Movement Characteristics of Preschool Children
| Autor: | Geoffrey D. Broadhead, Gabie E. Church |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Psychomotor learning
Movement (music) business.industry Physical fitness Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation General Medicine Special education Developmental psychology Test (assessment) Nephrology Screening programs Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Psychology business Preschool education Motor skill |
| Zdroj: | Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 56:208-214 |
| ISSN: | 2168-3824 0270-1367 |
| Popis: | School districts are required under Public Law 94–142 to find and serve handicapped children from age three. In part this is accomplished through screening programs in which parents are encouraged to have children evaluated. This study reports partial results of one such screening program which used the DIAL test, Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (Mardell & Goldenberg, 1975a), which provided information on movement components and adds to the literature on the performance of preschoolers. The subjects, 610 boys and girls ages 2 years, 6 months to 5 years, 6 months, individually completed the seven tasks comprising each of the gross movement and fine movement components of DIAL. The sample is considered nonhandicapped because special education was later provided for less than 3% of the children screened. Data were divided by age, sex, and race (white, black). Separate MANOVAs and ANOVAs indicated female superiority in performance for fine movement, but a less clear picture fo... |
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