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
