Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1973
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Special Education
Committee Chair
Sam Rust Jr.
Second Committee Member
Darwin Goodey
Third Committee Member
Dorothy Purser
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of daily and bi-weekly physical education on physical fitness and development of motor skills in mentally retarded boys. It also investigated the relationship of physical education and improvement in reading ability.
Twenty boys were selected from children attending special classes whose chronological ages ranged from nine to twelve and whose grade level was classified as fourth grade.
Analysis of the data indicated that the experimental group made significant gains over the control group in the Washington State Physical Fitness Test and Johnson's Fundamental Motor Skill Test for Elementary Children. The gains on the Informal Reading Inventory were significant over the control group only at the independent level of reading.
Recommended Citation
Eldred, Donald B., "An Evaluation of the Value of Physical Education in Helping the Slow Learner to Achieve" (1973). All Master's Theses. 2097.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2097
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