This study was designed to identify teaching-learning process behaviors that affect pupil achievement on a psychomotor task. Forty preservice physical education teachers each taught a twenty-minute cartwheel lesson to three elementary school pupils. Students' cartwheels were filmed before and after the instructional sessions, and analyzed for body…

A discussion was held on movement education on the opening day of the 1981 conference on Contemporary Elementary and Middle School Physical Education at Georgia State University. A precis is given of the questions considered--what is movement education, what is the status of movement education as a trend, and what is the future of movement…

Eighty-six journal references cite games to promote multicultural education in elementary and junior high schools. The games are divided into the following curriculum areas: (1) social studies, (2) reading, (3) math, (4) language arts, (5) speech, (6) science, (7) health and safety, (8) home economics, (9) physical education, (10) music, and (11)…

This booklet is a teacher's manual that promotes sex equity in elementary school physical education. The first part of the booklet explains the development and effect of sex stereotypes in the classroom. The second part lists games, activities, and sports in which both sexes can participate equally. Appendices include behavior and discipline…

This collection contains fifty physical education objectives, related sample items, and directions for administering and scoring, and is divided into four categories. The first measures movement skills: body awareness, perception, locomotion, axial skills, balance, and gross motor coordination in games and sports. The second category measures…

The place of the out-of-doors as a laboratory for teaching children is examined in this book intended for elementary school teachers and other professional workers in social agencies. Outdoor activities conducted in school yards, community parks, and school campsites are described. The relationship of outdoor activities with respect to academic…

Examined changes in one elementary physical educator's pedagogy and content as a function of experience. Interviews and observations of the educator's teaching in years 2 and 6 indicated similarities in pedagogical organization of lessons but differences in content. Managerial and instructional routines and professional isolation remained the…

Case study of implementation of the Project Adventure curriculum in the physical education programs at two urban alternative elementary schools focuses on perceptions of two physical education teachers. Discusses teachers' goals and practices related to developing student self-esteem, social skills, responsibility, enjoyment of learning, cognitive…

Results from a study of at-risk boys in a summer camp suggest that critical thinking can be fostered effectively in an instructional framework that emphasizes teacher modeling, an indirect approach to instruction, group collaboration, and strategy facilitation. The study examined changes in critical- thinking scores, as well as teacher and student…

This elementary physical education teacher developed a student evaluation system by rewriting the curriculum, producing a series of grade-specific objectives to guide her teaching, matching learning activities, creating rubrics for the objectives which she and the students could use, and generating computerized, personalized grade reports for each…

Provides fully developed library media activities which are designed to be used in connection with seven specific curriculum units for grades one through seven. Highlights include vocabulary of sports; Dewey Decimal classification; writing fables; using nonfiction books and encyclopedias for social studies topics; and political maps in atlases.…

Describes a special activity that offers an alternative for elementary physical educators with limited time, providing visual stimulation to generate student interest and enhance motivation to participate in personal fitness pursuits. The program helps students understand the benefits of fitness participation and increases awareness of physical…

Wellness is defined and placed in a historical perspective. The wellness program at Bryn Mawr College and the wellness programs of three elementary schools are described. (BC)

Provides an overview of field systems research from a strategic and tactical perspective. Three studies of lessons taught by expert and student teachers are used as illustrations. The implications of field systems analysis for teacher evaluation and teacher education are discussed. (SM)

Describes the incorporation of practical experience into the physical education student's measurement and evaluation class. Describes a Chicago program in which Indiana university students assist with physical fitness tests of 500 Chicago fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students. (GLR)