Several aspects for the evaluation of leisure programs are addressed: theoretical frameworks for evaluation; practical rationales for instituting the evaluation process; information about evaluation for persons with varying abilities and needs; and processes for the evaluation of outdoor recreation programs and public leisure sports. (CJ)

Influential factors on the elementary students' proficiency in the fundamental skill of catching include: ball size, ball and background color, ball velocity, adjustive movements, and trajectory angle. (CJ)

Standards should be established for professional dance curricula in higher education. Courses in dance history, dance philosophy, dance notation, music for dance, kinesiology as applied to dance, and dance theater design and production should be taught by a core of experts. (CJ)

A large number of athletes have resorted to drugs to improve performance in competition. Research literature on the use of amphetamines, both pro and con, is currently confounded with poor research designs and lack of controls, and further research is needed. (CJ)

At Hunterdon State School in New Jersey, physical activities give individuals with handicapping conditions an opportunity to achieve success, develop a sense of importance, and to release energy. In celebrating National Physical Education and Sports Week, the entire school was exposed to the program. (CJ)

A university snow skiing course has three instructional and informational components: skiing equipment; skiing safety; and skiing skills. Seventy percent of class time is composed of actual practice on the ski slopes. (CJ)

As computers become increasingly available to public schools, physical education teachers and coaches will have access to the many services and conveniences the computer offers. Physical education majors should be kept current with technology that affects their professional development. (CJ)

Tests of intelligence, music audiation, auditory conservation, and visual conservation were administered to two first-grade classes. Data revealed that auditory conservation isn't significantly related to visual conservation but is significantly related to music aptitude, to IQ, and to the interaction of music aptitude and IQ. Instructional…

Seventy-two junior high general music students were taught to identify primary harmonic functions by using either a scalar or root harmonic aural perception technique. Students were then tested with an aural identification battery. The scalar technique appeared to be the more effective procedure for teaching primary harmonic functions. (Author/SJL)

This paper examines the ways music has, historically, been used to treat two problems common to many areas of exceptionality: retarded speech development and impaired hearing. Evidence is presented of nineteenth-century classroom practices, early diagnostic uses of music to determine hearing capacity, and uses of music to develop speech.…

This study compared three instructional strategies for teaching music intervals to beginning music majors: programed instruction using a linear programed text; mastery learning using computer-assisted instruction (CAI); and self-practice using a textbook. Subjects were tested on immediate and delayed (48 hour) retention. Mastery learning by CAI…

This study of 29 elementary music teachers sought to determine if teaching competencies can reliably be measured through classroom observation; which selected competencies correlate to measures of pupil achievement and attitude; and how achievement and attitude related to attribute variables, such as socioeconomic status, grade level, and class…

Outlines some future considerations for classroom teachers of special needs students. These include effective communication with parents, the community, and teachers of regular students, inservice training programs, peer teaching/tutoring, and inclusion of the student in committee meetings. (CT)

Addresses four issues in programming for the handicapped: role of the vocational educator in the Individual Education Program; utilization of available resources by vocational educators; parental involvement in programming for the special needs student; and increased need for inservice and professional development. (CT)

Discusses the need for expanded work placement programs to enable special needs students to enter the work place efficiently. Outlines a career education progression for the development of work and daily living skills. (CT)