Exam 1: Elementary School Physical Education

Using both sides of the body and practicing balance skills is an example of:

Content standards are the framework of a program; they offer focus, direction, and continuity to instruction.

When physical educators do not have the educational background to handle both children with and without disabilities in the same class they should:

A portion of the physical education class period should be allotted to students' learning and experiencing fitness.

Physical education content standards can be accomplished in many areas of a school curriculum.

Fitness for Life program by Corbin and Lindsay (2007) is an example of:

Balancing and twisting are examples of locomotor skills.

Value and attitude development are developed through the cognitive domain.

Title IX can help eliminate sexism and sex-role typing in schools.

A positive experience in physical education can impact active participation later in life.

Tasks that require hand-eye and foot-eye coordination are called "manipulative skills."

Physical education teachers' sole responsibilities are to teach skills and physical fitness.

Active children tend to become active adults.

Title IX rules out separation based gender and calls for all offerings to be coeducational.

The Kaiser Family Foundation (2003) found that children 8-14 years old watched an average of 3.25 hours of television a day.

Teachers and professionals within physical education cannot implement change based on needs.

When students accept responsibility for participating in regular activity, fitness becomes an authentic learning experience that may last a lifetime.

Physical education cannot contribute to academic learning.

Wellness and physical fitness are synonymous terms.

PL 94-142 mandates that a child with a disability must be educated in the least restrictive environment and that an Individualized Education Program must be prepared for each student with a disability.