Ventrilatory threshold is the point at which breathing becomes labored and a person’s body feels as if it can’t bring in enough air to deliver to the working muscles. This is because at that threshold, an individual’s respiratory system begins using oxygen faster than they are able to take in. At the same time it is unable to expel the carbon dioxide being produced fast enough. This creates a feeling of discomfort, but pushing through the discomfort can make for a great workout session, which can be too much of a challenge or disheartening for some. Regarding an aerobic exercise program at a community center for adults, there are consideration to be made about whether it is best for participants to be placed at an intensity that corresponds to their personal ventrilatory threshold or to let participants self-select the intensity at which they want to exercise. In my opinion, participants should be able to self-select their exercise intensity. The basis for my opinion comes from a study that analyzes the cognitive factors that influence affective response to exercise and lecture notes/discussion from PEMES 3121-02.
Uncertainties that contribute to the formation of different opinions on this topic include how high-active individuals experience pleasure during exercise while low-active individuals do not and if exercise professionals are really “doing their job” if they let participants exercise at an intensity below their ventrilatory threshold that won’t provide much health/fitness improvement. Other confusions include the fact that the extent to which the cognitive appraisal processes differ according to activity or fitness status has not been examined and factors that make up the appraisal process (which influences an i...
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...icipants self-select their intensities, but also define a few parameters. Parameters I support include close observation on the person overseeing the program or the instructor’s part to make sure comfort zones aren’t developed and a “five minute” policy. This would be reserved for someone who has a negative attitude toward a specific activity or the an increased intensity and they have to exercise for at least five minutes before they can decide to quit that day or not. A wide range of adults seek aerobic exercise programs for many reasons, as stated earlier, so it is important to recognize that self-selected intensities allow for variability, based on what the individual hopes to get out of the program. What is most important is that the participants feel more positive responses than negative responses to prevent anyone from abstaining from exercise altogether.
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Math Using a four step model for math problem solving has been successful in many ways. Each step was taught individually and then the importance of all the steps together became the next goal. As many of the students were not reading at a high enough level to independently read the problems, I continued to read the problems to the majority of the students. The children learned to underline the numbers in the problem and listen for key-words and phrases (e.g. How many in all? How many more?
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Primary Mathematics and Numeracy 2 Assignment 2: Analysis Introduction: This paper presents an analysis of Abhi’s mathematical thinking and his abilities to solve handshake problem. About Student: Abhi is a stage 3 student from Year 6, who recently attempted his selective school test. Having a conversation with his parents helped me to know that Abhi enjoys doing maths and is working at appropriate stage level. Abhi states that his most interesting topics in maths are place value, angles and geometry
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there remains one underlying problem that most children will never learn through this method; why? Why i... ... middle of paper ... ...arn math so that it can benefit them when they enter society. Works Cited Barr, C., Doyle, M., Clifford, J., De Leo,T., Dubeau, C. (2003). "There is More to Math: A Framework for Learning and Math Instruction” Waterloo Catholic District School Board Burris, A.C. "How Children Learn Mathematics." Education.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013. "Conceptual Vs. Procedural
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physics education researches as anchored on some important difficulties physics educators have in teaching physics. The problems in physics teaching Over the years, physics education has been beset with a multitude of problems. The most compelling is how to teach physics to the students so that they will understand it, and appreciate it. An offshoot of this difficulty is the problem of retaining in the program those students who have initially decided to major in physics. Seymour and Hewitt’s (1997)