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The Biome Project: Developing a Legitimate Parallel Curriculum for Physical Education and Life Sciences
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Hastie, Peter Andrew – Education 3-13, 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe the outcomes of a parallel curriculum project between life sciences and physical education. Throughout a 6-week period, students in grades two through five became members of teams that represented different animal species and biomes, and concurrently participated in a season of gymnastics skills and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Integrated Curriculum, Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development
The Effects of Prompts and a Group-Oriented Contingency on Out-of-School Physical Activity in Elementary School-Aged Students
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Hastie, Peter A.; van der Mars, Hans; Layne, Todd; Wadsworth, Danielle – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2012
This study examined the effectiveness of three conditions in which 48 fourth-grade students were prompted to be physically active out of school. Using an alternating treatments design (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007) the three intervention conditions included: (a) Baseline: No prompting of students, (b) Teacher Prompts: Verbal prompt to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Play, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
The Use of Individually Prescribed Instruction for the Disadvantaged.
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McKee, John M.; Seay, Donna M.
The adaptation and use of individually prescribed instruction (IPI) in adult basic education for the disadvantaged are discussed. The discussion describes a model IPI system (The Draper Model); recommends certain considerations if it is to be used successfully; and shows that programmed instructional (PI) materials work best in a learning system…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Correctional Education, Disadvantaged