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- Set individualized goals for students- Give students responsibility for managing and recording their own activities- Help students understand the value of physical activity and make healthy behaviors and choices a lifelong habitThis fully updated manual now includes a CD-ROM of the PACER Cadences. It also contains a DVD with video clips to help teachers administer the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM tests. In doing so, teachers impart the value of physical activity and guide students in making fitness a lifelong habit.Features of the DVD- DVD features video clips showing all test protocols for the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM test, including common errors and corrections.- DVD includes reproducible forms, charts, certificates, and reports that teachers need to conduct the test, record the results, and communicate to administrators, students, and parents.The FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM Test Administration Manual, Fourth Edition, features an increased emphasis on ACTIVITYGRAM, which is the only computerized physical activity management tool available for use with schoolchildren. It also includes newer illustrations and photos, and an attractive, reader-friendly design. The screenshots in the manual come directly from the latest version of FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM.More about the Test Administration ManualPart I introduces teachers to the program components and the mission, goals, and philosophy behind the program. It provides information on fitness education and assessment guidelines, detailing the assessment process step by step. It also explores ways to promote physical education, and it examines guidelines and provides promotion models.Part II focuses on various aspects of FITNESSGRAM. It takes teachers through test administration issues, including safe administration of the program, considerations for special populations, and administration to primary grades. It provides tests for aerobic capacity; details how to determine body composition through skinfold measurements, body mass index, and other methods; and shows how to test for muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. It also answers physical activity questions related to FITNESSGRAM and guides teachers in interpreting FITNESSGRAM results.Part III provides an assessment module for ACTIVITYGRAM, outlining how to administer the program and how to interpret the results and give feedback to students. Four appendixes provide guidelines on where to find testing equipment and how to use it, answers to frequently asked questions, and health-related fitness charts and copy masters of all 17 forms and reports.FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM Test Administration Manual, Fourth Edition, is time tested, research based, and highly practical—even more so now with its DVD component. It's sure to help teachers assess students' fitness and motivate them to take responsibility to adopt and maintain healthy habits throughout their lives.More about FITNESSGRAM® and ACTIVITYGRAM®FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM is an integrated fitness and activity assessment program that can greatly enhance the effectiveness of school-based physical education programs. For more information, visit Fitnessgram.net.

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Informed consent not mentioned by D. P. Birkett (Suffern, NY USA)

1 Stars
July 09, 2007
A description of the administration of a series of tests of physical performance in children. The Fitnessgram is claimed to predict liability to certain illnesses. The claims for medical benefits are made within the printed book but the reader is referred to a separate Reference Guide (available free at a WEB site) for the statistical supporting evidence. Under "Considerations for Safety" the only example of a health problem given that might require special consideration is congenital heart disease. This could certainly be dangerous,(as evidenced by the deaths of Marissa Towler and Schermiela Palmer) but obesity and asthma are much more common. The words "Informed Consent" do not appear. For some of the tests it is suggested stopping "if the student experiences extreme discomfort or pain" but no instructions are given about how to assess pain or who is qualified to do so. The need for privacy is only mentioned in connection with skinfold measurement. Some of the tests appear to be especially difficult for victims of obesity and attempting them in public might have a negative psychological effect.

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