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Teaching Concepts of Body Fatness while Skinfold Testing: An Experimental Test of Different Methods.
Peer reviewedWhitehead, James R.; Parker, Melissa A. – Physical Educator, 1994
Study examined whether body fatness and weight control knowledge could be learned by students while they completed skinfold testing. Students received information on the subject in different manners while undergoing skinfold testing, then completed a knowledge test. Students who received instruction during measurement scored higher than control…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning
