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Peer reviewedMontessori Life, 2000
Describes the President's Challenge, a program of fitness testing for 6- to 17-year-olds from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Identifies requirements for the Presidential Physical Fitness Award for exercises and running, by age level and sex. Includes information on the validity of the award standards. (KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Physical Development, Physical Fitness
Peer reviewedBrooks-Gunn, J.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Three self-report methods for rating secondary sexual characteristic growth were compared to physician ratings; the accuracy of self-reported height and weight was also assessed. The usefulness of the Pubertal Development Scale, Tanner ratings, and self-reported height and weight as adequate estimates of pubertal development is discussed. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Physical Characteristics, Physical Development
Direct linkSchmitz, Katharine E.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Nichols, Jeanne F.; Irvin, Veronica L.; Keating, Kristen; Simon, Gayle M.; Gehrman, Christine; Jones, Kenneth Lee – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2004
This study aimed to determine whether self-assessed puberty is sufficiently reliable and valid to substitute for physician examination when feasibility of physician examination is low (e.g., behavioral research). Adolescents (convenience sample N = 178 endocrinology patients and N = 125 from educational trial; mean age 12.7 and 11.3 years,…
Descriptors: Physicians, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development
