Abstract
The effects of a dance/movement education (D/ME) program on children'sfitness and gross motor development isreported. Fifty-four girls and 66 boys received 36 weeks of D/ME in conjunction with the school's regular physical education program. The D/ME intervention used in this study was based on Laban's basic movement themes of force, space, time and flow. Pre and posttests were administered to determine the extent of changes in the children's motor behavior which may have occurred as a result of this programming. Several statistically significant improvements were observed for boys and girls on a wide range of fitness and gross motor skills
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Ross, A. & Butterfield, S. A., (1989) “The Effects of a Dance Movement Education Curriculum on Selected Psychomotor Skills of Children in Grades K-8”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 6(1), 45–50.
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