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Hogan, Joyce – 1984
This report acknowledges the problems faced by industrial/organizational psychologists who must make personnel decisions involving physically demanding jobs. The scarcity of criterion-related validation studies and the difficulty of generalizing validity are considered, and a model of physical performance that builds on Fleishman's (1984)…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Classification, Employment Qualifications, Job Performance
McClanahan, Susan – Day Care and Early Education, 1974
A series of easy activities for parents or caregivers to use in guiding the developmental progress of children at the infant, toddler, and preschool levels. (Author)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Infants, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Cahn, Lorynne; Hodges, Joan – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Child Development, Exceptional Child Services, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Peer reviewedCondon, William S.; Sander, Louis W. – Child Development, 1974
Infant reaction to adult speech was studied through frame-by-frame analysis of sound films. Infants' actions were found to be synchronized with the organized speech behavior of the adults in his environment. (ST)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension
Simpson, Marian – 1977
The manual is designed to provide the physical education teacher or the kindergarten teacher with an orderly sequence of experiences for promoting growth in body awareness, dynamic balance, muscular strength, spatial awareness, and temporal awareness in the 5- and 6-year-old learning disabled child. The 33 weeks of lesson plans are designed for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities, Lesson Plans, Motor Development
Schnabl-Dickey, Elizabeth A. – 1977
The purpose of this study was to construct a valid instrument that would accurately measure parental attitudes toward the motor development of young children. A Likert scaled attitude statement was developed with responses ranging from "very strongly agree" to "very strongly disagree." Parents were asked to reply to 20 statements on the subject. A…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Exercise (Physiology), Motor Development
Hardin, Don, Ed. – 1977
This document presents abstracts of the papers presented at the convention of the research council of the Southern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. It is published for the use of teachers and researchers in the field of physical education. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Athletes, Athletics, Documentation
Edington, D. W. – 1978
This paper suggests that the general physical education curriculum in colleges and universities should reflect the changing attitudes toward physical activity in our society. A program of physical education should provide a series of guidelines to the student that will become a foundation for continued biological awareness of the body and for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Biology, Curriculum Design, Exercise (Physiology)
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1971
This report is a collection of five papers emphasizing the significance of the young child's motor development. Each paper addresses at least one of four objectives: (1) to help develop clearer insights concerning the significance of physical activity in the early years of childhood; (2) to examine the existing body of knowledge from research and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Exercise (Physiology), Motion
Peer reviewedBower, T. G. R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Provides data indicating that development occurs in cycles, with behavioral competencies appearing and developing and then disappearing only to reappear again in a more complex form at a later age. Data on conservation and auditory-manual coordination in infancy are used to support this theory. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Davids, Anthony – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1969
Investigation facilitated by small grant M-4327 (A) from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Aspiration, Child Development, Education, Elementary School Students
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1981
The second of a three volume report on a University of Kansas approach to developing quantitative measures of motor and perceptual motor functioning in nonhandicapped and severely/multiply handicapped infants and young children presents interobserver reliability results from the measures described in volume 1. Some studies also include a limited…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Motor Development
Chambless, Jim R.; And Others – 1980
Intended for physical education teachers of the handicapped, teacher educators at teacher training institutions, and research workers in areas of the handicapped, the document reports the effects of a theoretical model of teaching psychomotor tasks on the motor behavior of mentally retarded children. Chapter 1 introduces a psychomotor teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Mastery Learning, Mental Retardation, Models
Duthie, Pamela Rae – 1977
To determine the effects of water exercise on the movements of multiple sclerosis patients, this study utilized tests to determine changes in the linear range of motion of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist after a 45-minute period of water activities and to determine if the movement became more effective. The test used was an overhead throw with a…
Descriptors: Diseases, Exercise (Physiology), Hypothesis Testing, Motor Development
Download full textAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC.
One of five McDonald's Action Packs, this teacher's guide and activity sheets describe an early childhood-level program that introduces basic movement and guides students and teachers into the process of learning through moving. Basic movement skills necessary for sports and games, gymnastics, and dance are developed through eight themes, each…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Force, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
