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Bucher, Charles A.; Thaxton, Nolan A. – 1979
This textbook for elementary physical education teachers is divided into seven parts. The topics covered are: (1) instructional objectives and competencies definitions for elementary physical education; (2) physical and mental characteristics of elementary school children; (3) the science of movement and perceptual motor development of children;…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletics, Child Development, Childrens Games
Bucher, Charles A.; Thaxton, Nolan A. – 1979
This guide to the textbook of the same title is divided into four areas: structure of the text; suggested course outlines for both semester and quarter courses; suggested approaches for using the text when teaching elementary school physical education courses; and short-answer examination questions for each chapter in the text. Material is…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletics, Child Development, Childrens Games
Download full textJewett, 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
KERSHNER, JOHN R. – 1967
THIS STUDY USED TWO INTACT CLASSES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES DERIVED FROM THE DOMAN-DELACATO THEORY OF PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP CONSISTED OF SEVEN MALES AND SIX FEMALES FROM AGE 8 TO 18 AND THE CONTROL GROUP CONSISTED OF 10 MALES AND SIX…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Experimental Programs, Intellectual Development
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE 1966-67 ACTIVITIES OF AN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES INTENSIVE THERAPY FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SEVERE LANGUAGE HANDICAPS. THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS EDUCATORS FRESH INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF SPEECH DISORDERS. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE BRIEF CASE STUDIES OF THE…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Federal Programs
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1977
This is a compilation of articles selected from American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation publications and conferences 1970-76 in which elementary school physical education issues are identified and explored. Articles address research, practice, and theory in the areas of: perspectives for elementary school physical…
Descriptors: Athletics, Dance, Educational Games, Elementary Education
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
Van Osdol, Bob M.; Geiger, Leonard J. – 1975
A perceptual motor approach to learning phonics is presented in this teaching guide which includes a screening test and 50 learning games encompassing a wide array of phonics skills. Directionality, gross-motor skills, sensory-motor skills, and auditory and visual perceptual skills may be introduced to the children and taught during the games…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Yawkey, Thomas Daniels – 1973
Coupled with justifications of nondescriptive and intuitive levels, research from Piaget's developmental theory is used to support play as a viable part of a day care curriculum. Within the context of Piaget's theory of play, three developmental stages or classifications of play are distinguished: (1) sensorimotor practice play (infants); (2)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Nelson, Monte; Pyfer, Jean L. – 1973
Contemporary theories of perceptual-motor development and dysfunction are analyzed in detail in this review of the literature. Studies focused on observation of delays, deviations, cause, theories of development, and programs of remediation. It is suggested that it may be presumptuous for theorists to delineate three, four, or ten characteristics…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology
Beers, Carol; And Others – 1974
The perceptual motor development module, the eleventh in a series developed for the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program at the University of Virginia, provides the student with basic information on the physiological development of young children. A number of learning and measurement activities related to children's…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Measurement Techniques
Smith, Robert M., Ed. – 1969
Seven contributors treat teacher diagnosis of educational difficulties. Robert Smith and John Neisworth review the fundamentals of informal educational assessment; Neisworth describes the educational irrelevance of intelligence; and Smith discusses perceptual motor skills. Also included are James Lister on personal-social-emotional skills, G.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Education
Tulsa Public Schools, OK. – 1969
Classroom management of educable retardates is discussed; sample schedules for elementary classrooms are provided. Unit plans for readiness, primary, and intermediate levels cover the following: topical areas, communications, mathematics, physical education and perceptual motor training activities, and recurring life situations. Also, holiday…
Descriptors: Art, Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials
Herman, Hannah; Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1970
This study compared the performance of kindergarten children who had participated in a full-year Head Start program (FYHS) with that of children who had attended summer Head Start (SHS). FYHS subjects at each of two elementary schools were selected at random from eligible applicants. SHS comparison groups were made up primarily of children from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development
Roshal, Sol M. – 1949
The major hypothesis of this study (based on the psychology of Clark Hull) was that the learning of a perceptual-motor act from films will be more effective as the film presentation approaches an exact representation of the learner himself performing the act to be learned. The problem was to discover the most effective way to represent the learner…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Media, Experimental Teaching
