Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of ballroom dance classes in physical education especially focused on the change of consciousness. A questionnaire covering formative evaluation and consciousness during ballroom dance classes were administered to 108 5th grade children and 120 7th grade students.
The main results were as follows: 1) It revealed that both groups had mostly hoped for “movement and rhythm” in the pre consciousness survey. 2) The formative evaluation scores of the last class were significantly higher than the first class scores. 3) The total formative evaluation scores of 5th grade children showed 4 point and 7th grade student showed 5 point with diagnostic standards. 4) The score of 5th grade children generally showed higher than 7th grade student in the post consciousness survey. 5) Most item scores of girls in the post consciousness survey were significantly higher than the scores of boys. 6) It became clear that both groups were delighted at being able to do a new figure during classes. These findings suggest that ballroom dance classes were effective in the 5th grade children and 7th grade students.
