¶ … Jansma, P. And Decker, J.T. (1992). An analysis of least restrictive environment placement variables in physical education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 63 (2). This document and -- or study was accessed from the ProQuest Research Library Database. The purpose of the study was to recognize the factors and variables that were directly and indirectly influential on the appropriate and successful 'least restrictive placement' of students who were tackling a disability with the physical education structures. For this purpose, the study focused on various placement factors as well as the aspects that support least restrictive environments for modern classes.

The study conducted was a qualitative study and was focused on the views of the educators. The participants thus chosen for the study included a total of 62 physical education instructors (these were adaptable physical education instructors) and the majority of the sample consisted of the selected school representatives who amounted to a total of 470 respondents for the study sample. The former pool of respondents were chosen to answer questions that were directly related to the best possible practices for 'least restrictive placement' of students who were tackling a disability with the physical education structures. This was done due to the extensive knowledge of the physical educators on the subject of adapted / physical exercise. The latter pool of participants, i.e. The school administrators, was chosen to answer questions that highlighted the current practices of schools in relation to the adapted physical education practices for students with disabilities. This was done due to the administrators' exposure and application of the current adapted physical education practices.

The study found and asserted the following conclusions: 95% was the approximate confidence interval for the data retrieved by the school administrators and their perception...

A total of 8 out of 37 variables identified; thus, deeming these variables as crucial for the application of best practices in adapted physical education for students with disabilities; The 8 variables identified as best practices in adapted physical education for students with disabilities included the following: motor skill test ratings, developmental scale scores, attaining individual academic programs' instructional aims, special education instructor suggestions, standard physical education instructor suggestions, activity offerings, classroom physical accessibility and finally safety and precautionary standards. The study concluded that the aspects like staff suggestions were also extremely important for the application of these 8 variables in the successful 'least restrictive placement' of students who were tackling a disability with the physical education structures. The researchers asserted that the staff recommendations were as important, if not more, as the aspects of test scores, student/class/administrator related suggestions or categories. The study also found that the disability factor was recognized as far more important for students as compared to factors like age, race, gender, social status, grade levels, socialization needs and students' academic or professional aims. Furthermore, many administrators believed that the two most important variables in the successful 'least restrictive placement' of students who were…