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Vinuta Deshpande; Pratiksha Kalgutkar; Ana Filipa Silva; Fábio Saraiva Flôres – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
The Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren (AMBS) is a standardized self-reporting tool comprising 73 questions, organized into seven sections aiming to assess affordances in children's regular contexts. This investigation aims to establish the reliability and validity of the results obtained from the AMBS in South Indian children. The…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Children, Family Environment
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Nadja Schott; Beth Hands; Fleur McIntyre; Amanda Timler – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
Introduction/Background: In 2016, the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire (AMCQ) was developed in Australia. The AMCQ was developed to assess perceived motor competence in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years. The 26 items represent four factors: participation in physical activity and sports, activities of daily living, public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Arman, Marziyeh; Barnett, Lisa M.; Bowe, Steven J.; Bahram, Abbas; Kazemnejad, Anoshirvan – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Perceived Movement Skill Competence scales for Iranian children. In particular, the scales aligned with the second and third versions of the Test of Gross Motor Development and the active play skills. The total sample was 314 children aged 4-8 years (M[subscript age] = 6.1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Psychomotor Skills, Cultural Differences
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Kavanagh, Jennifer; Moran, Kieran; Issartel, Johann – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Cycling has gained more attention as an important lifelong physical activity. Learning to cycle independently without assistance is a milestone for most children that requires time and practice to master. Cycling was recently added to the motor development model and so a valid and reliable measure of cycling ability is required to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Reliability, Physical Activities, Motor Development
Orpet, Russel E. – 1972
An age-normed test battery was developed for use as a research instrument to assess strengths and weaknesses in the sensory-motor development of elementary school age children. The importance of sensory-motor functions for the child's total development and learning is noted. The experimental sensory-motor test battery consists of 12 subtests, and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Kindergarten Children