Gender differences in musical aptitude, rhythmic ability and motor performance in preschool children

Pollatou, Elisana; Karadimou, Konstantina; Gerodimos, Vassilis

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“…The results corresponded with Pollatou et al, 2005, Butterfield et al, (2002 and with Zachopoulou and Makri (2005), who argued that the 'gender' factor does not affect kinetic development. Urlich (2000), on locomotor skills, lists a common table in the age norms of gender, while in manipulative skills for the calculation of the kinetic performance he distinguishes the two sexes, reinforcing the view that there is no difference between sexes at least in locomotor skills.…”

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Locomotor Development of Children Aged 3.5 to 5 Years in Nursery Schools in Greece

Tsapakidou¹,

Stefanidou²,

Tsompanaki³

2014

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The present study was designed to examine the effect of an intervention program on nursery school children's locomotor development. Participants were 98 children (50 boys and 48 girls) aged 3.5-5 from three preschools of the Municipality of Kalamaria, in Greece. The 49 children who formed the experimental group participated for two months in 16 organised courses, designed to develop basic motor skills. The measurement tool used to evaluate the sample before and after the intervention was Urlich's test of gross motor development (TGMD-2, 2000). The statistical analysis showed that the experimental group after the intervention program performed better than the control group without statistically significant differences between the sexes. The results showed that educators should incorporate corresponding motor programs in their daily schedule, although there is currently no curriculum for nursery school that includes them.

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“…As Hardy et al (2009), Linovena et al (2011 and Piek et al, (2012) support the acquisition of basic motor skills differs depending on gender, while Pollatou et al (2005) argues that there is no difference in gender in relation to motor development.…”

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Locomotor Development of Children Aged 3.5 to 5 Years in Nursery Schools in Greece

Tsapakidou¹,

Stefanidou²,

Tsompanaki³

2014

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“…Both the differences in means and especially the larger standard deviations can be explained by the fact that the Greek sample was obtained from a large cross-section of schools, classrooms, and school settings and thus was probably more heterogeneous than the original norming sample, which consisted of a single suburban school district in the northeastern United States. Standard deviations for the Tonal and Rhythm subtests reported by Pollatou et al (2005) for their Greek sample also exceeded the American norms. Statistical tests comparing the U.S. and Greek samples without the rural data revealed that the Greek urban and suburban composite means were significantly higher than the respective U.S. means for grades 2 and 3 but were not significantly different for kindergarten or grade 1.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The current investigation focused on use of the PMMA in Greece. One study (Pollatou, Karidimou, & Gerodimos, 2005) involved use of the PMMA in Greece with a sample of 5-and 6-year olds (N = 95). The authors reported descriptive results for the PMMA as follows: Tonal subtest (M = 22.68, SD = 5.78), Rhythm subtest (M = 22.62, SD = 4.64).…”

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Standardization of the Gordon Primary Measures of Music Audiation in Greece

Stamou

Schmidt

Humphreys³

2010

Journal of Research in Music Education

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The purpose of this study was to standardize the Primary Measures of Music Audiation in Greece ( N = 1,188). Split-halves reliability was acceptable across grade levels (K through 3) for the Tonal and Rhythm subtests, but test—retest reliability was generally unacceptable, especially for the Rhythm subtest. Concurrent validity was mixed, with teacher ratings of musical achievement generally significantly correlated with Tonal but not Rhythm subtest scores. Composite test means were significantly higher for suburban and urban samples than for rural samples and were significantly higher for higher grade levels. Item difficulty coefficients were significantly correlated across grade levels. The Greek and U.S. composite means were similar except for a significantly higher U.S. mean for grade 1. However, when the rural subgroup was removed from the Greek sample to equate with the U.S. norming sample, there were nonsignificant differences for grades K through 1, but significant differences in favor of the Greek sample for grades 3 and 4.

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“…Most of these assessments are difficult to transfer to all fields of physical activity and sport since these tests are based on specialized populations of dancers (Šebić et al, 2012), computerized instruments (Iannarilli et al, 2013; Iannarilli, Vannozzi, Iosa, Pesce, & Capranica, 2013), or in children (Derri et al, 2001). In addition, the studies analyzed each separately (Pollatou, Karadimou, & Gerodimos, 2005). Hence, these types of measurements have limited a applicability for several reasons: (a) difficulty of access to the instrumentation, (b) high associated costs; (c) specificity of tests by dance specific and (d) do not imply movement synchronized with music.…”

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Validity of bodily-rhythmic coordination field test for obese people

Monleón¹,

Pablos²,

Carnide³

et al. 2015

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Monleón, C., Pablos, A., Carnide, F., Martín, M., Veloso, A., & Pablos, C. (2015). Validity of bodily-rhythmic coordination field test for obese people. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 10(2), pp.629-637. Coordination is one of the most important skills in humans' relationship with the environment, alongside others such as endurance, strength, flexibility, and memory. However, despite there are many tools to measure these latter functional capabilities, the assessment of rhythmic coordination tests require sophisticated and expensive materials, or are specific to certain forms of dance. The purpose of this study is to show a new test for measuring rhythmic coordination in any person, in order to prove its validity and usefulness in the field of physical activity and health. Methods: Twenty women obese participants aged 50.63 ± 11.48 with body mass index (BMI) 38.61 ± 5.19 participated in this study. The test procedures were developed in a square circuit. The test was video recorded with a fixed camera for post-hoc observation purposes. A binary subdivision music track was chose (due to the simplicity beat) and the basic motor skill march was performed in which armslegs-time musical coordination is important. Results: The results showed a moderate to good reliability and validity for the rhythmic-bodily coordination. These results show that observers had good accuracy in observing and evaluating the rhythmic-bodily coordination. Conclusion: The results obtained show that this test is presented as an objective, valid and reliable tool to assess the rhythmic-bodily coordination for people with obesity.

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Gender differences in musical aptitude, rhythmic ability and motor performance in preschool children

Cited by 38 publications

References 12 publications

Locomotor Development of Children Aged 3.5 to 5 Years in Nursery Schools in Greece

Locomotor Development of Children Aged 3.5 to 5 Years in Nursery Schools in Greece

Standardization of the Gordon Primary Measures of Music Audiation in Greece

Validity of bodily-rhythmic coordination field test for obese people

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