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Physical education teachers have been encouraged to do their part to increase students' moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) while participating in physical education classes to help fight the obesity epidemic. Research...
The current prevalence of childhood obesity is becoming a critical social problem and cannot be solved effectively by any single solution. An underlying problem of interventions trying to prevent childhood obesity neglects children's own...
Previous research suggests that as students age their interest in physical education seems to fade. There has been limited research comparing elementary, middle, and high school student's interest in physical education and even less...
A Study of the Effectiveness of Modern Digital Imaging Techniques with Middle School Physical Education Students during the Development and Acquisition of Motor Skills
As evidenced in the literature, innovations and enhancements in video technology have enabled educators in various content areas to provide an alternative, yet innovative means of presenting information and feedback to students. Research...
The Shape of the Nation Report (2010) concluded that at least 22 states allow required physical education credits to be earned through online physical education courses. Moreover, Florida Virtual School's (FLVS) Personal Fitness course...
The NCATE requirements introduced in 2004 presented a new challenge for teacher educators in that they had to define, develop, and assess teacher dispositions in their programs in systematic ways (Dottin, 2009; Schussler, Bercaw, &...
The need for more extensive research examining the tactical TGFU instructional model was necessary to provide teachers with adequate information to make informed decision about their selection of games instruction models. The pre-service...
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA's) are responsible for most undergraduate instruction with little or no knowledge of effective teaching practices. In general physical education programs, GTA's are likely to be the last resource for...
Volunteer service is a valuable product of our society. Increasingly, at recent sporting events, volunteers are a critical part of the overall success of the events (Williams, Dossa, & Tompkins, 1995). Today, an expectation of most sport...
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the ability to sustain a maximal running effort. Furthermore, the effects of aerobic fitness level, gender, anaerobic capacity, efficiency of energy production and utilization, ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership behaviors of coaches within the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities using the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport. A secondary purpose was to gain greater insight into...
This study sought to examine the influence of wearing pedometers on activity levels, attitudes towards activity, and knowledge of physical activity. The participants were members of three intact 4th-grade Physical Education classes from...
During the first five years of life, many young children engage in behaviors that can be considered challenging by the adults who care for them. Child care, or out of home care, is an important resource that can have a tremendous effect...
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