The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude toward instruction in physical education at various school stages, and to discuss curriculum development in physical education. Data were gathered from 260 elementary school children, 279 junior high school students, and 204 high school students in 2003 . A questionnaire which contained 20 items on the instructional objectives was administered to each subject. The following results were obtained: 1） On gender difference, it was showed that male's scores in affective domain and psychomotor domain were higher than the female's...