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Improving The Cardiovascular Fitness Of Eighth Grade Girls With Aerobics, Harvey Cooper
Improving The Cardiovascular Fitness Of Eighth Grade Girls With Aerobics, Harvey Cooper
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive
The writer developed and implemented a program that would improve the eighth grade girls' cardiovascular scores with aerobics. The practicum setting was a junior high school located in a southern urban metropolitan area. The program's aims helped the eighth grade girls to improve their cardiovascular fitness, to adapt to stress, have a good self-image, and. to improve their physical being. They were made aware of the fact that regular exercise had many mental benefits. The program began with the testing of the girls in the 12-minute run. After testing, the students received a point chart. The students had to obtain …
A Curriculum For Mainstreaming The Gifted Third Grader In Reading Through Children's Literature, Suzanne Horn
A Curriculum For Mainstreaming The Gifted Third Grader In Reading Through Children's Literature, Suzanne Horn
Theses
Mainstreaming the gifted third- grader in reading should be accomplished through the implementation of a modified curriculum that meets the child's unique educational and specialized needs. This curriculum should be process and product oriented . Process modifications should include the use of higher levels of thinking, inductive reasoning, reasoning strategies, freedom of choice, and open-endedness . It should include appropriate changes of pacing and a variety of teaching models . The curriculum should result in a product that is based on instruction. This curriculum should be enriched with literature that exhibits fluent, flexible, original, and elaborative writing.
With these criteria …