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Direct linkJerraco L. Johnson; Danielle D. Wadsworth; Mary E. Rudisill – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2025
Background: Mastery motivational climate (MMC) interventions are an evidence-based approach utilized to deliver motor skill interventions (MSI) for young children. There are 6 environmental characteristics and instructional cues an instructor must appropriately manipulate to implement a MMC. These are known as the TARGET and stand for Task,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Young Children
Hastie, Peter A.; Rudisill, Mary E.; Boyd, Korey; Johnson, Jerraco L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: This study followed a strengths-based approach to identify the pathway children follow as they develop from novice to skillful learners during a mastery-motivational physical education setting. Method: Eleven 4-year-old children (nine boys) participated in a motor activity program delivered twice weekly across 26 weeks. The teacher…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Mastery Learning, Physical Education, Novices
Robinson, Leah E.; Webster, E. Kipling; Logan, S. Wood; Lucas, W. Amarie; Barber, Laura T. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Early childhood educators, especially those in preschool centers, are often expected to design and implement movement programs. However, these individuals may not have been taught these skills during their education. The purpose of this study was to determine if early childhood majors could successfully be taught to implement a mastery climate…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Download full textDoyo, Daisuke; Ohara, Atushi; Shida, Keisuke; Matsumoto, Toshiyuki; Otomo, Kazuo – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Two years ago, the rapid retirement of the "baby boomer artisans" in vast numbers threatened to erode the competitiveness of Japanese manufacturers (i.e., the 2007 problem). This study proposes a practical process for extracting skills and designing a training system, to accelerate the learning of skills in production fields by younger…
Descriptors: Perceptual Motor Learning, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Training Methods
Peer reviewedCarson, Linda M.; Ostrow, Andrew C. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1986
The KinderSkills program, in which parents serve as motor development teachers of their children, has operated for five years. A recent innovation was to add grandparents to the program to see if the motor skill levels of the grandparents also would improve. This program is described and evaluated. (MT)
Descriptors: Grandparents, Motor Development, Program Design, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedSchultheis, Susan F.; Boswell, Boni B.; Decker, Jim – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This article describes Success in Physical Activity, a program for students with autism. The program, based on adaptations of the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communications-Handicapped Children (TEACCH) recreational structure program, focuses on two areas: physical fitness and motor ability. (Contains seven references.)…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Motor Development, Physical Activities
Plisk, Steven – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2005
This article focuses on standards specific to Domain 3: Physical Preparation and Conditioning of the National Standards for Sport Coaches (NASPE, 2004b). It discusses program design concepts that coaches can apply to prepare athletes for the demands of their sport, and is based on both research and best professional practice. Sport preparation has…
Descriptors: Program Design, Physical Education, Training, Athletes
Peer reviewedToya, Koichi – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 2003
The Dohsa method, a therapeutic method used for children with autism, was originally developed for children with cerebral palsy in Japan. This article introduces the theoretical background, therapeutic techniques, and effectiveness of this method. The necessity of combining this method with other therapeutic techniques is discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
