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The effect of an integrated adapted physical education setting on the motor performance of preschool children with developmental delays

Creator:: Zittel, Lauriece L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrated adapted physical education setting on the motor performance of preschool children with developmental delays. Subjects in this study participated in segregated and integrated adapted physical education classes. During the integrated conditions, same-age peers without delays participated in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS OF Lauriece L. Zittel for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Performance presented on

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's whirlwind of fate?" Each view is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: must make choices. Allowing the young student to progress on the road to autonomy, requires a new

An analysis of the effect of mathematics readiness education at the kindergarten level on the growth of conceptual ability of number as measured by Piaget's stages of the development of number

Creator:: Anderson, Doloris Gerkewicz
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test two assumptions. They are that factors in a child's background correlate with the notion of conservation and that additional mathematical instruction will result in a higher level of maturity of the notion of conservation as well as increased achievement in mathematical skills....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Piaget's concepts about the development of number in young children were examined. Replication of Piaget's

An empirical study of the possible relationship between adult perception of parents and expressed self-concept

Creator:: Singer, Daniel Jay.
Abstract:: This study examined the possible relationship that perception of parents has in determining the self-concept of the adult offspring. The literature search revealed that there has been a lack of studies regarding the adult offspring's perception of parents. Furthermore, until this study, no instrument that measures the adult offspring's perception...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Forty-four young subjects selected from a university population and twenty-one older subjects selected

Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

Creator:: Sandras, Eric
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in adult perceptions of sexual abuse encounters between an adult male and children of both genders and of various ages. Subjects were four hundred and fifty three students from a northwestern university. They were recruited from a lower-level human development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: nearly 95 percent of the abusers of young girls and 80 percent of the abusers of young boys

Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

Creator:: Butzer, Peggy A.
Abstract:: The significance of dress in a first encounter situation has been demonstrated empirically: clothing serves as a vehicle for communicating information from one person to another. Thus, it is influential in affecting the formation of first impressions. This study was undertaken to explore the elements of dress that are most...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the Computer Center, Thomas L. Yates, and the other members of the committee on computing time

A study of the relationship of self-concept to attitudes, activity levels, and demographic variables among the long-term spinal cord-injured

Creator:: Green, Brian C.
Abstract:: National statistics indicate that over ten thousand persons each year become disabled from spinal cord-injury. The need for research in this area is evident. The objectives of this study were: 1. To determine any relationship between selected attitudes and activity levels with self-concept; 2. To identify certain demographic variables that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this category pre-injury (some of the women were quite young pre-injury). Twenty-two indicated a

The impact of space and color in the physical environment on children's cooperative behavior

Creator:: Read, Marilyn Avonia
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in physical space impacted preschool children's cooperative behavior. These changes in physical space included differentiated and undifferentiated ceiling height and wall color. This study used an experimental design with subjects experiencing four conditions each. The sample consisted of 30 preschool...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Parental attitudes, home environment, and the cognitive ability of Korean kindergarten children

Creator:: Cho, Bokhee
Abstract:: This study examined the relationships among authoritarian parental attitudes, home environments, parental attitudes toward the children's freedom, and the cognitive performances of kindergarten children. Socioeconomic status of the family and sex of child and parent differences were also examined. Subjects consisted of 73 pairs of Korean parents and their children....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: been the case in studies of intellectual growth in young children. One experimental difficulty

Peer acceptance and interaction of preschool children

Creator:: Winston, Nancy Josephine
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social acceptance and observed peer interaction in a select group of preschool children. The subjects were 30 children enrolled in two sessions of a child development laboratory sponsored by the Department of Family Life at Oregon State University. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: relationships. The investigation of peer relationships among young children provides one approach to the study

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The effect of an integrated adapted physical education setting on the motor performance of preschool children with developmental delays

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

An analysis of the effect of mathematics readiness education at the kindergarten level on the growth of conceptual ability of number as measured by Piaget's stages of the development of number

An empirical study of the possible relationship between adult perception of parents and expressed self-concept

Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

A study of the relationship of self-concept to attitudes, activity levels, and demographic variables among the long-term spinal cord-injured

The impact of space and color in the physical environment on children's cooperative behavior

Parental attitudes, home environment, and the cognitive ability of Korean kindergarten children

Peer acceptance and interaction of preschool children

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