Subjects consisted of two intact groups of grades 5 and 6 ELE School students assigned to two programs, contemporary and traditional games. Thirty-two subjects comprised the contemporary games class and 25, the traditional games class. Each class was taught by a certified teacher, 5 periods per week for 45 minutes for the duration of the program. Physical fitness, motor skill performance and attitude were measured by a pretest-posttest procedure using three different instruments. The physical fitness components of strength and endurance, speed and power were measured by the Kirchner Physical Fitness Test (1963); the motor skill components of overhand throw for distance, underhand pitch for accuracy, throw and catch, kick, soccer punt for distance and underhand strike for distance by Hanson's Motor Skills Test (1965); and, attitude by the Games Attitude Inventory (Dalley, 1979). Additional information on attitude was collected by administering an open-ended questionnaire to the contemporary games class. Results indicate that the contemporary games program can improve children's physical fitness levels and motor skills performance. No statistically significant change in attitude was registered. Grouped by sex of subjects, the females significantly improved on physical fitness and motor skill performance while the males improved on physical fitness only. Neither sex registered significant change on attitude. Analysis of an open-ended questionnaire revealed grades 5 and 6 children enjoyed participating in contemporary games. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-05, Section: A, page: 1334. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75326 |
| Contributors | MASSON DALLEY, MARLENE LOUISE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 184 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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