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Laterality: Motor Learning & The Non-Dominant Hand, Rella Nase

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The cultural design of the United States of America has caught up its left-handed individuals in a righthander's world. Daily the left-hander or sinistral is forced to cope with problems which present themselves only to sinistrals, posing no difficulty to right-handers or dextrals. It was the intention of this investigation to determine whether, as a result of this emphasis on dextrality training, sinistrals could more quickly learn motor tasks with the non -dominant hand than could dextrals.

The hypothesis upon which the investigation was founded was stated in null form: no significant difference exists between motor learning displayed by sinistrals …

A Comparison Of Three Training Programs In Developing Cardiovascular Fitness In Untrained Women, Carol S. Hovey

Student Work

Interval training is defined by Fox and Mathews (1974) as a series of repeated bouts of exercise alternated with periods of rest or relief. Much research has been done comparing different intensities, durations, and work-relief ratios in interval training, and how these affect the development. of the various physiological systems of the body. Little, however, has been done to compare the development of aerobic power with the duration and intensity of the work interval varied, with frequency per week held constant. Research in this area has been especially limited using untrained women as subjects. Rosentswieg and Burrhus (1975) point out …

The Availability And Extent Of Use Of Public School Facilities For Community Recreation Within The School Districts Of The State Of New Mexico, Dennis Luther Good

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Statement of Problem

The problem was to determine the availability and extent of use of public school facilities for community recreation within the school districts of the State of New Mexico according to urban and rural classifications. A secondary problem was to suggest an implementation program based on the survey results.

Methods

The research design used was the survey model. The survey instrument (questionnaire) was submitted to a panel of experts for their critique and recommendations, before mailing the instrument to the desired population. The population for this survey consisted of all 88 public school district superintendents within the State …

A Comparison Of Parental Home And Family Relationships And Family Constellations Of Adult Female Homosexuals And Adult Female Heterosexuals, Altha Marie Crouch

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of family constellations and childhood intrafamily relationships which correlated with adult female homosexuality and adult female heterosexuality. Similarities and differences of the two groups were also determined.

The Effects Of Leisure Counseling On The Hospital Adjustment Of Selected Psychiatric Patients, Craig Worthen Kelsey

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The general problem was to determine differences in hospital adjustment behavior between a selected group of psychiatric patients exposed to a leisure counseling program and a selected group of psychiatric patients not exposed to a leisure counseling program.

A Comparison Of Leadership Potential Between Physical Education And Recreation Majors At Utah State University, Karolyn Carroll

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to compare the leadership potential of students from upper level division students majoring in Physical Education as compared to students majoring in Recreation. Two psychological tests were utilized to measure leadership potential between these groups. They were the Leadership Ability Evaluation and the Leadership Q-Sort Test, which yielded data in 12 variables.

Analysis of this data revealed that there was significant difference at the .05 level in three of the twelve variables. A comparison of all means for the two tests favored the Recreation majors over the Physical Education majors in leadership potential.

In …

Mental Practice Incorporating Neuromuscular Relaxation Techniques As Used With Beginning Swimmers, Kathryn Theresa Thomson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The effect of mental practice incorporating neuromuscular relaxation techniques on beginning swimmers' assessed tension levels and swim performance was examined. Eighteen experimental and control subjects received the same swim instruction by the same instructor during two 50 minute periods per week for nine weeks. The experimental subjects, however, also participated in mental practice sessions incorporating neuromuscular relaxation techniques and therefore had 25 percent less total time in the water than did control subjects. The mental practice sessions lasted 15 minutes the first meeting period of each week and 10 minutes the second period of each week. The subjects participated by …

A Study Of The Current Status And Future Development Of Undergraduate Professional Preparation In Health Education, Larry M. Bridges

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

An exploration of the status of undergraduate professional preparation programs in health education and the future directions which these programs may take was the focus of this investigation. The purpose of this study was to describe the current status of undergraduate professional preparation in health education in selected institutions and to study future directions of professional preparation in health education. The problem investigated in this study was to predict what changes undergraduate professional preparation in health education may undergo during the next ten years and to identify possible sources of stress that can accompany such changed.

Sports Information Fact Sheet About Eleanor Snell, Circa 1977, Michael Cash

Eleanor Frost Snell Programs, Correspondence and Other Documents

This two page summary of Eleanor Snell's career and accomplishments was compiled by the Sports Information Director of Ursinus College.

Recommendations For The Implementation Of Title Ix At Charleston High School, Dolly Mcfarland

Masters Theses

On June 23, 1972, the Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments. Under Title IX "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . ." This law affects virtually every institution of education in the country.

Elementary schools should be in compliance with Title IX this year, 1977. Secondary schools have until July 21, 1978, to fully comply.

Many administrators and teachers are reluctant to implement Title IX …

A Study Of Self-Actualization Among Various Groups Of Male Intercollegiate Athletes At The University Of The Pacific, Peter C. Carroll

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of self-actualization (SA) as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) among various groups of male intercollegiate athletes at the University of the Pacific. The subjects (N = 111) were golf (N = 8), tennis (N = 5), swimming (N = 6), baseball (N = 25), basketball (N = 14), and football (N = 53). The subjects were categorized into three sub-groups: (1) individuals sport members (golf, tennis, swimming) and team sport members (baseball, basketball, football); (2) good players, regular players, and substitutes; and (3) upper-division athletes and lower-division athletes.

The Influence Of Favorable Context On Questionnaire Response, John M. Peterson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Previous research has shown that the responses to items in a test of the affective domain are not affected by context when the items are embedded in different random subtests. Other studies in the affective domain show that the mean responses of items are influenced by the favorableness item compositions of the subtests. In multiple matrix samples, subtests of an entire test are taken by subgroups of a population. The influence of favorableness item composition on the total score of a given dimension in the affective domain has not been studied. This study offers evidence toward the following questions: (1) …

The Effects Of Sex And Athleticism On Self Ratings Of Masculinity-Femininity, Sex Role Stereotypes, Social Self-Esteem And Attitudes Toward Women, Catherine Elizabeth Hall

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sex and athleticism on self ratings of athletes and non-athletes in the areas of masculinity-femininity, sex role stereotypes, social self-esteem and attitudes toward women's roles in society. It was hypothesized that ma le athletes, as compared to ma le non-athletes, would rate themselves as more masculine and higher in social self-esteem. It was hypothesized that female athletes, as compared to female non-athletes, would rate themselves as less feminine, lower in social self-esteem and more liberal in their attitudes toward women's roles in society. Moreover, it was hypothesized that the …

A Comparison Of Exercise Responses Of Males And Females During Acute Exposure To Hypobaria, Philip Richard Elliott

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was designed to investigate the effects of acute altitude exposure on selected pulmonary, cardiovascular, and metabolic variables in men and women during submax and max work. Seventeen male and 20 female physical education students were randomly selected for inclusion in the investigation which took place over an 11-wk period. All testing was conducted in a hypobaric chamber with each subject being tested initially at the terrestrial altitude of 1576 m to which they were acclimated. Subsequent tests were conducted at simulated altitudes of 2743 m and 3962 m. The subjects pedalled a bicycle ergometer at a rate of …

A Dynamic Test For Comparison Of Rebound Characteristics Of Three Brands Of Tennis Balls, Kenneth Talmadge Rand Jr.

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare Dunlop, Spalding and Wilson pressurized tennis balls for rebound when fatigued at trial intervals of 0, 800, 1,600, 2,400, 3,200 and 4,000 bounce impacts.

Eighteen yellow tennis balls, six each from Wilson, Dunlop and Spalding pressurized tennis cans were equally divided and randomly placed in a control or experimental group. The control group was not subjected to any fatigue. The experimental group was fatigued by use of a Lobster tennis ball firing machine. Both groups were filmed with a camera and strobe light assembly after each fatigue interval. The experiment was designed …

A Comparative Study Of The Physical Fitness Of Nigerian Elementary School Children Of Different Socioeconomic Status, Adeline Omokhogie Oseni

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Potential Physical Educator's Perception Of The Role Of Physical Education, Marc Mauseth

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was conducted for the purpose of gathering information in order to better understand the perception of the role of physical education held by those students in teacher preparation programs in physical education. Based upon a review of the literature and informed speculation, a question­naire was formulated which gathered data from seven independent variable groups and about students' perceptions of fourteen different roles for physical education.

The questionnaire was completed by 349 students at the University of New Mexico, Ohio State University, State University of New York at Brockport, and the University of Oregon, enrolled in required professional courses …

A Study Of The Characteristics Of School Health Aides, Betty H. Bumgarner

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this research was to identify, describe, measure, and compare characteristics of school health aides to determine if there were categories of characteristics that would facilitate the selection process for employing school health aides. A questionnaire was developed and a pilot study was conducted with school health nurses who were not participating in the study. The survey instrument was subsequently distributed to school health nurses and school health aides in selected urban and rural schools in New Mexico. Completed questionnaires were received from 96 percent of the urban sample and from 100 percent of the rural sample. Items …

Modifying Behavoirs Of Patients With Known Essential Hypertension, Carolyn E. Maller

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The phenomenon of patient noncompliance with hypertensive treatment regimes is clearly documented and detrimental to optimal treatment and control of hypertension. This study represented an effort to add yet another approach to the problem of noncompliance. The central question formulated for this study was: can a program of behavior modification, applied in a clinical setting, increase knowledge and change behavior significantly to comply with hypertensive regimes? A Hypertension Clinic was organized and conducted over three months. A total of thirty-three hypertensive patients comprised three groups: one attention-placebo group, one experimental group and one control group. Group sizes were sixteen, thirteen …

The Relationship Between Body Fat And Physical Well-Being Of Children, Aged Six To Thirteen, As Determined By Physical Activity And Physical Fitness, Paul Sieczkowski

Student Work

Body fat has several implications for an individual's physical well-being. Aside from its functional aspects as an energy reserve and as a thermal insulator, excess body fat has been related to an increased mortality rate (Dublin, 1930). Vitale (1973) and deVries (1974) emphasized that excess fat is associated with many degenerative diseases such as diabetes, gallstones, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Mayer (1953) noted that there might be seasonal changes in the body fat level due to changes in activity level. Johnson, Burke,, and Mayer (1956) traced the onset of obesity of most "late obesity" children to the winter …

The Effect Of Two Athletic Training Programs On Aerobic Capacity, Anaerobic Capacity, Reaction Time, And Percent Body Fat, Paul W. Petersen

Student Work

It is perhaps obvious that athletic teams, such as basketball and wrestling, use different conditioning pro­grams during the regular season of competition because of the nature of their sports. Although many coaches initiate particular programs and use them year after year, rarely do they have any definite measurements concerning the effects of the program on their athletes other than a win-loss record. To better understand the conditioning that takes place in various sports, in this study, several parameters of fitness were calculated-using the basketball and wrestling teams at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The measurements will indicate the change …

The Effect Of Planned Physical Activities On Deficient Motor Skills In Head Start Preschool Children, Darlene L. Robinson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

During the past few years many physicians, nurses, psychologists, teachers, and physical educators have begun to place more emphasis upon the developmental problems of children. As an outgrowth of this, more attention has been given the child showing mild to moderate motor problems. As a result of these more subtle difficulties going unrecognized and untreated, children may suffer from learning disorders, lack of acceptance by teachers and peers, maladaptive behavior and feelings of low self-esteem (Cratty, 1970; Kiphard, -1970; and Ferinden, 1972).

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether planned physical activities would aid in remediation and/or modification …

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Confidence And Learning, James M. Alarid

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect motor skills had on confidence, learning, and retention. Only those elementary schools having physical education daily were identified as sources for subject selection. Three elementary schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, met this requirement: Coronado, Five Points, and Wherry. Two third grade classes were selected from Five Points and two from Wherry and one third grade class was selected from Coronado. Two of the classes, randomly selected, served as the control group and the other three comprised the experimental group. The experimental group had 46 students and the control group, 36 …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Long Jump Take Off Of The Finalists In 1975 Ncaa Track And Field Championships, Howard S. Mwikuta

Graduate Theses

No abstract is provided.

Curriculum Development Project In Health Education For Lyle School District No. 406; Scope And Sequence For Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade And Curriculum Guide For Ninth Grade Health, James A. Titus

All Graduate Projects

Small school districts rarely have curriculum direction, let alone curriculum guides. This writer has often overheard staff members exclaim, "It would help so much if I knew what I am supposed to teach," or "It would be nice if there was some planned progression that students were exposed to." Small school districts usually cannot afford the luxury of specialized curriculum staff working on curriculum projects.

This writer, along with two other staff members was fortunate to attend a health education workshop sponsored by ESD No. 112 in the fall of 1974. A process of curriculum development for health education was …

Sex-Role Stereotyping As Characterized By Selected Samples Of Female And Male High School Coaches, Susan Carol Conard

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The general problem was to determine the relationship of sex-role stereotyping among a random sample of female and male coaches in Northern California as they perceived sample of males and females and male and female athletes.

The subproblems were: (1) To determine significant differences between male and female coaches in sex-role stereotyping of males as measures by the Stereotypic Questionnaire.; (2) To determine significant differences between male and female coaches in sex-role stereotyping of male athletes as measures by the Stereotypic Questionnaire.; (3) To determine significant differences between male and female coaches in sex-role stereotyping of females as measures by …

Norms For A Twelve Minute Run/Walk Test For The Jefferson Elementary School, Charleston, Illinois, Grades 3-6, Wilfredo Rios

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Calisthenic Exercise Program On Fourth Grade Elementary School Children, Toby Bedford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Two Parallel Studies Investigating The Immediate And Longitudinal Attitude Values Of College Women Toward Elective Physical Activity, Rebecca Marie Lang

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This parallel investigation was conducted to survey and to determine the immediate and longitudinal attitude values in selected college women following participation in elective physical activity classes. The expressed attitudes were measured by a modified Carlos L. Wear Physical Education Attitude Inventory adapted for use in this present study by the investigator.

Four experimental groups were chosen according to the cluster sampling technique, representing two life-time sport course offerings of badminton and women's fitness. Seventeen women enrolled in the fall fitness class and fourteen women in the fall badminton classes, comprised the longitudinal sample for this study. The spring semester …

Rain On Tuesday, A Growth Community In Southern California, Lucile Hubbell Anderson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Growth communities have developed throughout the United States in answer to a need to relate to others in close, meaningful ways and to regain a sense of personal identity, threatened by urban life styles. This study reports the events and situations leading to the formation, development and decline of Rain on Tuesday, a growth community in Laguna Beach, California. The community was started as a leisure activity by a group of middle-aged, upper middle class people who had previously been involved in a social action project. The group eventually included over one hundred people. For nearly a year the community …