The purpose of this study was to assess an intervention program on the fundamental movement skill of students with and without hearing impairment, using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) standardized Turkish norm. Preschool children with and without hearing impairment participated in this study. At the beginning of the study, most of the children with hearing impairment demonstrated developmental delay on the Locomotor subscale (6/7), as did about one-third (4/11) of the children without hearing impairment. For the Object control subscale, 4/7 of children with hearing impairment and none without hearing impairment showed developmental delay prior to the intervention program. After the intervention program, 3/7 children with hearing impairment had developmental delay on the Locomotor subscale. On the Object control subscale, 2/7 children with hearing impairment and none without hearing impairment showed developmental delay. The six-week intervention program improved TGMD-2 scores of children with hearing impairment, yet did not yield statistically significant improvement of fundamental movement skills.

This study was designed to investigate the attitudes of university students who are prospective physical education teachers toward individuals with physical disabilities. 47 college students majoring in physical education (Study group) and 34 students from other sports-related departments, i.e., sports management and training (Control group), participated in the study. The study group took a 14-week course on Adapted Physical Education (APE), whereas the control group did not. The Attitude Toward Disabled Persons scale, Form O was used to compare the attitudes of the groups. Analyses showed no significant difference between the groups in terms of attitude towards individuals with physical disabilities at the beginning of the semester but a significant difference at semester end. Results indicated that the APE course positively influenced attitude of the prospective physical education teachers towards individuals with physical disabilities.

ÖZET CHANGING COLLEGE STUDENT PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY BY KNOWLEDGE ABSTRACTPurpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of before and after reading panel text related problem of family, society and education on attitudes of the college student physical education teachers towards individual with physical. Total 55 first and second class college student physical education teachers participated in the study. Attitude Toward Disabled Person-O Form scale was used to determine the attitudes of the before and after reading panel text. A paired t test revealed significant difference attitude towards individual with physical disabilities the between measurements at the pre and post test [t (54)=9,14, p= .001]. Knowledge approach affects positive attitude change of the college of sport teachers towards individual with physical disability.

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