The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effectiveness of
integrated and segregated settings in elementary physical education. The efficacy of
each setting was measured by the quantity of opportunities to respond (OTR) and
the quality of those responses. This study examined the frequency and motor
appropriateness of OTRs for children with developmental disabilities in integrated
and segregated physical education classes. This study utilized a single subject
alternating conditions design.
Four students, 7 to 11 years, with developmental disabilities participated in
this study. All participants received both general (integrated) physical education
and adapted (segregated) physical education services throughout the 1997-1998
school year. Subjects were videotaped during the lesson focus portion of both the
integrated and the segregated physical education settings once each week for a total
of five weeks. Data on the frequency and motor appropriateness of the OTRs were
collected and analyzed for each participant in both settings. Students with
developmental disabilities generally made more responses in the segregated physical
education setting. The motor appropriateness of these responses were similar in
both segregated and integrated settings, although it was marginally higher in the
segregated setting.
The results of this investigation demonstrated that students with developmental disabilities received higher quantities of OTRs in the segregated physical education setting. However, there was little difference between settings with respect to the quality of the OTRs for three of the four subjects. For this reason and other suspected academic and social benefits of integration, an integrated physical education setting may prove beneficial for a number of students with disabilities. / Graduation date: 1998
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/33716 |
| Date | 05 May 1998 |
| Creators | Perkins, Jennifer L. |
| Contributors | Collier, Douglas H. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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