The newly developed seventh and eighth grade athletic program, All Must Play, used in the Yakima (Washington) School District is described. The program provides opportunity and encourages all students to participate in sports where the emphasis is not on winning. (MT)

A criterion-referenced test indicates whether a learner has achieved specified performance skills. It does not compare a learner's performance to that of others. Criterion-referenced testing is described in terms of integration into the curriculum, decisions regarding eligibility for adapted physical education, student progress decisions, and…

Five hundred and five parents of elementary through secondary school students were surveyed to determine attitudes towards physical education. The questionnaire included positive and negative statements about physical education. Responses indicated that parents were positively disposed toward physical education, favoring focus on fitness, skill,…

This bibliography contains references specifically pertaining to physical education, recreation, or sport and to behavior management. The references are classified into areas of behavior management overview, reinforcement systems, motor performance, physical fitness, recreation, and sport. (MT)

The generality and specificity of motor ability theory is investigated in this article. Implications for physical educators and coaches, in relation to application of motor ability and motor learning theories to physical skill acquisition, are offered. (DF)

After a 10-week physical training program for 11 motorically handicapped Dutch children, aged eight to l4, the experimental group (N=6) demonstrated a significant increase in physical efficiency and classroom attention scores. Follow-up showed that both groups' physical efficiency scores deteriorated and that experimentals' attention scores…

The article focuses on the assessment of fundamental movement skills in handicapped children and offers an assessing-teaching model which can help ameliorate movement difficulties. (SB)

Addresses the importance of fundamental motor skills within the K-12 physical education program, discussing the issues and difficulties that confront elementary school physical educators as they perform assessment and providing workable solutions that physical educators can use to conduct quality assessment (conducting assessment during the…

A variety of educational gymnastics, games, and sports tasks geared toward young children are described. They focus on jumping, taking weight on various body parts, large apparatus movement, ball skills, striking skills, throwing and catching skills, and travelling with a ball. Suggestions are also presented regarding the preschool handicapped…

Presents activities that physical educators can use to help young students who are still learning basic ball control skills. Students use a pinky ball (a small, low-bounce rubber ball) to stay on task while improving ball control skills. Games include seven-up, errors, box ball, and hit the coin. (SM)

Presents a success-management model for motivated learning which provides physical education teachers a framework for enhancing students' desire to work hard and maximize skill learning. The model's three phases are: basic instruction to help students begin learning skills; change in the motivational climate from task to ego orientation, with…

Discusses selected principles underlying movement control, relating them to teaching and learning processes and presenting implications for teachers, coaches, and learners. The paper describes the learning curve, notes the effects of a range of variable conditions of practice, examines principles from Bernstein's 1967 work, discusses…

Through the study of motor development, the physically educated person will understand that individuals develop at their own rate and require both time and practice to acquire new motor skills. The physically educated person needs to know about motor development in order to monitor his or her own change and become an independent learner.…