Kine 1301 Test 4 True/False

Coaches and parents typically reward effort more than outcome in youth sport programs

False

Due to physical limitations, older adults should not engage in highly competitive sports or vigourous physical activities

False

Exercise and science curricula use technologies such as heart rate monitors, exergames, and non-traditional activities and sports to more actively engage students and enhance their learning.

False

Graduates of curricular in the exercise and sport sciences find careers almost exclusively in private fitness clubs working with young adults

False

Values such as teamwork, cooperation, self-discipline, and sportsmanship are inherent values assocaited with sport

False

Because excess weight can easily be gained, It is equally easy to lose excess weight

False

Interdisciplinary research will characterize the work of physical education teachers because the problems and issues investigated can be more effectively solved and funding is more readily available through collaborations that require shared expertise.

False

Numerous females claim that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's academic eligibility requirements discriminate againt them

False

Physical education continues to enjoy wide acceptance as the appropriate identifying term for the various programs and careers that involve movement, play, sport, recreation, athletics, and other forms of physical activity.

False

Physical educators have always taken a leading role in promoting participation in sports and activities in the United States.

False

Research has proven the ethnic minority athletes are bigger, stronger, and generally more highly skilled than are white athletes

False

School administrators have been the leading supporters for the expansion of school physical education programs.

False

School physical education programs for all grades should emphasize team sports.

False

Senior citizens and individuals with special needs have equal sporting opportunities in comparison with other groups

False

Since most individuals continue their participation once they began to exercise, adherence to physical activity is not an issue

False

The primary purpose of assessments in schools should be used to provide the data upon which to base grades

False

A major difference between interscholastic sports and intercollegiate athletics is that college athletes must meet minimal academic standards, while high school athletes do not have to meet minimal academic standards

True

Adhering to high standards as demonstrated through the assessment of student learning is essential for demonstrating the effectiveness of physical education in schools.

True

Apathetic student, repetitiveness of teaching, lack of adequate facilities and equipment, violence in schools, and disciplinary issues with students are challenges facing physical educators in schools

True

Because of economic constraints, the pay-for-play philosophy may become a way of financing interscholastic sport programs

True

Interdisciplinary research among exercise and sport scientists has a greater likelihood of being funded by the federal government than does specialized research in only one discipline

True

Leaders should have integrity, communicate effectively, build and nurture strong relationships with people, be visionary and creative, establish, maintain, and model high standards of performance, and be intelligent and competent.

True

Learning movement skills is more likely to occur when they are taught in developementally appropritate ways

True

Movement education focuses on the developmental readiness of a child to learn through problem solving and guided discovery

True

National championships exist in some youth sports

True

Participation in regular physical activity boosts a person's energy level

True

Physical activity can serve as a preventive measure for both disease and degeneration for senior citizens.

True

Planning and promoting special events for National Employee Health and Fitness Day in May is an example of public relations.

True

Professionals in fitness-related careers are challenged to help those they serve begin and maintain physical activity programs.

True

Professionals in physical education, exercise science, and sport careers are accountable for the quality of their programs as well as responsible for promoting the importance of what they do.

True

School physical education programs have unique and important contributions to make to the learning of students

True

Setting realistic goals is an important factor to adherence to a physical activity program

True

Since work-related stress probably occurs, professionals need to understand stress and learn how to prevent or reduce its side effects

True

Sport as entertainment continues to grow in popularity at all competitive levels with winning and associated commercialization emphasized even more.

True

Sport opportunities are limited for individuals from lower socio-economic levels, who are disproportionately from ethnic minority groups, due to the cost of equipment, lack of access to specialized facilities, and expense of lessons or coaching

True

State games provide a variety of sports opportunities for individuals of all ages

True

The National Collegiate Athletic Association and the United States Olympic Committee use drug testing to deter the use of banned substances that could provide an unfair advantage to the athletes taking them

True

The National Collegiate Athletic Association requries at least minimal academic achievement to qualify for intercollegiate competition

True

The most common requrement for becoming a interscholastic coach is a teacing license

True

The use of technological advances and pharmacological products are used by athletes of all ages to enhance their skills and performances.

True

The win-at-all-costs attitude so pervasive in youth sports can be attributed mostly to adults

True

There is a signficant amount of rule-breaking behavior in recruting in intercollegiate athletics

True

Those most likely to participate in fitness activities are upper-income individuals, young adults, males, caucasians, suburban residents, and the more highly educated

True

Title lX of the 1972 Education Amendments influenced an increase in the number of girls and women in sports competitions in high school and colleges in the 1980s

True

Traditionally both physiological and societal factors have contributed to the ineqality that many women expericed when seeking to compete in sports

True

Year-round conditioning programs, specializing in one sport, and coaches' jobs depending on winning are problems associated with some interscholastic sport programs

True

a dramatic change in physical activity programs has been the burgeoning interest in the exercise and sports sciences and the proliferation of programs preparing students for careers in non-educational settings

True

according to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure, smoking, high blood cholesterol, and physical inactivity are significant contributiors to heart disease

True

Professionals in careers in the exercise and sport sciences need to provide quality programs in specialized settings to prove that a higher degree of competence is needed to fulfill the responsibilities of these careers than may currently be the case.

true