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E M Loovis

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PubMed2000

Influence of age, sex, and balance on mature skipping by children in grades K-8.

This study examined the contributions of age, sex, and balance on maturity of skipping by children in Grades K-8. The subjects were 379 boys and 337 girls (ages 4-14 years) enrolled in a medium-size school system in southeastern Maine. Each subject was individually assessed on skipping as well as static and dynamic balance. To assess the independent statistical contributions of age, sex, static balance, and dynamic balance within each grade, data were subjected to multiple regression analysis. Development of mature form in skipping was related to balance in two isolated but unaccountable instances.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

A disability awareness unit in physical education and attitudes of elementary school students.

With informed consent 430 students in Grades 2 through 6 from two elementary schools in a large, suburban-rural school district were pretested and post-tested on the Children's Attitudes Toward Handicapped Scale. Students, by grade, rotated among four to seven different locations within the school's gymnasium, each identified by a different disability. There was no control group. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to assess the effect of sex on pre- and postexperimental exposures on the attitudinal scores. A 2 x 5 (school x grade) analysis of variance assessed the main effects of school and grade on attitudinal scores. Significant effects were sex but not school or grade.

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PubMed1995

Influence of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of sidearm striking by children grades K-8.

The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of sidearm-striking by children in Grades K through 8. Each of 380 boys and 337 girls (ages 4-14 years), enrolled in a medium-size school system in southeastern Maine, was individually assessed on side-arm-striking and on static and dynamic balance. All subjects completed a survey relative to their participation in school or community-sponsored sports. To assess the independent effects of age, sex, static balance, dynamic balance, and sport participation within each grade, data were subjected to multiple-regression analysis. Development of mature striking was associated with sex; boys performed better at all grades except in Grade 5 where the percentage of girls showing a mature sidearm-striking pattern approximated that of boys.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

Influence of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of kicking by children in grades K-8.

The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of kicking by children in Grades K-8. The subjects were 379 boys and 337 girls (ages 4 to 14) enrolled in a medium-sized school system in southeastern Maine. Each subject was individually assessed on kicking development and static and dynamic balance. All subjects completed a survey on their participation in school or community-sponsored soccer. To assess the independent effects of age, sex, static balance, dynamic balance, and sport participation within each grade, data were subjected to multiple regression analysis. Development of mature form was significantly related to sex (Grade 6: boys outperformed girls), static and dynamic balance (Grade 7), and age (Grade 6).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Influence of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of throwing by children in grades K-8.

The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of throwing by children in Grades K-8. The subjects were 381 boys and 338 girls (ages 4-14) enrolled in a medium-sized school system in southeastern Maine. Each subject was individually assessed in throwing development and static and dynamic balance. In addition, all subjects completed a survey relative to their participation in school- or community-sponsored sports. To determine the independent effects of age, sex, static balance, dynamic balance, and sport participation within each grade, data were subjected to multiple regression analysis, which indicated that mature throwing development was influenced by sport participation and sex. Boys performed better at all grades.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Influence of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of catching by children grades K-8.

The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, sex, balance, and sport participation on development of catching by children in Grades K to 8. The subjects were 380 boys and 337 girls (ages 4 to 14) enrolled in a medium-sized school system in southeastern Maine. Each subject was individually assessed on catching and static and dynamic balance. In addition, all subjects completed a survey relative to their participation in school or community-sponsored sports. To assess the independent effects of age, sex, static balance, dynamic balance, and participation in sports within each grade, data were subjected to multiple-regression analysis. Mature catching development was influenced by sex; boys performed better at all grades except in Grade 8 all girls and boys showed mature catching patterns.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Effects of field-based training on teachers' knowledge and attitudes and the motor proficiency of their handicapped students.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of field-based training on the knowledge and attitudes of regular physical education teachers and the motor proficiency of their handicapped students. Twenty-four physical education teachers from a large, city school district completed a program in two phases, one on appropriate motor development for special populations followed by an implementation phase involving 46 handicapped students. An inventory was designed to measure teachers' knowledge, the Measurement of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons scale measured teachers' attitudes, and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency measured handicapped students' motor ability. Analysis showed that teachers' knowledge increased significantly from pre- to midproject. Nonsignificant changes were noted for teachers' attitudes although positive increases occurred throughout the project. There was a significant increase in the motor ability of the handicapped students as a result of appropriate programming. Some change among teachers and students was encouraging.

Adolescent↗