Originated from America, the student-oriented flipped classroom, which focuses on the individual demands and expressions of students, has become a hot topic in education fields in and out of China, along with the development of information technology and updating of teaching ideas. This study attempts to establish a "task driven and ability targeted" flipped classroom mode, with creation class ...

Home advantage in seven American college team sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer and women's basketball) was compared with professional leagues in the United States for the same sports and for the same time period. A total of 81,063 college games and 22,477 professional games were analyzed for the four seasons 2006-07 to 2009-10. There was a significant home advant...

1. Dept. of Sports and Wellbeing, Arts & Sports, Hanyang University, Ansan-si, Korea 2. Dept. of Beauty & Health, Jungwon University, Goesan-gun, Korea 3. Dept. of Sports Rehabilitation, Arts & Sports, Bucheon University, Bucheon-si, Korea 4. Sports and Health Care Major, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Korea 5. College of Science and Technology, Konkuk University, Chun...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the relation between differently measured sports activities (metabolic equivalent [MET] and peak strain score) and distal radius bone mineral density in college-aged women. METHODS Lifetime sports activity was scored in two different ways: 1) a sports activity score by multiplying the intensity (METs) and duration and 2) a sports activity score by ...

*This table describes the situation for countries where most sporting participation opportunities are provided through community-based or recreational sporting organisations. It is acknowledged that some countries, like the USA, have sports delivery systems that are more likely to be linked to high schools or university colleges and so some of the opportunities for intervention may be different...

PUBLICATIONSBallard, K.D., Olive, J.L. Metabolic Rate in Individuals with a Predisposition for Type 2 Diabetes.American College of Sports Medicine 53 Annual Meeting, May 2006, Denver, CO.Olive, J.L., Ballard, K.D., Robinson, J. Vascular Function in Individuals with a Predisposition for Type 2Diabetes. American College of Sports Medicine 53 Annual Meeting, May 2006, Denver, CO.<l...

BACKGROUND Depression, a disabling mental disorder, adversely affects work, sleeping and eating habits, and family. Research does not exist on depression among athletes who have recently graduated from college and retired from their sport after exhausting their collegiate eligibility. HYPOTHESIS Changes in lifestyle and loss of personal identity, which follow college athletics, would put form...

Using a unique, national dataset that indicates where students choose to send their SAT scores, we find that college sports success has a large impact on student application decisions. For example, a school that has a stellar year in basketball or football on average receives up to 10% more SAT scores. Certain demographic groups (males, blacks, out-of-state students, and students that played sp...