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Walk to school program : Vision to reality

Creator:: McAllister, Zoanne Houston
Abstract:: Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are significant health problems. According to the CDC (2012), only 12.5% of high school students meet the recommended requirements for physical activity. One method to reverse this trend is promoting physical activity. The Walk to School Program promotes active transportation in schools nationwide. PURPOSE: The...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 12(10), 1414–1420. http://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0412

Understanding physical activity behavior in inclusive physical education

Creator:: Jin, Jooyeon
Abstract:: Physical education is important to promote physical activity of adolescents with and without disabilities, but many adolescents are not active during physical education classes. Innovative instructional strategies are imperative to change this phenomenon, but it will be challenging to develop effective instructional strategies without thorough understanding of students' physical activity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: used in 78% of lessons (n = 54), and a Sport Education Model was used in 22 % of lessons (n = 15

The relationship between balance and fundamental motor skills in children five to nine years of age

Creator:: Overlock, Jennifer Ann
Abstract:: The ability to establish and maintain balance is claimed to be an important prerequisite of movement tasks. However, despite this general belief, there is limited empirical evidence to support the contribution of balance in motor skill performance. Furthermore, psychometric properties of using a computerized force platform to assess balance ability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Implications for the reliability of relative balance performance outcomes. Scandinavian Journal Rehabilitation

The Effects of Video Modeling on Test of Gross Motor Development-3 Performance among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Creator:: Case, Layne
Abstract:: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been reported to have motor skill delays and deficits. However, there have been challenges to these findings on whether these deficits are due to lack of movement skills or inaccurate assessment methods. Due to relative strengths in processing visual stimuli as opposed to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Layne Case for the degree of Master of

The effect of physical activity on sleep in children with autism

Creator:: Hagar, Kristine Ann
Abstract:: Sleep is an active process that affects an individual's daily functioning and physical and mental health. It is also beneficial for an individual's overall health and well being. Children with autism often have difficulty sleeping. One common complaint from parents of children with autism is that these children lack sufficient...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Disability Chair of the'Departnt of Exercise "and Sport Science Dean of the Grzithi.at'e School

The accuracy of pedometers for adults with Down syndrome during controlled and free-walking conditions

Creator:: Pitchford, Edward Andrew
Abstract:: It has been demonstrated that walking is the most common form of physical activity for adults with intellectual disabilities, including Down syndrome (DS). The pedometer is common measurement tool to quantify steps walked, yet there is little evidence of the psychometric properties for individuals with intellectual disabilities, particularly DS. Thus,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Teacher Collaboration between Physical and Special Educators to Promote Physical Activity for Students with Disabilities

Creator:: Jung, Jaehun
Abstract:: School-aged children with disabilities have difficulty in meeting current physical activity guidelines (Stanish et al., 2019). As such, there is a need for providing effective physical activity promotion programs for school-aged children with disabilities. School settings can be the right place to promote physical activity for children with disabilities because...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jaehun Jung

Sources of variability in daily physical activity for secondary students with and without developmental disabilities

Creator:: Kim, So-Yeun
Abstract:: Generalizability theory was used to examine sources of variability in daily physical activity levels of secondary students with and without developmental disabilities (DD), and to determine minimum number of days required for monitoring their typical physical activity levels. Sixteen participants with DD (M = 16.7 years, SD = 2.7 years),...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Exercise and Sport Science presented on August 8, 2006. Title: Sources of Variability in Daily Physical

Relationship between disability orientation and participation of children with disabilities in aquatic programs

Creator:: Schram, Bridgette M.
Abstract:: Increased physical activity (PA) in children has been linked to improved quality of life, as well as the establishment of life-long PA habits that lead to improved health outcomes. The literature suggests that children who participate in organized sport programs engage in more PA than children who do not. Notably,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: limit the participation of children with disabilities in organized sport programs, which can be

Psychometric properties of two systematic observation techniques for assessing physical activity levels in children with mental retardation

Creator:: Taylor, Christina Anne
Abstract:: Psychometric properties of two systematic observation tools, the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time (SOFIT) and the Children's Activity Rating Scale (CARS), were examined for use with individuals with mental retardation (MR). Eleven children with MR were videotaped while participating in gym-based physical activity. Accelerometer data were collected and synchronized...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Christina Anne Taylor for the

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Walk to school program : Vision to reality

Understanding physical activity behavior in inclusive physical education

The relationship between balance and fundamental motor skills in children five to nine years of age

The Effects of Video Modeling on Test of Gross Motor Development-3 Performance among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The effect of physical activity on sleep in children with autism

The accuracy of pedometers for adults with Down syndrome during controlled and free-walking conditions

Teacher Collaboration between Physical and Special Educators to Promote Physical Activity for Students with Disabilities

Sources of variability in daily physical activity for secondary students with and without developmental disabilities

Relationship between disability orientation and participation of children with disabilities in aquatic programs

Psychometric properties of two systematic observation techniques for assessing physical activity levels in children with mental retardation

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