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Meltzer, L. J.; And Others – 1981
Within the multidisciplinary setting of the Brookline Early Education Project, the present investigation examined the relationship between observations of parents, pediatricians, psychologists and teachers. The study was designed to examine two questions: (1) Are systematically collected parent reports of their children's current development…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Grade 2, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textRogers, Peggy Parks; And Others – 1976
This paper reports an exploratory investigation of motor patterns characteristic of maternal gameplaying behavior conducted with forty-eight 4-, 6- and 8-month-old infants and their mothers. Videotapes of 6-minute laboratory mother-infant play sessions were segmented into maternal games which were categorized according to the type and complexity…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Infant Behavior, Infants
Folsom-Meek, Sherry L.; Gillam, Ronald B. – 1992
The benefits of movement are enhanced when children with disabilities move with their nondisabled peers. This study sought to determine the effects of a motor development training program on child care providers in order to promote movement-based activities and perceived competence in this area. Twenty child care providers were assigned to either…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Competence, Early Childhood Education
Kisabeth, Kathryn L. – 1981
Before discussing the development of skills for playing elementary school physical education games, this document lists basic assumptions about children, movement education, games, and elementary school physical education. Four basic concepts, which are common to all team games, are identified: (1) use of personal and moving space and finding…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Games, Kinesthetic Perception
Ward, Terry – 1975
Biomechanics involves the biological human beings interacting with his/her mechanical environment. Biomechanics research is being done in connection with sport, physical education, and general motor behavior, and concerns mechanics independent of implements. Biomechanics research falls in the following two general categories: (1) that specific…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biology, Biomechanics, Electromechanical Aids
Cooper, Walter E. – 1976
The author considers the importance of evaluating preschoolers' perceptual motor development, the usefulness of various evaluation techniques, and the specific psychomotor abilities that require evaluation. He quotes researchers to underline the difficulty of choosing appropriate evaluative techniques and to stress the importance of taking…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Infants, Measurement Instruments, Motor Development
Braud, Lendell W.; Powell, Blair – 1997
A study was conducted of 70 abused males (ages 6-16) with emotional disturbances living in 6 residential facilities, to investigate the incidence of learning disabilities. Each participant received a battery of psychological, neuropsychological, personality, behavioral, and achievement tests. Results found: (1) the standard scores on all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Rocklage, Lynne A.; Benson, Bjorn, Ed. – 1990
This study investigated effects of total integration on manifest behavior and skill development of young handicapped and nonhandicapped children (N=148 of each) and their families. A secondary focus was to delineate and describe the program curricula and structure of the Center for Teaching and Learning (University of North Dakota) preschool…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Mainstreaming
Richards, Ruth C.; And Others – 1986
The primary purpose of this study was to examine uneven early development in premature infants. A multiple regression analysis was performed in which birth weight, length of gestation, length of assisted feeding, and length of ventilation were used to predict the descrepancy between a child's Psychomotor and Mental Scale scores on the Bayley…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Correlation, Developmental Stages
McGonagle, Kenneth; Stevens, Ann – 1981
A method of sex-fair performance evaluation is presented which can be used in coeducational secondary school physical education classes. This method tallies specific skill areas associated with athletic activities, disregarding such concepts as student improvement, level of competition, participation, effort, and exact skill measurement.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Coeducation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Harris, I. David; Jones, Margaret A. – 1982
This study was undertaken to determine the physical and motor fitness levels of elementary school students in Georgia. Components of the study included: (1) the students' physical and motor fitness levels when taught by physical education specialists and classroom teachers; (2) the relationship of motor performance variables to reading and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Achievement
Kauffman, Nancy Allen – 1980
Seven characteristics of the learning disabled child are described and suggestions to remediate these problems, from the viewpoint of an occupational therapist, are provided. Following are the seven areas (with sample teaching suggestions in parentheses): (1)tactile defensiveness (encourage children to use sand, clay, and finger paint with sawdust…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eye Hand Coordination, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Silverman, Stephen – 1999
This study investigated the stability of physical education teachers' attitudes toward four outcome goals for physical education over a 2-year period of time. The four outcome goals were physical activity and fitness, self-actualization, motor skill development, and social development. Participants for this study were 121 physical education…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Activities
Alpin, D. Yvonne – 1989
Of particular concern to educational psychologists when assessing hearing-impaired children is the identification of learning difficulties in addition to deafness which might hinder progress with language development. This study sought to replicate research which showed that some deaf children who have difficulty with fine motor movements and body…
Descriptors: Deafness, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
van der Mars, Hans; Butterfield, Stephen A. – 1987
This pilot study used a task-analyzed performance base curriculum as an intervention on the gross motor development of 24 children aged three to six, 15 in a treatment group, 9 in a control group. Pre- and post-training data on gross motor development (relating to 10 motor skills) were collected using the Ohio State University Scale of Intra Gross…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Motor Development
