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Relationship Between Reported Childhood And Adult Physical Activity, Kipp Ryan Kissinger

Student Work

It was the purpose of this research to examine the relationship between reported childhood and adult physical activity (PA), with special regards to the types of activities that correlate with habitual activity. Subjects were 249 male and female students age 19 to 30 years (M = 21.9 years) enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Subjects were surveyed from all departments on campus. Subjects were asked to complete a survey instrument that assessed past and present PA. The results o f the current study reported that there is a significant positive correlation (r = 0.284, p < 0.05) between the total score of past childhood PA and present adult PA. When past PA was divided into preteen and adolescent periods, there were also significant relationships (p < 0.05) with all of the four indices of present PA (work, sport, leisure and total). Regression analysis explained 17.6 % of the variance in exercise when predicting adult PA from the total score of past PA. The prediction equation is as follows: Y ' = 27.761 + 0.775 (Xi) + 0.276 ( X 2 ) + 0.945 ( X 3 ) + 1.787 (3Ct) - 1.254 ( X 5 ) ; where Xi = number o f varsity athletic letters received as an adolescent, X 2 = informal activities as a preteen, X 3 = level of athletic ability or coordination in favorite sport as an adolescent, X* = P.F.. classes as an adolescent, and X5 = activity level compared to peers as a preteen. It was concluded that there was a significant positive correlation (p < 0.05) between the total score of past PA and each of the four indices of present PA.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2000-02-10, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1991-2000

On the front page of this edition of the Wooster Voice, there is an article discussing the vandalism of Kauke Arch. In typical Wooster tradition, students attempted to fill the arch with snow in the hopes of having classes cancelled for their efforts. However, some students took it too far and caused $12,000 worth of damage. In the heat of the moment, a group of students decided to leave some "surprises" for the plows, which included ripped up benches from around campus. In the pages that follow, there is an article about the Bissman Wrestling Federation's making it's debut in …

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2000-01-27, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1991-2000

This edition of the Wooster Voice opens with an article on SGA. After having inquiries made about a charter violation on SGA's part, the Campus Council Charter Committee investigated. In the days that followed, the committee cleared SGA from all allegations of charter violations and unconstitutionality. The other front page headline article is on the subject of the Director of Human Resources at the college. Gary Thompson, the director, was sentenced on January 2nd, 2000 for an alcohol-related arrest from the year before (December, 1999). Thompson failed a sobriety test after being pulled over for speeding on the way to …

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2000-01-20, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1991-2000

This edition of the Wooster Voice opens with an article about one of the professors at the college. A political science professor became the first lady of Croatia. Professor Dijana Plestina's husband Ivica Racan became the first opposition party prime minister in the history of Croatia. Furthermore, there is an article that discusses SGA's loss of 5 of its members, 4 representatives and one cabinet member. This left SGA with only 17 members, and 2 weeks until the budget/funding meeting. In the pages that follow, there is an article in the News Brief section that discusses hazing at the college. …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Higher education finance reform in the Czech Republic : transitions in thought and practive / Matthew S. McMullen.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Technology and school reform : a view from both sides of the tracks / Mark Warschauer.

How Tuberculosis Threatens Supporters And Opponents Of Racial Profiling, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores peculiarities of logic and reason among supporters and opponents of racial profiling as a tool of developing and implementing public policy.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

America Y2K : the obsolescence of educational reforms / Sherman Dorn.

The Light Beneath The Bushel: A Discussion Paper On Early Years Education And Care In The Republic Of Ireland, Francis Douglas, Mary Horgan

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

This discussion paper builds on 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' in vol. 1, no. 1 of this journal (Horgan and Douglas 1998). It seeks to provide recommendations concerning the way forward which were submitted by the authors to the National Forum for Early Childhood Education in February 1988. These were based on research carried out for more than a decade on Early Years Education and Care in the Education Department of University College Cork. The paper commences with an overview of the 'Early Years' in the Republic of Ireland and then considers quality child-centred provision under three headings; structures, training …

The Emeritus Teacher, Raymond J. Dagenais, Betty E. Steffy, Billie J. Enz

Publications & Research

Mary, Clara, and Harry are part of what they call "the gray brigade." They met 6 years ago at a Retired Teachers Association meeting, warmed up to one another immediately, and began a lasting friendship. The trio has reached the emeritus phase of the Life Cycle of the Career Teacher model. They cared passionately about their profession when they were teachers, and that passion continues today. All are actively involved in helping schools improve and children succeed. Each of them goes about this quest in a very different way. Mary is a political activist well known in the halls of …

Learning From Shamanic Cultures: Returning The Spirit To Education Through The Arts, John Dwight Fisher

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Outrageous Idea Of Christian Scholarship [Review] / George M. Marsden., Russell L. Staples

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

The Quarterly Speaker - Winter 2000, Nova Southeastern University

The Quarterly Speaker

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Placement And Instruction In Resource Rooms On Reading Achievement And Measured Intelligence (Iq) Of Elementary School Children In Learning Disability Programs, Kwesi Ewusi Bentum

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study is an attempt to examine long term effects of learning disability instruction and resource room placement on reading achievement. The study also examines the level of cognitive functioning (IQ) of students identified as having reading disability who had been placed in resource rooms over periods of three and six years. Using initial evaluation data on students' reading achievement and level of cognitive functioning (IQ test scores) as a base, the effects of instructional and placement for periods of three and six years were studied on the basis of changes in these variables. Two groups of elementary grade …

The Effect Of Middle School Organizational And Instructional Design Upon Student Achievement, Stephen Robert Wise

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of grade organization and its subsequent impact on student performance as measured on a statewide test of academic progress. The grade span configurations compared were 6–8 middle school and 7–12 junior-senior high school arrangements. Norm reference scores measuring the academic performance of students in reading, language arts, mathematics and total battery were collected from the Indiana Statewide TestingEducational Progress Plus. This study sought to determine if a relationship existed between the tenth grade measures of achievement due to differences in the middle grades span organization. The procedures for this study …

0470 Study Of At-Risk Funding In The School Finance Formula, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

0476-0 Un Analisis De Las Propuestas De La Balota De 2000, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

0475-0 An Analysis Of The 2000 Statewide Ballot Proposals, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Part 9: The State Of The Workforce, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

(First paragraph) Is the workforce as good (or as bad) as they say?

Public Environmental Information In The Texas-Mexico Border: Analysis, Issues And Directions For The Future, Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Peer Education And Hiv/Aids: Past Experience, Future Directions, Deanna Kerrigan, Ellen Weiss

HIV and AIDS

Peer education typically involves training and supporting members of a given group to effect change among members of the same group. Peer education is often used to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors at the individual level. However, peer education may also create change at the group or societal level by modifying norms and stimulating collective action that contributes to changes in policies and programs. Worldwide, peer education is one of the most widely used strategies to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This report presents findings from a project designed to identify components and principles that influence HIV/AIDS peer …

Race, Poverty And Education In The 21st Century, Joan Wallace-Benjamin

Trotter Review

I am here as the president of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. I am here as a woman. I am here as a partner in the struggle for equal opportunity and access for - women, men, young people, the elderly, Black, white, Latino and Asian, who are not able to fully enjoy the educational, economic and social benefits of our American society. I am here as a colleague of Mary's, [Mary Lassen, Executive Director, Women's Educational and Industrial Union] who works with commitment and passion on these same issues and with whom I have collaborated and will continue to …

Alcohol Consumption Patterns, Death Attitudes, And Personal Meaning Among College Women, Christopher Hugh Nolan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Viktor Frankl's logotheory proposes that personal meaning in life and the attitudes people hold toward their own subjective mortality play important mediating roles in the way individuals choose to view and conduct their lives. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of Frankl's existential model in explaining problem drinking among college women by determining whether there are group differences in personal meaning and death attitudes as a function of alcohol consumption patterns. The sample consisted of 154 college women whose patterns of alcohol consumption allowed for participant classification into one of three groups: (a) non-drinkers (n = …

Teachers' Beliefs About Their Efficacy On Parental Involvement, Anette Melvin

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

0475-6 An Analysis Of The 2000 Statewide Ballot Proposals, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Ec00-1879 Sorghum Ergot In The Northern Great Plains, Jim Stack

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Sorghum is grown throughout Nebraska on approximately 0.6 million acres of land. It is grown as a forage crop as well as a grain crop. There is no significant commercial seed production in Nebraska. Grain sorghum is used domestically as livestock feed, in ethanol production, and to a limited extent as a food crop.

Grain sorghum is also exported to several countries. All sorghum hybrids (grain and forage) are susceptible to ergot disease. Ergot is a disease that impacts sorghum production directly by infecting unfertilized flowers and preventing seed development. Ergot also impacts sorghum production indirectly. Affected fields with honeydew-covered …

Egypt: Family Planning Providers Should Encourage Clients To Discuss Sexual Problems, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

This 1999 study examined the feasibility and impact of introducing the discussion of sexuality during family planning (FP) consultations. Conducted by the Population Council in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), the study took place in four MOHP clinics and two affiliated private clinics. Nurses and physicians at all six clinics attended a two-day training session on contraceptives with an emphasis on barrier methods. Providers in the three clinics that had been randomly chosen as intervention sites also received three days of training on sexuality, gender, and counseling skills. To assess the acceptability of sexuality counseling …

Early Childhood Care And Education In Ireland And The Challenge To Educational Disadvantage, Jackie O'Toole

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Acknowledging the common assumption locating the impact of education in its role to act as a mediator between origins and destinations, this paper examines Early Childhood Care and Education [ECCE], particularly the role state provided, compensatory education plays in challenging educational disadvantage. Initially operationalisation is made of the key concepts of ECCE, equality of opportunity and educational disadvantage. I then move to briefly describe the historical development of ECCE and compensatory education. Three state provided compensatory education programmes are identified: Rutland Street Project, Breaking the Cycle and Early Start. I conclude by outlining the significant impact early interventions can have …

Regional Differences In Understanding Between Two Groups Of High School Science Students On A Complex Environmental Science Concept Known As The Dead Zone Of The Gulf Of Mexico: A Web -Based Approach., Sharon Ann Flanagan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main research focus of this study was on the regional differences in understanding of two groups of high school science students for a complex environmental scientific phenomenon known as the Dead Zone of the Gulf of Mexico. Participating high school students were drawn from Dead Zone source and effect areas---Iowa chemistry students and Louisiana environmental science students. Students were given a pre- and postinstructional survey concerning environmental issues---including the issue of the Dead Zone or hypoxia of the Gulf of Mexico. The treatment group visited a web site on the Dead Zone constructed for this study, and interacted with …

Egipto: Los Proveedores De Servicios De Planificación Deben Motivar A Sus Clientas A Hablar De Sus Problemas De Sexualidad, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

No abstract provided.