University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 8-9-2014 Impact of an Educational Gymnastics Course on the Motor Skills and Health-Related Fitness Components of Physical Education Teacher Education Students Liana Webster University of South Carolina - Columbia Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Webster, L.(2014). Impact of an Educational Gymnastics Course on the Motor Skills and Health-Related Fitness Components of Physical Education Teacher Education Students. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2898 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Impact of an Educational Gymnastics Course on the Motor Skills and Health-Related Fitness Components of Physical Education Teacher Education Students by Liana Webster Bachelor of Science The Pennsylvania State University, 2010 Master of Education Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Education College of Education University of South Carolina 2014 Accepted by: Lynda Nilges-Charles, Major Professor Karen French, Committee Member Collin Webster, Committee Member Teresa Moore, Committee Member Lacy Ford, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by Liana Webster, 2014 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To my late grandmother, Liana Orsini, who passed away on December 3, 2013. She was always supportive of my educational goals, and I know that she would have been proud to hear that I finished my dissertation and my Ph.D.