PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN FUNCTION OF TRANSFORMATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the current physical education curriculum on morphological characteristics of first grade primary school male students. In all 79 male students from the primaiy school were tested for the purpose of this research. 13 metrical instruments were used for the assessment of morphological characteristics of male students (body height, total arm length, leg length, biacromial diameter, biiliocristal diameter, chest circumference, circumference of the stretched upper arm, triceps skin fold, subscapular skin fold, abdomen skin fold and body mass). The final measuring was carried out after one year of physical exercise, and the obtained results were compared with the results of the initial measuring. The significance of differences was obtained using student's t-test at the significance level of 0.05% and boundary value of t = 1.96. On the basis of the results and discussion, it can be concluded that the program of physical education had no significant effects on the changes of morphological characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]