Learning disabled boys' performance and self-assessments on physical fitness tests.
30 learning disabled boys drawn from a segregated private school for learning disabled children and 22 from a public school mainstream program and 22 nondisabled boys performed two physical fitness tests, sit-ups and shuttle run in one of two conditions. While normal achievers performed significantly better on one of the tests, there were no differences between the two samples of learning disabled youngsters. However, students' comparisons of their performance with classmates' indicated that learning disabled youngsters in the private school ranked themselves more favorably than those in mainstream classrooms.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012649:Self Concept