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Arendt, Robert E.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
A quantifiable regimen of supplemental rotary vestibular stimulation was administered in a cross-over longitudinal design to 11 nonhandicapped and 10 Down's syndrome infants. Results indicated that supplementary rotary vestibular stimulation produced no measurable gain in motor ability. Greater gains were exhibited in the early phase of the study,…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Infants, Kinesthetic Methods, Kinesthetic Perception
Kisabeth, Kathryn L. – 1981
Before discussing the development of skills for playing elementary school physical education games, this document lists basic assumptions about children, movement education, games, and elementary school physical education. Four basic concepts, which are common to all team games, are identified: (1) use of personal and moving space and finding…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Games, Kinesthetic Perception
Burton, Elsie C. – 1977
This book is written for physical educators and classroom teachers of elementary school children. It is divided into five parts. Part one presents background information for developing a child-centered program and explores the educational potential of movement experiences. Part two introduces a six-step model designed to provide a sound…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Human Body
Whiting, H.T.A., Ed. – 1975
The papers presented in this book deal with the general area of motor skill acquisition and development. In section one, the first paper presents an overview of what has come to be known as "man as an information-processing system." Attention is focused on the transformation that the sensory input undergoes during central nervous system…
Descriptors: Human Development, Kinesthetic Perception, Memory, Motion
Keogh, Jack, Ed.; Hutton, Robert S., Ed. – 1976
EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS is a journal, published once per year, in which reviews of research concerning biological, biomechanical, behavioral, and kinesiological aspects of human movement and performance are published. This book contains the following articles: (1) Organizational Processes in Motor Control, by A. M. Gentile and J.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Exercise (Physiology), Eye Hand Coordination, Kinesthetic Perception
Jewett, Ann E.; Mullan, Marie R. – 1977
This monograph is a progress report on efforts to develop curriculum theory for physical education. It focuses on the development of individual human motor performance and the utilization of selected movement learning media to achieve specified educational outcomes in relational perception and orientation in space. Concerned essentially with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Decision Making
Logsdon, Bette J.; And Others – 1977
This book is written for the physical education teacher at the elementary school level. In its ten chapters the following topics are covered: (1) an historical and philosophical examination of physical education in the American schools; (2) changes and new goals in the field of physical education; (3) concepts of learning and development in the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dance, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
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Rizzitiello, Theresa, G. – 1977
This bibliography is a collection of selected resources significant to a deeper understanding of the many aspects and definitions of movement education. The one hundred seventy-three annotations are arranged and ordered in a pattern to reflect an overview of both theory and practice, the latter examined under the headings of basic movement,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Body Image, Dance, Drama
Singer, Robert N.; And Others – 1975
This manual for research in motor learning was written for scientifically based physical educators, experimental psychologists, and others interested in the investigation of learning and performance phenomena associated with skill acquisition. Laboratory and field experiments are presented that can be run with or without the presence of a formal…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Fatigue (Biology), Feedback, Human Body
Humphrey, James H. – 1976
This book presents a procedure for improving, through the medium of physical education activities, the learning ability of children. Rather than using systematic exercises for the correction of certain perceptual-motor deficiencies, learning ability can be enhanced through active games, rhythmic activities, and self-testing activities. Covering a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Perception
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Wilson, Frank R. – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Explores how the body's biological clock affects the way musicians practice and perform. Delineates questions concerning this phenomenon. Discusses the implications for music teaching and focuses on areas for collaborative research between neurology researchers and music educators. (NL)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Human Body