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A Study Of Scholastic Achievement And Physical Performance At Logan Junior High School, Richard Sackett
A Study Of Scholastic Achievement And Physical Performance At Logan Junior High School, Richard Sackett
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
It has been a common statement by many educators that the athletic type is a person who has "more brawn than brain." Many people assume that low physical ability usually accompanies superior mental ability and high physical ability usually accompanies inferior mental ability. Some members of the academic faculty object to relinquishing school time for athletic and sporting activities. They assume that the majority of the students involved are of the poorer academic type and cannot afford to miss school time for sporting and athletic activities. Research on previous studies support the contention that mental achievement and physical fitness are …