This manual is written for students in anatomy, kinesiology, or introductory biomechanics courses. The book is divided into two sections, a kinesiology workbook and a laboratory manual. The two sections parallel each other in content and format. Each is divided into three corresponding sections: (1) Anatomical bases for movement description; (2)…

The theme of the 1970 Congress of the International Council on Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (ICHPER), where the papers in this collection originated, was "New Endeavors in Health, Physical Education and Recreation." After the opening and the presidential address, there are three papers listed under the heading "General:""How Standard…

Research has provided inadequate scientific basis for incorporating fundamental motor skills into the curriculum. More knowledge on how children acquire motor skills is imperative. Motor development of a child is generally viewed as an inherent sequential process of motor unfolding, while skill acquisition is the process mediated through practice,…

Biomechanical analysis of human movement seeks to relate observable motions or configurations of the body to the forces that act to produce those motions or maintain those configurations. These are identified as force-motion relationships. In assessing force-motion relationships in children's movement, the process type assessment, Ohio State…

Presented is an instructional guide for parents of severely and profoundly retarded and multiply handicapped children. Developed by 20 graduate students during a summer institute at Duquesne University, the guide suggests activities in communication, self-help and physical development. An introduction provides a definition of the severely involved…

Presented as the outcome of a summer institute involving 30 graduate students are case histories and educational prescriptions for 34 low functioning severely handicapped individuals ages 2 to 26 years. The case histories provide information on identification, reports of previous evaluations, other contacts and assessment of present functioning…

Preschool readiness measures were secured on 50 pairs of disadvantaged 2- to 3-year-old lower SES white children who represented large and small families, to determine the impact of family size on readiness profiles. The findings reveal that children from small families secured higher scores on all nine skill areas of the Iowa Test of Preschool…

A riveting operation was presented to 90 Grade 7 industrial arts students through the use of a slide-tape program to compare the amount of transfer from three learning tasks to a transfer task and to ascertain the effect of different amounts of practice on transfer. The students were randomly selected and alternately placed into nine groups. The…

This interim report is part of a longitudinal study of developmental behavior designed to determine whether infants from culturally disadvantaged homes have different developmental patterns than infants from advantaged homes. Twenty six culturally disadvantaged infants were individually evaluated on the Bayley Scale of Infant Mental and Motor…

Perceptual motor activities for physically handicapped children are presented in the areas of fine and gross motor skills. Also detailed are activities to develop body image, visual motor skills, and tactile and auditory perception. (JD)

GRADES OR AGES: Not specified. It appears to be for preschool and primary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Motor skills, sensory experiences, thinking, and language. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four sections, one for each of the above areas. Each section lists materials and describes activities; illustrations are…

A motor performance typology of boys and girls (ages 6-10 years) was developed, based on four factors extracted by factor analysis from data on 47 physical growth and motor performance variables. Nineteen variables which best described the four factor-defined components were used in formulating the person-clusters (typologies) following Tryon's…

The goals of the HOPE (Health and Optimum Physical Education) project are described in this document as follows: to design and field test a model program in elementary physical education that would measurably improve children in fitness, motor skills, and knowledge and understanding of physical education and would contribute to improvement in…

An evaluation was conducted on the effectiveness of classroom services authorized by 1969 Oregon legislation and provided to trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children between 4 and 21 years of age. During the 1969-70 school year, services were provided to 483 TMR children in 15 different projects administered by the Mental Health Division and 14…

The assessment battery is intended to establish the mentally retarded child's highest level of performance in each activity as a prerequisite to and planning aid for the development of an occupational therapy-based home training program designed to stimulate the child to operate at maximum ability levels. The battery, with a graduated rating…