The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of two different teaching approaches in elementary school physical education methods classes for college level elementary education majors. The two methods which were studied were the laboratory activity method and the lecture-discussion method. The subjects involved in the study were sophomore, junior and senior elementary majors at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia. Students enrolled in one of the two elementary school physical education methods classes during the first semester of the 1977-78 school year. / Ph. D.