This study investigated the relationships between selected
perceptual-motor behaviors and the following: achievement in reading,
achievement in mathematics, academic self-concept, academic
motivation and classroom behavior. This investigation was designed
to explore the suggestion of Newell Kephart that there is a relationship
between perceptual-motor behavior and school success, and to
provide...
This study investigated the influence of perceptual training on
volleyball serve-reception performance. The subjects were ten female high-school
volleyball players. Subjects were randomly assigned in equal
numbers to a control or an experimental group.
Both groups were tested on two occasions, prior to and following a
three-week perceptual training intervention....
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...