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Bowers, Louis; Klesius, Stephen – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Multimedia Instruction
Simpson, Marian – 1977
The manual is designed to provide the physical education teacher or the kindergarten teacher with an orderly sequence of experiences for promoting growth in body awareness, dynamic balance, muscular strength, spatial awareness, and temporal awareness in the 5- and 6-year-old learning disabled child. The 33 weeks of lesson plans are designed for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities, Lesson Plans, Motor Development
Fait, Hollis F. – 1978
A basic text on physical education for the handicapped, this edition is divided into four major sections containing detailed discussion of the general topic area under consideration. The first section presents basic information about historical background, general patterns of growth and development, the nature of motor learning, and the psychology…
Descriptors: Athletics, Learning Disabilities, Lifetime Sports, Mainstreaming
Download full textAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1971
This book of conference proceeding presents speeches and panel discussions from the Region East Perceptual-Motor Conference. The purpose of the conference was to seek an understanding of children and their perceptual-motor development through (a) exchange of knowledge and practices in perceptual-motor development, (b) examination of program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Educational Programs, Learning Disabilities
Stein, Julian U. – 1983
The paper describes principles and techniques for using microcomputers to enhance the motor development of learning disabled students. Among the guiding principles that the author suggests be kept foremost as educational uses of microcomputers are explored are (1) the fact that microcomputers do not think and cannot replace teachers and (2) that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedDensem, Julie F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study compared the effectiveness of sensory integrative therapy with a parallel physical education program or a no-treatment condition with 55 5- to 10-year-old learning or perceptually motor disabled children. Results indicated no significant differences among groups except that reading progress of children already able to read was improved…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
Orfitelli, Michael A. – 1978
The purpose of this investigation was to identify differences among normal children, learning disabled children, educable mentally handicapped children, and trainable mentally handicapped children in motor skill abilities and to develop profiles to demonstrate these differences. Subjects of the study were all educable and trainable mentally…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation
Best, Helen; And Others – 1967
Students in 24 perceptual development classes for the minimally brain injured were studied to determine the effect of structured physical activity on motor skill development, to compare this effect with the effect of unstructured activity, and to determine the effect of an increased amount of time of physical activity. The Johnson Test of Motor…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Roice, G. Robert, Ed. – 1981
One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the book presents twelve papers on physical education instruction. The following titles and authors are included: "The Heartbreak of Kickball, Dodgeball, and Drop the Hankie--Elementary School Physical Education--The Bases for the Basics" (R. Benton); "Shared…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1969
The proceedings include addresses by Logan Wright on highlights of human development from birth to age 11, Leonard A. Cohen on development and function of the mechanisms of perception, Eric Denhoff on motor development as a function of perception, and Alan Hein on exposure history in spatial-motor development. Also provided are reports by William…
Descriptors: Child Development, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Programs
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
