The Effects of Cooperative, Competitive, and Individual Learning on Students' Physical Readiness A. Shams, Ph.D.  B. Abdoli, Ph.D. P. ShamsipoorDehkordi, Ph.D. To compare the effectiveness of three learning styles in physical education, a sample of 120 male sixth graders was randomly selected using cluster sampling method and then randomly assigned to three experimenta...

Background: Physical activity level among women is unsatisfactory worldwide due to the increasing use of computer games, internet and some social barriers. This study aimed to investigate the lifestyle, quality of life and physical activity barriers among female students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Methods: According to Morgan's table, 374 ...

OBJECTIVE To identify physical activity opportunities linked to fitness and weight status among adolescents in low-income communities. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional, ecological analysis of 9268 seventh- and ninth-grade students in 19 public schools participating in The California Endowment's Healthy Eating Active Communities program. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cardiorespirato...

Today, the use of multimedia teaching has become a common phenomenon of school education, the multimedia CAI is accepted by the majority of students and students. Physical education is an important part of school education, and it will be used in the era of the multimedia application of the trend of the times, and it is also the time for the application of multimedia CAI in physical education t...

Nursing education should prepare students for a lifelong professional career including managing clinical physical demands. Musculoskeletal symptoms, such as bodily pain, have been reported among nurses and nursing students but less is known about the impact of symptoms in daily activities. The aim was to explore the prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms and their impact on genera...

Background The physical health assessment of university students in Iran is a national large scale assessment examining health behaviors among tertiary education students. Understanding risky health behaviors which are the major sources of global mortality and morbidity in adulthood is the key objective of this assessment. Methods In academic year of 2012-2013, newly admitted students (N = 15...

Higher education is facing a renaissance in terms of its approaches to teaching and learning and the use of physical and virtual spaces. This book will address the question of how higher education institutions and administrators need to re-conceptualize, re-design, and rethink the use of space for students entering university in the 21st Century. Higher education institutions are no longer defi...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined how common physicians assess various weight-related variables and patient characteristics that predict such assessments based on adolescents' reports. We aimed to examine how common adolescents received weight-related physical measurements and lifestyle enquiries (dietary habits and physical activity) from private practitioners and to identify factors associ...