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Article: The Role of Spatial Ability in Physical Education and Mathematics.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
- Author:
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Physical education is often not perceived as an academic subject like mathematics or science (Grossman & Stodolsky, 1994). As a result, the legitimacy of physical education as a subject area has been questioned (Stroot, 1995). Almost a decade ago, however, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 1989) proposed that mathematics should be connected to other content areas, including physical education.
Likewise, the recently published national standards for physical education (National Association for Sport and Physical Education [NASPE], 1995) contain a significant amount of conceptual material. For example, Standard Two suggests that students should ...