability, Health Promotion
Guthrie, Jeanne; Perea, Karen M. – 1995
Introducing teachers to the possibilities of cross-grade-level learning, this book explains the rationale and goals for cross-age grouping and presents 12 interdisciplinary instructional units of study. Each unit in the book contains a rationale, specific directions for the teacher, reproducible handouts for students, rubrics for evaluating…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Fine Arts, Integrated Activities