Assessing fundamental motor skills in Belgian children aged 3–8 years highlights differences to US reference sample

Bardid, Farid; Huyben, Floris; Lenoir, Matthieu; Seghers, Jan; Martelaer, Kristine De; Goodway, Jacqueline D.; Deconinck, Frederik

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“…Evidence on sex differences in locomotor skills is equivocal [26,36,37,57]. Contentiously, many studies show that girls outperform boys in their locomotor skills [26,38,39], whilst almost an equal number of studies assert that boys have equal [40,41] or higher locomotor skill competence [42]. It is, therefore, unsurprising that the findings of the present study should be equally equivocal for actual MC (locomotor and object control).…”

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“…A general axiom is that boys tend to be more physically active than their female counterparts [34,35], and generally display better object control skills than girls, however, evidence on sex differences in locomotor skills is equivocal [36,37]. Contentiously, many studies show that girls outperform boys in locomotor skills [26,38,39], whilst a comparable number of studies assert that boys have equal [40,41] or higher locomotor skill competence [42]. Concerning the perception of MC, sex differences seem to proliferate during child development [29,43,44].…”

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Actual vs. Perceived Motor Competence in Children (8–10 Years): An Issue of Non-Veridicality

Clark

Morán

Drury

et al. 2018

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the between-and within-sex differences in actual and perceived locomotor and object control skills in children (8-10 year). All participants (58 children (29 boys; 9.5 ± 0.6 years; 1.44 ± 0.09 m; 39.6 ± 9.5 kg; body mass index; 18.8 ± 3.1 kg·m 2 )) completed the Test of Gross Motor Development (2nd edition) and the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Children. Between-and within-sex differences were assessed using independent and paired samples t-tests, respectively. For all tests, effect sizes and Bayes factors were calculated. There were significant differences (p < 0.001) between sexes for perceived locomotor and perceived object control skills (boys > girls), with Bayes factors extremely in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 55,344 and 460, respectively). A significant difference (p < 0.001) was found between girls' actual and perceived locomotor skills (d = −0.88; 95% confidence interval: −0.46 to −1.34), with Bayes factors extremely in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 483). A significant difference (p < 0.001) was found between boys' actual and perceived object control skills (d = 0.69; 95% CI: 0.2 to 1.12), with Bayes factors very strongly in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 41). These findings suggest that there exists an issue of non-veridicality between actual and perceived motor competence skills, and their subsets, and a sex-mediated discord in children (8-10 years).

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Actual vs. Perceived Motor Competence in Children (8–10 Years): An Issue of Non-Veridicality

Clark

Morán

Drury

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“…Samples size, type of interventions differ among included studies and the largest sample was (1614 children) (Bardid et al, 2016) where use of it was thought to be not enough to find criteria for FMS, or the ways chosen to know what skills to assess because each FMS skill leads to few numbers of sports or PA. Therefore, skills transfer is rather limited(Lisa M. Barnett et al, 2016).…”

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Fundamental movement skills as a term are associated with physical activity, life active and physical programs, This term has been popularly recognized with huge interest worldwide, in recent years, The term "Fundamental Movement skills" (FMS) or Motor skills (MS) has emerged in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, America, Europe and Great Britain. This systematic review aims to find the best way to assess FMS and try to find a criterion to use as a guide for the future of PA, life active and sports excellence. A comprehensive systematic search was conducted from MEDLINE, Physical Education Index, Science Direct, Sports Discuss, PUBMED, and Scopus. A summary of the systematic search and selection process is provided in the PRISMA flow diagram (Fig.2), records through all database searching were (2557), records, after duplication was removed, were (2340) with percentage of 91%, The record for exclusion were (2116) with 83.5% percentage, full -text studies assessed for eligibility were (224) with 8.8% percentage, the included studies were (38) with 1.8% percentage. Indeed, differences of culture, tradition and level of PA program in different stages have resulted in differences in the definition of the FMS among various countries. Accordingly, this different in understating FMS create blanks in the ways to improve FMS as very important components in physical activities, sport excellence and life active. The author suggested a future tracking study for elective samples of 5-12 years of age based on primary school pupils of 5-10 years with more studies to be done in the same direction.

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“…A general observation is that boys tend to be more physically active than their female counterparts [21,22], and generally display better object control skills than girls; however, evidence on sex differences in locomotor skills is much more equivocal [15,23,24], exemplifying the need for a specific locomotor testing battery. Contentiously, many studies show that girls outperform boys in locomotor skills [25][26][27], whilst a comparable number of studies assert that boys have equal [28,29] or higher locomotor skill competence [30]; nevertheless, methodological issues or lack of specificity may be contributing to the discord across the literature. the present study proposes a new ontology, where reliable bilateral assessment of manipulative skills is focussed upon.…”

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Bilateral tests for the assessment of manipulative skills in children: development, reliability, and validity

Lovrić

Jelaska

Clark³

et al. 2019

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. the aim of the study was to develop bilateral tests for simultaneous quantitative and qualitative assessment of manipulative skills among 7-year-old children, and to examine the reliability and validity of the tests. Methods. A sample of 78 (35 girls) children (aged 7.34 ± 0.53 years) were tested with 3 novel bilateral tests: Standing ball throwing, Bouncing the ball standing, and Dribbling the ball with the foot. Subsequently, the reliability and validity of the constructed tests were investigated. Results. Very high between-participant reliability was demonstrated through high and stable Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.94-0.98 for all tests), while relatively small coefficients of variation (0.03-0.12 for all tests) were observed. High values of correlation between expert judges' ratings, as well as intra-class correlation, for both left and right sides indicated excellent between-rater reliability (0.84-0.99 and 0.88-0.93 across all tests, respectively). Conclusions. the tests are reliable and valid in 7-year-old children and may be used to promote the adoption of appropriate sport and physical activities. Future research should explore the influence of further fine and gross motor skills on motor development.Citation: Lovric F, Jelaska i, Clark C.C.t. , Eyre E.L.J., Miletic d, Mandic P. Bilateral tests for the assessment of manipulative skills in children: development, reliability, and validity. Hum Mov. 2019;20(3):1-9; doi: https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2019.83991.

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Assessing fundamental motor skills in Belgian children aged 3–8 years highlights differences to US reference sample

Abstract: This study supported the usefulness of the TGMD-2 as a process-oriented instrument to measure gross motor development in early childhood in Belgium. However, it also demonstrated that caution is warranted when using the US reference norms.

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Actual vs. Perceived Motor Competence in Children (8–10 Years): An Issue of Non-Veridicality

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