The Effect of Traditional Local Games on Development of Gross Motor Skills in Children with Mental Retardation
Autor: | Hasan Baghande, Elahe Arab Ameri, Foad Niknasab |
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Jazyk: | perština |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 397-412 (2016) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2008-9333 2676-4547 |
DOI: | 10.22059/jmlm.2016.59907 |
Popis: | The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of traditional - local games on the development of gross motor skills of children with educable mental retardation. 30 educable mentally retarded children in Welfare Organization of Marivan city (mea age 12.8 ±1.12 yr and IQ 33.61±7.81) were studied with purposive sampling method. All children were pretested; then, samples were randomly divided into two groups: control and experimental. Each group consisted of 8 boys and 7 girls. In gross motor skills, Bruininks - Oseretsky test of Motor Proficiency was used. Traditional - local games were practiced by the experimental group during 32 sessions, each session 50-60 minutes for 4 days a week. The control group performed their daily routine. After 32 sessions of practice, both groups were post-tested. To study the research hypotheses, non-parametric Wilcoxon and U Mann Whitney tests were used (SPSS16). The results showed a significant difference in posttest scores between the two groups (P |
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