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Construction Of An Instrument For Recording Individual Attention In Physical Education., Jeanette J. Marsh

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The purpose of this study was to design and test an instrument that could be used to systematically record the kind and quantity of individual attention physical education instructors give their students. After standardization, the instrument was field tested to establish its usefulness.

The Pupil Control Ideology Of Teachers In Selected Schools, Vivian Miller Barfield

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Pupil control, one form of social control, has been identified as an indicator of the educational atmosphere in a school. In this study teacher perceptions of pupil control were measured by responses to the Pupil Control Ideology Form developed by Willower, Eidell, and Hoy. This form ranks teacher control ideology on a continuum from custodialism to humanism. Teachers in nine schools--three elementary, three junior high, and three senior high--in the Albuquerque Public School District served as subjects in this study. The schools were stratified according to the socio-economic status of their clients. At each grade level, three socio-economic groups were …

Heart Rates And Predicted Maximal Oxygen Uptake Following Training At Low To Moderate Duration And Intensity, Ronald S. Feingold

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Despite the mass of scientific data relating to the study of vigorous exercise, the literature contains little information on the minimum stress required for improvement in aerobic function. In view of the fact that the work intensity-duration relationship is far from elucidated, and considering the important implications of the concept of minimum exercise, particularly for cardiac patients and the elderly, it is imperative that further research be conducted. The present study was undertaken to describe the effects of three different work regimens of low to moderate intensity and duration. Twenty-three healthy male students at The University of New Mexico enrolled …

The Athlete's Dilemma: An Experimental Game Using A Prisoner's Dilemma Payoff Matrix Adapted To A Paddleball Tournament, Theodore William Harmon Johnson

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The "Athlete's Dilemma,” (AD) is a two-person decision-making game involving two choices: 1) the choice of playing, or 2) the choice or not playing the third game of a paddleball match. If both players choose to play the third game, they both do better in tournament scoring than if both choose not to play, but the maximum payoff for each individual can be obtained only by choosing not to play the third game while the other person chooses to play. The AD was designed to serve as a research tool for observing cooperative and competitive behavior. The problem was to …

A Space Analysis Of Indoor Activity Areas For Physical Education And Physical Recreation In Colleges And Universities Throughout The United States., Paul L. H. Heine

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a representative sample of colleges and universities, throughout the United States, provided indoor activity space for physical education and physical recreation as of the Spring, 1972. Specifically, the study proposed to investigate the extent to which the sample approximated the recommended standards for indoor activity space, as set forth by the 1967 National Conference on Facilities for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In addition, the study attempted to investigate the relationship 0£ enrollment size, climatic conditions, the number enrolled in a professional physical education preparation program, and population …

A Study Of The Relationship Of Motor And Reading Ability, Mary H. True

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The purpose of this study was (1) to determine if there is a relationship between motor and reading ability scores; and (2) to determine the difference in motor ability between the lower and upper school. The population involved in this study consisted of 105 girls. Each subject took the Iowa Brace Motor Ability Test and 42 girls took the Cooperative English Test. The hypotheses proposed no difference to exist in the following: (1) there will be no significant correlation between motor ability scores and reading ability scores of the girls in grades nine and ten; and (2) there will be …

An Investigation Of The Existing Indoor Activity Space In Non-Resident Colleges And Universities., Seldon Adolf Daniels

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The purposes of this study were: (1) to compare existing indoor activity space in non-resident colleges and universities to existing indoor activity space in resident colleges and universities; (2) to compare the hours when the peak load occurs in non-resident institu­tions to the hours when the peak load occurs in resident institutions; and (3) to compare indoor activity space in non-resident institutions with a required physical educa­tion program to non-resident institutions with an elective program.

A Comparative Study Of How Parents From Different Social Classes Perceive School Health Services, John Joseph Pelizza

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This study was designed to determine attitudes of parents from three different social classes toward school health services. The social class status of parents was determined by the use of Duncan's Social Class Index. This Index, consisting of four hundred forty-six occupations, was divided into a decile scale against which each parent's occupation was checked for a corresponding decile number. If a parent's occupation was not on the Index the investigator subjectively decided on a rating using Duncan's Social Class Index as a guide.

Parents of children enrolled in nine elementary schools (Pajarito, Coronado, Duranes, Inez, Monte Vista, Carlos Rey, …

The Function Of Socialization: Compliance As It Affects Person And Role Power In Coaching And Teaching Experience As Professional Preparation For The Principalship, David Morris Schmitz

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The purpose of this study was to create and empirically test a theoretical model describing compliance structures utilized by the coach, teacher, and principal to control subordinates. The problem was to determine whether compliance structures used to control subordinates in a previous role socialize a coach or teacher to behave in certain ways on becoming a principal. In addition, background and situational variables were analyzed to determine if these variables had an effect on the leader behavior of public school principals.

Changes In Self-Concept Resulting From Outward Bound Type Activities, Edward Rhudy

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a significant change in self-concept resulting from a non-resident outward bound type program on a selected group of males and females. The design of this study was experimental, involving the nonrandomized pretest, posttest single group. This study of the effects of outward bound type activities was conducted in the natural areas, mountains and semi-arid regions surrounding Albuquerque, New Mexico during the spring of 1971. The Outward Bound class has been a part of the Physical Education Service Program at the University of New Mexico for the past four semesters. …

The Effects Of Selected Methods Of Message Transmission And Place Of Residence On Participation In The Intramural Sports Program At The University Of New Mexico., Theodore Arden Amundson

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It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the effects of selected methods of transmitting information and place of residence on participation of university male students, undergraduate and graduate, in the Intramural Sports Program at The University of New Mexico. Nine methods of communication were selected for experimentation. They were the daily campus newspaper, a personal letter, the telephone, both a letter and the telephone, the intramural bulletin board in the gymnasium, the bulletin board in the student union building, the campus radio station, the grapevine, and chance observation by students who happened to be in the gymnasium when …

A Comparison Of Social, Personal, And Physical Development Of Males And Females Exposed To A Day Camp Environment., Benedict Emanuel Coren

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a six-week day camping experience on a group of boy and girl campers. Specifically, this investigation was concerned with the degree of social-personal adjustment and physical fitness changes that might occur in a selected group of boys and girls as a result of a specific day-camping experience.

The design of this study was experimental, involving the nonrandomized pretest, posttest control group.

This study of day camping was conducted at Indian Springs Day Camp in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1970. The day camp has been operating for …

The Relationship Between The Kinesthetic Accuracy Of Professional Baseball Player's Elbow Joints And Their Fielding Averages, Positions Played, And Team Averages, Bobby G. Coggins

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The accuracy of professional baseball players' lower arms to different kinesthetic locations was the concern of this study. An attempt was made to determine how accurately professional baseball players could reproduce an elbow-joint angle without the aid of visual or haptic knowledge, and to compare this accuracy to their fielding averages, positions played, and team won-lost averages. Forty-one players representing four teams in the Texas League volunteered for the study. The four teams represented each of the four positions in the Texas League standings at the dates their players were tested. A kinesthesiometer was designed and assembled to record the …

Player-Coach Compatibility: A Study Of The Relationship Of Interpersonal Relations Orientations To Athletic Exclusion In Junior High School Baseball Programs, Dean A. Pease

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Statement of Problem: Many students are excluded from parti­cipation in school athletic programs, and thus, from an oppor­tunity to benefit from the educational experiences afforded. While playing ability would appear to be the most logical and common-sense criterion for the exclusion of certain stu­dents, a variety of psycho-social factors may also serve as important criteria upon which the exclusion and inclusion of athletes are based. To obtain information concerning the existence of such factors, an investigation was undertaken concerning player-coach compatibility and its role in cutting students from athletic squads.

The FIRO theory, developed by Schutz, is based on the …

Skinfold Estimation Of Acutely Altered Body Composition, John English Billing

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It was the purpose of this study to determine if skin-fold measure constitute an effective method of estimating the changes in total body fat content which accompanied an exercise program. Body density and skinfold thickness were measured on fifty-nine white college males before and after a twelve week exercise program of circuit training and jogging. Significant decreases were found in percent of total body fat, kilograms of fat and gross body weight. Kilograms of fat free weight showed a significant increase. Skinfold measures yielded high pre- and post-test correlations with body density, .709 and .847 respectively. The correlation between change …

Measurement Of Activation, Competitiveness, And Sociability Through An Activity Selection Questionnaire, Georgia May Hulac

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Statement of the Problem. The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether the Activity Selection Questionnaire created for this study measured the activation, competitiveness, and sociability dispositions of individuals. The secondary purposes were (1) to determine whether there were any differences between subjects' scores made on the criteria measurements (Thayer Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List, Gough and Heilbrun's Aggression and Affiliation scales from the Adjective Check List) and the high and low grouped scores of subjects on the measurements assumed to be comparable (activation, competitive, and sociability) of the Activity Selection Questionnaire; and (2) to determine whether those subjects …

An Evaluative Study Of The Program Of Student Teaching In Physical Education At The University Of New Mexico., Maxine Cowton Hansen

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The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate the cu􀀕rent program of student teaching for men and women physical education majors at The University of New Mexico. The evaluation was based on the opinions and attitudes reflected by student teachers and cooperating teachers who participated in the program during a three semester duration, September 1967 through September 1968. Additional information was gathered from the College of Education, the Director of Secondary Student Teaching, and the Supervisor of Physical Education Student Teaching. The investigator relied upon the standards and recommendations of professional organizations and teacher education agencies when making …

A Reconstruction Of Roe's Theory: An Examination Of Three Vocational Groups--Physical Education, Education And Fine Arts., Lyndon E. Brown

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The Problem. Identifying and imposing order upon the critical elements affecting vocational selection has long been a concern of psychologists in general and counsel­ing psychologists in particular. Recently, individuals within industry, education, and the professions are becoming increasingly interested in the phenomenon or career selection. Researchers investigating the area agree that an understanding of the relationship between childhood experiences and career selection is fundamental to the development of functional theories of vocational selection. This investigation was undertaken to gain information concerning this relationship.

A Study Of Attitude And Performance In Gymnastics Of College Women Physical Education Majors., Viola FüNfsinn Holbrook

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Statement of the problem. The purposes of this dissertation were: (1) to investigate the relationship between attitude toward and performance in gymnastics of college women physical education majors, (2) to investigate whether differences exist in the relationship between attitude toward and performance in gymnastics within three groups of women physical education majors whose stated favorability toward gymnastics was low, middle, or high, and (3) to investigate whether differences existed between attitude toward and performance in gymnastics of rural-reared and urban-reared women physical education majors.

The Relationship Of Cardio-Respiratory Fitness And Health Understanding Between Physical Education Teachers And Teachers From Other Teaching Areas, Joseph Dennis Menapace

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Forty full-time teachers employed by the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools during the 1969-1970 academic school year were tested for levels of cardio-respiratory fitness and health understanding. A stratified random sampling technique was utilized to obtain ten subjects in each of the following categories: (a) male physical education teachers, (b) female physical education teachers, (c) male non-physical education teachers, and (d) female non-physical education teachers.

The null hypotheses were that no significant difference would be observed between or among physical education teachers and teachers from other subject areas on the following measures: (a) the relationship of cardio-respiratory fitness and health …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Communicator Sensitivity And Conversation Effectiveness Within A Physical Education Setting, John Robert Evans

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The general purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between communicator sensitivity and conversation effectiveness. Conversation effectiveness was measured in two ways: (1) by the conversation satisfaction promoted by an interviewer in an interview; and (2) by the degree of commitment promoted by an interviewer in an interview. Both satisfaction and commitment were measured in terms of the perception of the interviewees. The specific purposes of this study were to apply the findings of this study to the fields of interpersonal communication and teacher-pupil interaction, particularly in the area of teacher preparation in physical education. Twenty interviewers participated …

An Historical Analysis Of Motivations And Contributions Attributed To Selected Medical Doctors In Physical Education, Robert W. Pearson

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A study of the history of physical education in the United States indicated that a common denominator existed in the historical vitae of many of the early leaders. The intriguing facet was that many of these leaders were medical doctors, a point which stimulated further study. The history of a subject helps to illuminate past events, gives depth, breadth, and can add greater perspec­tive to present events. It was hoped that a study of this nature would recognize various unique contributions of early leaders and provide a springboard for future historical studies. This chronicle of the medical back­grounds and contributions …

The Social Class Ratings Of Lettermen In Eight Varsity Sports At Six Colleges Or Universities:A Study Of Social Class Modility In Athletics., Bobby Dean Brayboy

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This study was designed to determine social class differences between varsity athletes participating in eight sports at six colleges or universities. The schools were: University of Arizona, Eastern Washington State College, Sacramento State College, Temple University, Trinity University, and the University of New Mexico. The sample used in the study was returning lettermen in eight sports. All respondents had won a college or university varsity letter in one or more of the following sports: baseball, basketball, football, golf, gymnastics, tennis, track, and wrestling. Social class was measured by the Warner Revised Index Status Characteristics Scale. Two hundred seventy questionnaires were …

The Effect Of Learning Set, Physical Work, And Physical Fitness On Auditory Retention, David Hugh Greenwood

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The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of learning set, physical work, and physical fitness on auditory retention. The learning set factor was controlled by randomly assigning three different set introductions to the experimental subjects. The introductions were designed to induce a positive, neutral, and diversionary set to listen. The physical work factor consisted of bench stepping in varying lengths of time and was randomly assigned. The factor contained four levels of work made up of (1) control (no bench stepping), (2) two minutes, (3) four minutes, and (4) six minutes of bench stepping. Physical fitness levels …

The Effects Of Circuit Training, Weight Lifting, And Interval Training On Muscular Strength And Circulorespiratory Endurence, Gordon Alexander Leslie Edwards

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It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effects on muscular strength and circulorespiratory endurance in healthy college males derived from separate programs of circuit training, weight lifting, and interval training. The null hypotheses were that no significant differences in improvement of muscular strength and circulorespiratory endurance would be observed among college males engaged in separate programs of circuit training, weight lifting, and interval training. Fifty-one college males from developmental physical education classes at The University of New Mexico were randomly assigned to one of the three exercise programs. Thirty-eight subjects completed all of the requirements for the …

The Assessment Of Maximal Working Tolerance At A Constant Partial Pressure Of Oxygen In Hyperbaria, John Charles Cook

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Eight healthy male subjects were administered maximal work tolerance tests on a motor driven treadmill while breathing a constant partial pressure of oxygen at 122 mmHg. Subjects were tested at three atmospheric pressures including 630 mmHg., 1520 mmHg., and 2280 mmHg. during a thirteen week period. Experimental tests were conducted in a compression chamber located in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hypotheses were that: 1) maximal oxygen uptake and maximal treadmill run time would be greater at 630 mmHg. than at 1520 mmHg. ambient pressure, 2) maximal oxygen uptake and maximal …

The Effect Of Packed Red Blood Cell Infusion On Work Performance, Bruce H. Osborne

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The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the feasibility of transfusing packed red blood cells into dogs, and (2) to study the effect of polycythemia on the work capacity of dogs, as determined by maximum oxygen uptake and work performance tests.

The hypotheses tested following infusion of packed red blood cells were: (1) there would be an increase in hematocrit ratio; (2) there would be an increase in maximum oxygen uptake; (3) there would be an increase in work as measured in joules; and (4) that optimal oxygen uptake and work capacity would occur when hematocrit values …

An Examination Of The Immediate And Delayed Effects Of Various Status Positions Associated With The Athlete And Physical Educator On Male And Female Members Of An Audience, Dale Wendal Foster

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The purpose of this investigation was to examine the immediate and delayed effects of manipulating a speaker's extrinsic credibility upon measures of audience: attitude toward the speaker, agreement with the ideas presented and commitment to the speaker's proposals. Two dimensions of the speaker's extrinsic credibility were manipulated by randomly circulating written introductions of a speaker throughout an audience composed of male and female members. One aspect, the occupational role of the speaker, was manipulated in three ways: (1) an athlete, (2) a person without a given occupational role and (3) a physical educator. The second aspect manipulated was the status …

Indoor Space Guidelines For Senior High School Physical Educaton And Athletic Programs, Don O. Berryhill

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The Effect Of Sportsmanship Instruction On Junior High School Boys, John Denny Massengale

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It was· the purpose of this study to determine if there was a difference in sportsmanship between junior high school boys who received formal sportsmanship instruction and junior high school boys who received no formal sportsmanship instruction. The study also attempted to determine if there were effects due to teacher differences which influenced sportsmanship and if there was interaction between instruction and teacher effects. It was also the purpose of this study to deter­mine the relationship between two methods of measuring sportsmanship.

Two intact physical education classes were used in the experiment. Sportsmanship was taught by the regular instructor, and …