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McMahon, John; Emerson, Robert S. Wall; Ponchillia, Paul; Curtis, Amy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2019
Introduction: Youths with visual impairments (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision) often demonstrate reduced involvement in sports and related negative effects. This study looked at data from sports education camps to see whether involvement in this short-term intervention positively affected the performance of component sports skills…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Camps, Children, Visual Impairments
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McMahon, John; Emerson, Robert S. Wall; Ponchillia, Paul; Curtis, Amy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2019
Introduction: This study explored the relationship between first-time or repeat participation at a sports education camp and demographic variables of gender, age, race or ethnicity, measures of self-perception, body mass index (BMI), and physical activity in participants' communities. Methods: The study was a secondary data analysis of interview…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Self Concept, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Cepeda, Nicholas J.; Blackwell, Katharine A.; Munakata, Yuko – Developmental Science, 2013
The rate at which people process information appears to influence many aspects of cognition across the lifespan. However, many commonly accepted measures of "processing speed" may require goal maintenance, manipulation of information in working memory, and decision-making, blurring the distinction between processing speed and executive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Decision Making
Summa-Chadwick, Martha – Exceptional Parent, 2009
Discoveries, reached through scientific and technological advances in the evidence-based empirical domain, about how the body physiologically responds to music have opened new possibilities for developing therapeutic archetypes to actively channel specific aspects of music to assist in the learning processes of children with special needs. The…
Descriptors: Music, Biomedicine, Learning Processes, Brain