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Bolton, Tiffany; Stevenson, Brittney; Janes, William – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2023
Researchers utilized a cross-sectional secondary analysis of data within an ongoing non-randomized controlled trial study design to establish the reliability and internal consistency of a novel handwriting assessment for preschoolers, the Just Write! (JW), written by the authors. Seventy-eight children from an area preschool participated in the…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation, Preschool Children
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Guoyan Liu; Wenqi Zhan; Sisi Ma; Sha Xie – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" The present study aims to investigate the relationship between physical fitness and visuomotor integration in young children. A total of 242 three- to six-year-old preschoolers were randomly selected from a preschool in Shenzhen, China and their visuomotor integration and physical fitness were evaluated using the…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Bolton, Tiffany; Stevenson, Brittney; Janes, William – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Researchers utilized a prospective cohort study design to explore the feasibility and construct validity of a novel handwriting assessment for preschoolers, the Just Write! (JW), written by the authors. Thirty-seven children from an area preschool participated in the study by completing the JW and the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Student Evaluation, Preschool Children, Feasibility Studies
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Chanpirom, Rames; Lersilp, Suchitporn; Putthinoi, Supawadee; Chaimaha, Napalai – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2022
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore cognitive performance and visual motor integration, and investigate the relationship between them in preschool children in a community. Forty-nine participants were selected by stratified random sampling from a local community school and community child development center in Thailand. The instruments…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Cognitive Ability, Verbal Ability
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Faugno, Rebecca S. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Pediatric developmental assessments from the early 1900s are different from those used more often today. Certain present-day pediatric expectations of fine motor skills, specifically those of pre-writing strokes, appear more advanced when compared to those of the past. In the mid-20th century, child developmentalists described the sequences in…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Expectation, Child Development, Occupational Therapy
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Duman, Gokhan; Ozkur, Fatma – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
Preschool children's visual-motor coordination skills are very valuable for their academic and social learnings. Using these skills, children have a broad movement repertoire, display better academic skills, participate in classroom activities and social relations, and develop self-regulation. Self-regulation is required for children to set their…
Descriptors: Movement Education, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Self Management
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Africa, Eileen K.; van Deventer, Karel J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Pre-schoolers are in a window period for motor skill development. Visual-motor integration (VMI) is the foundation for academic and sport skills. Therefore, it must develop before formal schooling. This study attempted to improve VMI skills. VMI skills were measured with the "Beery-Buktenica developmental test of visual-motor integration 6th…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception, Skill Development
Becker, Derek R.; Miao, Alicia; Duncan, Robert; McClelland, Megan M. – Grantee Submission, 2014
The present study explored direct and interactive effects between behavioral self-regulation (SR) and two measures of executive function (EF, inhibitory control and working memory), with a fine motor measure tapping visuomotor skills (VMS) in a sample of 127 prekindergarten and kindergarten children. It also examined the relative contribution of…
Descriptors: Self Control, Executive Function, Inhibition, Short Term Memory