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...
The purpose of this research was to study the
effects of cerebral palsy on the ability to plan and
execute a gross motor movement, as measured by the
fractionation of Simple Reaction Time (SRT) into its
premotor (central) and motor (peripheral) components.
The experimental task required subjects (N = 10...
The aim of this study was to determine whether
counselors in training chose various specialties due to
their level of self-concept, counseling style, and
gender. It was hypothesized that there would be a
significant difference in self-concepts, counseling
styles, and gender between individuals who chose family
counseling and those who...
This study measured knowledge and attitudes about genital herpes
and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) in a sample of future teachers from the College of Education at
Oregon State University. The objectives of the study were 1) to determine if
students possess accurate knowledge about the two diseases; 2)...
Undergraduate physical education major programs in
the United States and Japan were compared in terms of
reform during the period 1972-74 to 1988-90. Two kinds of
reform were studied: (1) change from single-track
professional preparation to multiple-track preparation and
(2) change from a nonacademic discipline-based program to
an entirely academic...
This study compared the effects of two conditions on
the motor development of preschool children and
investigated the relationship between preschool children's
motor development and perceived competence. Specifically,
it provided information for discerning: a) the relative
effects of a sensory-motor condition and an unstructured
activities condition on the motor development...
This study was an investigation to determine the instructional
media competencies that inservice teachers of secondary education
teaching disciplines recommend for pre-service teachers in their
discipline.
A literature review focused on four main questions:
1. What historical events mark the development of the field
of instructional media?
2. What are...
The study of preschool children's peer relations has
primarily employed sociometric interviews and observations
of children's social participation during free-play
situations as methods of assessment. These assessments of
peer relations have traditionally demonstrated lack of fit
between attitude (as measured by sociometry) and behavior
(observation of social participation). Often, sociometric...
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-esteem inventory
for Thai college women. Research questions included whether or not the developed
inventory proved to be unidimensional or multidimensional and, if the
latter proved to be the case, how many dimensions underlie the construct. The
item pool...
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...