The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effective utilization method of computer assisted swimming instruction web site for elementary school children. 5th-grade children (n=60) participated in this study. The subjects were divided to two groups which learned with the computer assisted instruction (CAI) web site through out the swimming class and the control group which only participated in the ordinary swimming class inside the pool. Learning motive, learning strategy and 25m swimming performance was investigated before and after the swimming class. Questionnaire survey to investigate perceptional image on CAI web site was conducted. As results, positive impression was attained toward CAI web site utilization. However, significant improvement on learning motive, learning strategy and swimming performance were not observed. To obtain beneficial effect from the CAI web site for swimming, it was suggested that instruction content inside the class should be linked with the CAI program and utilized period should be set close to the swimming class.

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The purpose of this study was to explain the possibility of improvement in running and overhand throwing abilities in high-school students through regular physical education classes. The subjects were 117boys and 95girls in the second grade of a high school. The subjects performed 100m run and ball throws hefore and after physical education classes, 10 times during 4weeks. The physical education classes were consisted of some kind of teaching materials for running and overhand throwing skills. The running and throwing motions were recorded with a VTR camera from the side view. By the posterior ohservation of the videotape, motor pattern of running and throwing was evaluated individually. The results were compared before and after the classes, to explain significant differences by the t-tests.
The results were summarized as follows;
1) The means of running time decreased significantly, and throwing distance increased significantly both in boys and girls.
2) Improvement in running time and throwing distance after trials was remarkable in lower revel subjects, before learning. And the some differences were found in the tendency hy sex and the events.
3) There was a large difference of running time and throwing distance as well in its growth in terms of sex. But the result of evaluated running and throwing motions shows that girls were more improved than boys. These results explain that it is possible to improve running and throwing abilities in high school students, and it is suggested that running and throwing (fundamental movements) practice for acquirement of appropriate motor pattern is important through regular physical education classes.

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An integrated study was programmed on the subject of sport and inequality. We carried out in practice what we had programmed for the elementary school children in the sixth grade and appreciated that sport was valuable to learn the best solution of inequality. The results obtained were as follows.
(1) What we had programmed appealed to the children and aroused their interest. Usefulness of sport in order to learn the best solution of inequality was summarized as the following three points: (a) It was easy for the children to aware that they were unequal by using sport as the teaching material. (b) They could understand equality perfectly by learning through sport and exercise. (c) They could utilize practically what they learned.
(2) It was effective for the children at the stage of exchanging the outcome of problem solving to share the course of problem forming through their common experience. To share this course of problem forming was also effective for the children not only to feel complete reliance on others but also to have a fellow feeling with them.

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