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Peer reviewedArnaud, Sara H. – Childhood Education, 1974
Solidly based experimental and experiential evidence indicates that play can serve as a powerful support and energizer in the early childhood education curriculum. (CS)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression
Peer reviewedRamey, Craig T.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Home Visits, Infants, Intellectual Development
Kline, A. J.; and others – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dietitians, Females, Health Personnel
KLAUSMEIER, HERBERT J.; AND OTHERS – 1959
A COMPARISON OF THE LEARNING EFFICIENCY IN ARITHMETIC OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF AVERAGE AND HIGH INTELLIGENCE WAS MADE. THIS STUDY TESTED FIVE HYPOTHESES--(1) UNEVEN PHYSICAL GROWTH ACCOMPANIES LOW EFFICIENCY IN LEARNING ARITHMETIC, (2) SLOW PHYSICAL GROWTH ACCOMPANIES LOW EFFICIENCY IN LEARNING ARITHMETIC, (3) THE LEVEL OF…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1968
This is the first in a series of six annotated bibliographies. It has as its general subject the physical aspects of early childhood education and includes three subdivisions: genetics, sensory-motor processes, and growth. Each of the 15 abstracts included has been classified by general and specific subject, by focus of study, and alphabetically…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Genetics, Growth Patterns, Perception
Bortz, Richard Frederick – 1967
The principal concern of this study was to determine if there were significant relationships between selected factors of physical maturity and intelligence of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys and their ability to perform two common industrial arts woodworking tasks, sawing and hammering, using standard and modified tools. A sample of 72 boys…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Rating, Doctoral Dissertations, Hand Tools
Garwood, S. Gray – 1978
Differences in the number and types of problems as well as in self-reported self-concept between 232 black and white pre- and postmenarcheal adolescents were examined in this study. The study also examined differences in these variables across four developmental levels of menarcheal status: initial, intermediate, middle, and established. These…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Developmental Stages, Females
PDF pending restorationPresident's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Washington, DC.
Screening tests consisting of observation procedures and simple physical exercises requiring only a chinning bar, stopwatch, and record forms are suggested for identifying pupils aged ten to seventeen who are underdeveloped in strength, flexibility, agility, or cardiorespiratory endurance. Classes should be divided into pairs with one pupil acting…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Elementary School Students, Muscular Strength, Physical Development
DiNucci, James M. – 1975
This study was undertaken to compare the motor performance age and race differences between black and caucasian boys ages six to nine. One hundred and twenty subjects were administered 25 test items which measured (a) muscular strength, (b) muscular endurance, (c) cardio-respiratory endurance, (d) speed, (e) power, (f) agility, (g) balance, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Males, Motor Development
Geiger, William L. – 1975
Compared were the perceptual and gross motor abilities of 30 mentally retarded and 25 nonretarded 10- to 12-year-old children. Performance data on such motor tasks as the agility run, 20-yard dash, obstacle course, and target hop were recorded, with separate data for the retarded Ss on the basis of etiological classification (Down's Syndrome,…
Descriptors: Children, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Wickkiser, John D.; Kelly, John M. – 1975
This study focuses on the body composition and anthropometric measurements of 65 college football players. Body composition was determined by underwater weighing with an accurate assessment of residual volume. The anthropometric measurements included height, weight, seven skinfolds, waist circumference, and wrist diameter. A step-wise multiple…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Body Weight, College Students
Outward Bound, Inc., Andover, MA. – 1968
The Outward Bound concept was developed in Germany and Great Britain with the saving of human life as the ultimate goal. Courses are designed to help students discover their true physical and mental limits through development of skills including emergency medical aid, firefighting, search and rescue, mountaineering, and sailing. Five Outward Bound…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Individual Development, Outdoor Education, Physical Development
Salvay, Betty – 1974
This paper focuses on the importance of play for a child's physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development. Three major purposes of the report are: (1) to persuade those concerned with the education of young children that play is an essential activity for children's well-being and should be facilitated at home and in the classroom, (2) to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Drama, Emotional Development
Ogletree, Earl – 1973
It is only out of a sound theoretical rationale of readiness that practical educational application can derive. The child gradually gains voluntary control of movement throughout the states of locomotive, speech and cognitive development. Thinking is a more subtle form of movement. Voluntary control of movement is an integral part of learning. An…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Growth Patterns, Learning Theories
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
A hearing held to discover the medical cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and ways to prevent it is reported. The hearing sought in particular to: learn about past and present research efforts; explore the prospects for discovering the cause and preventing future occurrences of SIDS; understand the scope of activity within HEW, to inform…
Descriptors: Child Development, Government Role, Infant Mortality, Infants
