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Chien-Yu Pan; Chia-Liang Tsai; Fu-Chen Chen; Chih-Chia Chen; Yu-Han Hu; Chia-Hua Chu – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
This study examined the effect of a 12-week fundamental movement skills (FMS) intervention on the motor skills of 20 boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (ages 3-10 years) in an Asian country and whether the intervention effect would persist for at least 12 weeks after the intervention. In Part I, 10 boys with ASD (Group 1) received the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Males, Children, Psychomotor Skills
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Hossein Kakejani; Alireza Farsi; Behrouz Abdoli; Hamidollah Hassanlouei – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2025
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the game-based training program on fundamental movement skills (FMS) and working memory (WM) in male children with Down syndrome. Twenty-one children ages 9 to 11 years were assigned to either a Game-Based Training (GBT) or No-Training (NT) group. The GBT group participated in 12 sessions…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Children, Game Based Learning, Psychomotor Skills
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Olga Kouli; Nerantzoula Koufou; Nikolaos Vernadakis; Elissavet Papanikolaou; Antonios Dalakis – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2025
This study examined the effect of a 10-week structured physical education programme on fundamental motor skills enhancement in a preschool setting. Forty-four children, 27 boys and 17 girls, 3 to 5 years of age, were randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group. Locomotor and object control skills were measured before and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Preschool Education
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Jerraco L. Johnson; Danielle D. Wadsworth; Mary E. Rudisill – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2025
Background: Mastery motivational climate (MMC) interventions are an evidence-based approach utilized to deliver motor skill interventions (MSI) for young children. There are 6 environmental characteristics and instructional cues an instructor must appropriately manipulate to implement a MMC. These are known as the TARGET and stand for Task,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Young Children
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Fatma Betül Senol; Nezahat Hamiden Karaca – Education 3-13, 2025
This study aimed to determine the motor creativity of preschoolers, to develop a music education programme suitable for the interests and needs of children, and to investigate whether music education is effective in motor creativity. A quasi-experimental design was used to test the effect of music education programme on children's motor…
Descriptors: Music Education, Creativity, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Engin Karadag; Murat Aydogmus; Irfan Simsek; S. Koza Ciftci; Katerina Karkali; Efthymios Goumas; Igor Vaslav Vitale; Marta Kubiak; Lidia Esther Godoy Bellas – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool for enhancing motor skill training in children with special educational needs (SEN). This qualitative case study explored the perspectives and experiences of experts regarding the integration of VR technology into motor skill training for children with SEN. This study investigated VR's perceived…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills