190 Assessing Motor Competency and Physical Fitness Among Elementary School Students

Wednesday, April 24, 2013: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Convention Center: 201AB
RC/Motor Behavior
Presider: David Stodden, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Speakers: Sandy Zalmout1; Steve Mason1; and Weiyun Chen2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Northville, MI
This symposium presents five related studies examining the extent to which K–5 students demonstrated motor skill competency and healthy physical fitness as a result of participating in a 3-year Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant project intervention.
Assessing K–1 Students' Performance in Motor Skills
Sandy Zalmout1, Steve Mason1, Steve Wolters1, Austin Hammond-Bennett1 and Weiyun Chen2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Northville, MI
Assessment of Second- and Third-Grade Students' Performance in Motor Skills
Steve Wolters1, Steve Mason1, Sandy Zalmout1, Austin Hammond-Bennett1 and Weiyun Chen2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Northville, MI
Assessing Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Students' Performance in Motor Skills
Austin Hammond-Bennett1, Steve Wolters1, Steve Mason1, Sandy Zalmout1 and Weiyun Chen2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Northville, MI
Assessing Fourth-Grade Students' Levels of Physical Fitness
Weiyun Chen1, Steve Wolters2, Austin Hammond-Bennett2, Sandy Zalmout2 and Steve Mason2, (1)University of Michigan, Northville, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Gender Differences in Physical Fitness Among Fifth-Grade Students
Steve Mason1, Austin Hammond-Bennett1, Steve Wolters1, Sandy Zalmout1 and Weiyun Chen2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, Northville, MI
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