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This digital document is a journal article from Psychology of Sport & Exercise, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Objective: The open feedback system used in aesthetic sports functions such that after judges have rated a performance they are informed of the scores given by the other judges before rating the next performance. This experiment was designed to determine whether such open feedback results in conformity among panels of judges in rope skipping. Method: Twenty-seven certified difficulty judges were randomly divided into panels of maximum five judges. These panels had to rate the same 30 videotaped individual performances: 15 in Phase 1 and 15 in Phase 2. Design: Two independent variables were orthogonally manipulated: feedback (or none) during Phase 1 and feedback (or none) during Phase 2. Results: Feedback increased score-conformity within a panel of judges in Phase 1. In contrast with previous research in synchronized swimming, this conformity did not last when feedback opportunities were removed in Phase 2. Conclusion: The conformity observed in the present study seems to be caused by normative influences rather than by informational influences. ... Read more

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Anthology of children's stories. Contents: "Jason and the Golden Fleece" by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Robin Jacques;"Gregorio and the White Llama" by Laura Bannon, illustrated by Bobri;"The Magic Skipping Rope" by Rose Fyleman, illustrated by Harvey Weiss;"A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go" illustrated by Adrienne Adams;"The Terrible Mr. Twitmeyer" by Lilian Moore and Leone Adelson, illustrated by Paul Galdone;"Toads and Diamonds" by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Aldren Watson;"Crunch Crunch" by Ethel and Leonard Kessler;"Science Quizzes and Experiments: by Jane Sherman, illustrated by Peter Spier;"Let's Go to the South Sea Islands [Oceania]" (no author noted), color photographs, full-color illustrated map. ... Read more

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Chapters: Skipping-Rope Rhyme, Pretty Little Dutch Girl, Eeper Weeper, Jumprope Chants. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A skipping rhyme (occasionally skipping-rope rhyme or jump-rope rhyme), is a rhyme chanted by children while skipping. Such rhymes have been recorded in all cultures where skipping is played. Examples of English-language rhymes have been found going back to at least the 17th century. Like most folklore, skipping rhymes tend be found in many different variations. Following is a 1940s rhyme from West Los Angeles. Charlie Chaplin went to FranceTo teach the ladies how to dance.First the heel, then the toe,Then the splits, and around you go!Salute to the Captain,Bow to the Queen,And turn your back on the Nazi submarine!Not last night but the night beforeForty-four robbers came knocking at my door!Call for the doctor, call for the nurse,And call for the lady with the alligator purse!In came the doctor, in came the nurse,And in came the lady with the alligator purse.Out went the doctor, out went the nurse,And out went the lady with the alligator purse!Spanish dancer, turn around,Spanish dancer, touch the ground.Spanish dancer, do a high kick,Spanish dancer, get out of town quick!All in together, birds of a feather:January, February, March, April, May, etc. (each child had to jump in during the month they were born)Ice cream soda, Delaware Punch,Tell me the name of my honey-bunch.A, B, C, etc.. . . And don't forget the RED HOT PEPPERS (and the turners would turn the rope as fast as they could). Some rhymes are intended to count the number of jumps the skipper takes without stumbling. These rhymes can take very simple forms, such as this chant collected in London in the 1950s: Big Ben strikes one,Big Ben strikes two,Big Ben strikes th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3884751 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 561 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Skipping Without Ropes.(Review)
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 73Issue: 4Page: 799

Article Type: Book Review

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Urban Legend, Street Children, Hoop Rolling, Truce Term, Street Skateboarding, Skipping-Rope Rhyme, Bloody Mary, Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts, Sea Lion Woman, Playground Song, Iona and Peter Opie, Miss Susie, Childhood Secret Club, Kick the Can, List of Traditional Children's Games, Clapping Game, Comet, Opposite Day, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Shirts Versus Skins, Olly Olly Oxen Free. Excerpt: Street children is a term used to refer to children who live on the streets of a city. They are basically deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old, and their population between different cities is varied. Street children live in abandoned buildings, cardboard boxes, parks or on the street itself. A great deal has been written defining street children, but the primary difficulty is that there are no precise categories, but rather a continuum, ranging from children who spend some time in the streets and sleep in a house with ill-prepared adults, to those who live entirely in the streets and have no adult supervision or care. A widely accepted set of definitions, commonly attributed to UNICEF, divides street children into two main categories: Street children exist in many major cities, especially in developing countries, and may be subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or even, in extreme cases, murder by "cleanup squads" hired by local businesses or police. In Latin America, a common cause is abandonment by poor families unable to feed all their children. In Africa, an increasingly common cause is AIDS. The question of how to define a street child has generated much discussion that is usefully summarized by Sarah Thomas de Benítez in, "The State of the World's Street C... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1072968 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Jack & Jill, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on July 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2100 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Jump in! (jump rope techniques)
Publication: Jack & Jill (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1997
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v59Issue: n5Page: p18(2)

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