Individual and group Level of Use interviews measured the effectiveness of a 7 week inservice program designed to teach eight regular elementary physical education teachers to individualize instruction for handicapped students. Among findings were that five teachers became users of individualized instruction and that each teacher adapted to change…

Presents the comments of two elementary students as supportive of daily physical education. (SJL)

Task variation, which is the process of presenting both mastered and unmastered tasks intermittently during the class period, is an instructional procedure that increases the motivation and learning of students with disabilities. (IAH)

An elementary physical education teacher describes a successful behavior improvement program implemented at his school. Students earned points (tokens) for good behavior and physical education achievement. They lost points for inappropriate behavior. Donated prizes were awarded based on accumulated points. (IAH)

Provides two fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in physical education and science. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (MES)

Sex segregated physical education classes and sports limit opportunities for students to accept and understand each other, frustrate young athletes who are denied learning and play opportunities because of gender, and violate the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988. (IAH)

Objectives and activities of the cardiovascular (CV) fitness program Super Kids--Superfit are related in this article. This exercise program is one component of the Heart Smart Program, a CV health intervention model for elementary school students. Program evaluation, parent education, and school and community intervention strategies are…

Discusses the meaning of scoring in children's games. Fourth graders suggest that feeling good in the gym results from scoring or helping to win, even when nobody keeps score. The article explores the meaning of scoring using the text, "Meaning in Movement, Sport and Physical Education," noting implications for teachers. (SM)

During induction, beginning physical education teachers assume new roles and responsibilities and must deal with a number of problems common to their workplace (wash-out, reality shock, isolation, marginalization, workload and role conflict, and deprofessionalization). Proactive professional development strategies for combatting these problems and…

Described the characteristics of expert and novice teachers' constructivist-oriented teaching practices while using a movement approach to teaching elementary physical education. Data from interviews, videotaped lessons, and the Educational Games Observation Rubric indicated that there were significant differences between the two groups, though…

Discusses ways to help pre-service physical educators expand their awareness of appropriate class activities, noting the influence of preconceived beliefs and teacher socialization. Suggestions for developing discernment include requiring student teachers to experience movement activities to get a first-hand look at what learners may experience…

Discusses how to use movement to reinforce literacy in children with hearing impairments, describing: characteristics of children with hearing impairments; methods of including them in physical education; the problem of phonetic awareness among pre-literate children; integration of abstract symbols and sign language; and integration of reading…

This study was designed to investigate the equivalence reliability between the suggested FITNESSGRAM[R] muscular strength and endurance test, the 90[degrees] push-up (PSU), and alternate FITNESSGRAM[R] tests of upper-body strength and endurance (i.e., modified pull-up [MPU], flexed-arm hang [FAH], and pull-up [PU]). Children (N = 383) in Grades 3…

Opportunities for the enhancement of total development must be available to children once they enter the educational system. The physical education program of the total school curriculum should provide these opportunities. Striving for the total development of children through physical activity is explained in the model for "thinking and feeling…

To determine the status of students' physical fitness, a test battery consisting of pullups, curlups, shuttle run, and one-mile walk/run was administered to both sexes. The mean fitness test results of 9-year-old students from a school participating in physical education five times a week were compared to the mean fitness test results of…