| 201 | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM | Convention Center:208 |
| Research Consortium |
| Research Consortium Scholar Lecture: Research on the Development of Overarm Throwing—Are There Hints for How to Teach the Throw? |
| Mary Ann Roberton, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology at Bowling Green State University, is widely recognized as a foremost authority on the development of motor skills in young children. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; her M.A. degree from the University of California-Berkeley. She has published over 50 books, articles, and research papers and is a regular reviewer for scholarly publications in developmental psychology, motor behavior, and physical education. Dr. Roberton is a former president of NASPE’s Motor Development Academy as well as former president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. She is a fellow of the Research Consortium and of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
Dr. Roberton lectures throughout the country on her research findings and their application to teaching young children. Her research on the question of stages in motor development is considered classic by many; the methods she created to study developmental sequences have been widely adopted by motor development researchers. In her 2004 Research Consortium Scholar Lecturer, Dr. Roberton will discuss the longitudinal data on throwing which show that many 13 year olds never acquire an advanced throw, but rather seem to get “stuck” at intermediate levels. Her work indicates that the data on forceful throwing offer hints that might help teachers move individual children beyond intermediate throwing levels. Dr. Roberton will share some of the research information and speculate on what it might mean for teachers of physical education. |
Keyword(s): research
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| Presider: Maureen R. Weiss, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| Speaker: Mary Ann Roberton, , Madison, WI |