What is the FitnessGram? The FitnessGram is a battery of physical assessments which measure a student’s current level of health-related fitness (musc...

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Goal setting is an important skill to develop in students; it provides feedback, serves as motivation and improves performance. Within physical educat...

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For years physical educators have been implementing fitness programs for their students that follow the traditional guidelines that are based upon the...

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Children are not miniature adults and they differ as much physically as they do cognitively. Physical educators need to be aware of the developmental ...

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The future of physical education is looking bleak, to say the least. With many states cutting back on instructional time for non-core curricular ...

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Why are the words “age and developmentally appropriate” so important to physical education? We see these words used by teachers in many (if not a...

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Like other curricular areas, students come to physical education with different experiences, knowledge, motivational and skill levels that contribute ...

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I have had various conversations in the past 5 years or so with several Physical Educators, Exercise Physiologists and Strength/Conditioning Specialis...

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As a consultant to various schools, districts and athletic teams, I have encountered a variety of misconceptions within the focus of exercise and move...

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It takes through and thoughtful planning to guide students’ towards a level of mastery of a variety of motor skills. However, the sequential plan...

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The awareness of body composition has become a focus in physical education over the last 10 to 15 years. This can be attributed to several factor...

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With the lack of revenue for physical education programs across the United States, many schools and districts are looking for alternate ways to provid...

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Within physical education, is fitness an educative process or a product of “mis-educative” experiences? How do we as educators go about teaching ...

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There are four essential questions that must be addressed by all members of your physical education department to support the direction for the develo...

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The continued advancement of physical education is dependent upon the professional practices that physical educators engage themselves in; the most in...

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Today, with more frequency than ever before, students lack the essential skills necessary for functional movement. Due to a lack of independent play, ...

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Today’s physical educators face many different challenges than our counterparts did five, ten and twenty years ago. We are faced with the challen...

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