Research has shown that motor skill performance can be improved with the use of a dynamic visual model that helps to create a cognitive representation and serve as a standard for learning. The purpose of this project is to produce a demonstration videotape that thoroughly analyzes the basic actions involved with pitching a softball for strikes.

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The purpose of this project was to identify and examine the elements and skills of cooperative learning for student learning in physical education. This project is intended for junior high and middle school physical education teachers who want to be informed on cooperative learning for student learning in physical education. Cooperative learning is the main topic of this study. This project searched for elements and skills in cooperative learning. The method for this project was a literature review from peer-reviewed articles.

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Orientador: Florindo Stella / Banca: Sebastião Gobbi / Banca: Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes / Banca: Cynthia Yukiko Hiraga / Banca: Marcio Sussumu Hirayama / Resumo: A literatura aponta que um estilo de vida saudável é um fator benéfico ao envelhecimento, fazendo parte desse estilo de vida saudável a prática regular de atividade física. A presença de doenças pode ser um fator que dificulta a prática de atividade física, tornando-se assim uma barreira. A doença de Alzheimer (DA) pode ser um desses fatores que agem como barreira. Considerando-se que na DA a prática de atividade física é considerada como tratamento não farmacológico, será que os pacientes com a doença estão praticando-a em frequência e intensidade ideais? O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar as principais barreiras que dificultam a prática de atividade física em pacientes com doença de Alzheimer. Este estudo tem um delineamento de corte transversal, de caráter epidemiológico de base populacional. Foram avaliados 104 idosos residentes na zona urbana do município de Rio Claro - SP, uma cidade interiorana e de porte médio. O processo de amostragem foi realizado por meio de consulta a serviços públicos e particulares de saúde que encaminhou idosos com diagnóstico clínico de DA para a pesquisa. O participante com DA e seu cuidador responderam a uma entrevista por meio de testes e questionários, com duração aproximada de 45 minutos. Dentre os instrumentos de avaliação utilizados, destacam-se: Questionário de Barreiras à Prática de Atividades Físicas (QBPAF); Questionário Complementar (CQ), que foi elaborado para se avaliar possíveis barreiras diretamente relacionadas a DA; Q... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The literature points out that a healthy lifestyle is a beneficial factor to aging, including the regular practice of physical activity. The presence of diseases can be a factor that hinders a practice of physical activity, thus becoming a barrier. Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be one of the factors that act as a barrier. Considering that in AD the practice of physical activity is reputable as non-pharmacological treatment, is it that the patients with the disease are practicing it at optimal frequency and intensity? The aim of this study was to analyze as main barriers that impede a practice of physical activity in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The present study had a cross-sectional, epidemiologically based population-based design. A total of 104 elderly people living in the urban area of the city of Rio Claro - SP, an interior and medium-sized city, were evaluated. The sampling process was performed through consultation with public and private health services that referred elderly with clinical diagnosis of AD for research. The participant with AD and their caregiver answered an interview through tests and questionnaires, which lasted approximately 45 minutes. Among the evaluation instruments used, in particular: Questionnaire on Barriers to Practice of Physical Activities (QBPAF); Supplementary Questionnaire (QC), which was prepared for a category of AD-related direct barriers; Qualitative Questionnaire (QQ) about habits of physical activity practice. Regarding the QB... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Young people learn about and interact with health and fitness through multiple pedagogical sites, including after-school programs, print and social media, fitness centers, families and peers. As such, the purpose of this dissertation was to explore the ways in which Black and Latinx youth interacted with health and fitness in an urban after-school context. To do so, a visual ethnographic approach was used over 18-months, working with youth in different ways over that time period. Data generation methods included participant observation (field notes, informal conversations), semi-structured interviews, participant-driven visual diaries and a scrapbooking project. Data analysis involved various inquiry techniques such as thinking through (affect) theory, Maggie MacLure’s interpretation of coding, and collage as analysis. Affect theory, from a new materialist and feminist lens, framed this dissertation. Using these theoretical and methodological approaches, I share three manuscripts that highlight affective flows produced at different points in the dissertation research. These involve (1) a focus on beginning to experiment with visual methods and five youth; (2) a pedagogical encounter between four youth, two fitness professionals and myself; and (3) a collage-as-analysis that held potential to de-territorialize research practices as usual. Through these manuscripts, I argue that this dissertation begins to create (non-traditional) ways to reimagine health and fitness so that all bodies (Black/Latinx youth and fitness professionals, White woman researcher, images, texts, words) come to matter for research and pedagogical practices with high school-aged youth in an urban after-school context.

Data were obtained through the syllabi and the questionnaires returned by the head of physical education institutes in India. From a total of thirty-seven questionnaires sent, sixteen were returned representing fourteen different institutions. The programs in India showed some diversity among the institutions regarding the length of time required to complete the courses and minimum qualifications prescribed for admission to the program. The programs did not meet the recommendations of the conference either in length or content. The newer programs more nearly met the recommendations.

This study examined the short-term training effects of two volumes of a dynamic warm up performed 4 days per week over a 3 1/2-week period. A total of 25 Division III wrestlers volunteered for the study. Three participants either dropped out or were unable to attend post-testing, resulting in 22 total participants completing the study. Groups were divided into control, low volume, and high volume groups. All participants completed pre and poststudy performance tests including the standing long jump, proagility, start-stop-cut, and 30- meter sprint. The low and high volume training groups each performed the same dynamic warm up prior to each pre-season captain's practice. The control group did not participate in an organized warm up. The low volume group performed one set of each warm up exercise, and the high volume group performing two sets of each warm up exercise. Data analysis indicated significant increases in performance for the standing long jump (p = .011) and start-stop-cut (p = .000) measures among the entire sample population. However, there was no significant difference between the groups in these measures. No significant results were found either for the sample as a whole or between groups for the proagility and 30-meter measures. The increased performance of all groups, including the control group, fails to provide evidence for the effectiveness of training with either warm up volume. Further research is needed to address limitations of this study to determine effectiveness of various warm up volumes.

This study is an evaluation of the programs in fourteen selected Texas colleges and universities to prepare undergraduates for teaching careers in physical education. The study uses its analysis of current programs as a basis for recommending improvements in them.

"Since Claxton High School is among the few schools in its geographical area which have a physical education program, and since that program has been in effect for only a short period of time, it is felt that the people of the community need to be more fully acquainted with the program in order to appreciate its values. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine if the high school circus, presented as representative of the total physical education program, is valuable as a public relations project"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1954." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Kenneth D. Miller, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 25-26).