Abstract
A survey was conducted to determine the relationship between attitudes of 194 physical educators toward teaching handicapped pupils in regular classes and six attributes: (a) sex of teachers, (b) highest degree earned, (c) age, (d) coursework in physical education for handicapped pupils, (e) coursework outside of physical education on handicapped pupils, and (f) teaching experience with handicapped pupils. A simultaneous multiple-regression model was applied to the data to identify and explain the collective and separate contributions of the attributes to the attitudes Courses on handicapped pupils taught outside of physical education and age were significantly correlated with attitudes of the physical educators, but the other four attributes were not correlated.
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