Chapter 03 Consolidation and Specialization: 1930-Present
True/False
1. The 1929 Carnegie Report was generally favorable toward the advances and growth of collegiate sport.
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2. The budget cuts mandated by the Depression led to the first-ever elimination of physical education from the curriculum because of its “frill” nature.
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3. The professional organization for physical educators merged with the NEA, changing its name to the American Association for Health and Physical Education.
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4. Physical education motor learning research had its early beginnings in World War II when airplane gunners needed to be trained.
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5. Rehabilitation of soldiers injured in World War II led to the field of adaptive physical education.
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6. The Kraus–Weber tests brought the fitness status of American children to the attention of political leaders.
Ans: T
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7. In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education eliminated the separate-but-equal doctrine that allowed schools to be segregated on the basis of race.
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8. Public Law 94-142 was the legislation designed to ensure the rights of handicapped Americans.
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9. Fitness promotion in the private sector has led to greatly improved physical education programs.
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10 Although movement education is highly popular in England, its goals and values have never been widely accepted in the United States.
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11. The American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation changed its structure to conform with the discipline movement by becoming an Alliance so as to encompass all related areas.
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Multiple Choice
12. Which of the following dramatically increased during the great depression?
a. pedagogy
b. Recreation
c. Physical Education
d. Fitness
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13. Which era heavily emphasized the development of physical fitness?
a. Early 1900’s
b. Roaring 20’s
c. Great Depression
d. World War II
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14. Following the post war era physical education programs were typically built around the ___________ model.
a. Eisenhower
b. Cooper
c. LaPorte
d. Laban
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15. Following WWII, ______________ activities were heavily emphasized within the school physical education curriculum.
a. lifetime sports
b. fitness participation
c. movement education
d. adventure education
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16. The Kraus-Webber test showed fitness differences between:
a. North American boys and girls.
b .American and Canadian children.
c. European and American children.
d. North American and South American children.
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17. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education (Kansas) indicated:
a. “Woman have an equal opportunity to participate in sport.”
b. “Separate is not equal.”
c. “Children must have quality physical education.”
d. “Students have a right to a free public education.”
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18. Which individual coined the term “aerobics”?
a. Kenneth Cooper
b. John F. Kennedy
c. C. Everett Koop
d. Susan B. Anthony
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19. The largest conceptual change in the post 1950 era was called:
a. adventure education
b. movement education
c. humanistic education
d. sport education
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20. The most well developed scientific area at the beginning of the academic-discipline movement was:
a. biomechanics
b. motor learning
c. exercise physiology
d. anatomy
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21. NASPE Stands for:
a. The National Association for Secondary Physical Education
b. The National Academy for Special Education
c. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
d. The National Alliance for Sports, Psychology, and Education
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Essay
22. What two things slowed the growth of collegiate and professional sport during the late 1920s and early 1930s?
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23. During the Depression, interest shifted from spectator to participatory programs. What related field increased substantially?
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24. What was the status of physical education during the Depression?
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25 What curriculum model was advocated in the La Porte monograph (1938)? Briefly describe the model.
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26. What happened to the status of physical education during the early 1940s?
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27. What did the Kraus–Weber tests measure and what impact did they have on physical education?
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28. Following the post-Sputnik reforms in education, what counter-movement occurred in physical education?
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29. What was the Fisher Act, and why was it significant for physical education?
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30. How did teacher education programs react to the discipline movement?
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