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Direct linkShala, Merita – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
In the light of the new developments in preschool education in Kosovo, this study attempts to carry out an assessment of the development of gross motor skills of preschool children attending institutional education. The emphasis is on creating a set of tests to measure the motor attainments of these children by conducting assessments of the…
Descriptors: Females, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Harvey, William J.; Reid, Greg; Bloom, Gordon A.; Staples, Kerri; Grizenko, Natalie; Mbekou, Valentin; Ter-Stepanian, Marina; Joober, Ridha – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2009
Physical activity experiences of 12 age-matched boys with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were explored by converging information from Test of Gross Motor Development-2 assessments and semistructured interviews. The knowledge-based approach and the inhibitory model of executive functions, a combined theoretical lens,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Motor Development, Males
Adolph, Karen E.; Robinson, Scott R – Child Development, 2008
Nativist and constructivist approaches to the study of development share a common emphasis on characterizing beginning and end states in development. This focus has highlighted the question of preservation and transformation--whether core aspects of the adult end state are present in the earliest manifestations during infancy. In contrast, a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Systems Approach, Animal Behavior, Motor Development
Coelho, Jeffrey – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
Historically, gymnastics has served an essential role in physical education and the development of physical fitness. Participating in gymnastics-related activities can improve the physical and motor fitness of children of all ages and can make significant contributions to the goals of physical education. This article describes the importance of…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Risk, Physical Activities, Health Promotion
Mazer, Petra; Gischler, Saskia J.; van der Cammen-van Zijp, Monique H. M.; Tibboel, Dick; Bax, Nicolaas M. A.; Ijsselstijn, Hanneke; van Dijk, Monique; Duivenvoorden, Hugo J. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate cognitive and motor development in children with major congenital anomalies and the predictability of development at age 5 years. Method: A prospective, longitudinal follow-up study was undertaken. The Dutch version of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development--Mental Developmental Index (MDI) and…
Descriptors: Scores, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Program Effectiveness
Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2010
With increasing numbers of women joining the workforce, there is a need for quality childcare. This project, conducted in Japan and using a large number of participants, sought to standardize an evaluation scale to measure the development of children. The development of children under six years of age (N = 22,819) who are enrolled in childcare…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Child Development
van den Heuvel, Marieke E.; de Jong, Inge; Lauteslager, Peter E. M.; Volman, M. J. M. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine the responsiveness of the Test of Basic Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome (BMS). Forty-one children with Down Syndrome, 3 to 36 months of age, participated in the study. Gross motor skills were assessed three times using the BMS and the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) before and after a baseline…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Toddlers, Infants, Motor Development
Yazejian, Noreen; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Heyge, Lorna Lutz – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This article describes a music and movement intervention for children in preschool classrooms. The intervention, consisting of sequenced music and movement activities, has been studied as a curriculum conducted by outside interventionists (Yazejian & Peisner-Feinberg, 2009/this issue) with results providing some support for the beneficial effects…
Descriptors: Intervention, Music, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children
Brady, Kathleen; Garcia, Teressa – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
The purpose of this article is to describe theoretical and research bases for constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), to discuss key features and variations in protocols currently in use with children, and to review the results of studies of efficacy. CIMT has been found to be an effective intervention for increasing functional use of the…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Operant Conditioning, Pathology, Therapy
Lopes, Virlaine Bardella; de Lima, Carolina Daniel; Tudella, Eloisa – Infant and Child Development, 2009
This study used the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) with the aim of characterizing motor acquisition rate in 70 healthy 0-6-month-old Brazilian infants, as well as comparing both emergence (initial age) and establishment (final age) of each skill between the study sample and the AIMS normative data. New motor skills were continuously acquired…
Descriptors: Infants, Foreign Countries, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills
Casanova, Manuel F.; El-Baz, Ayman; Mott, Meghan; Mannheim, Glenn; Hassan, Hossam; Fahmi, Rachid; Giedd, Jay; Rumsey, Judith M.; Switala, Andrew E.; Farag, Aly – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
Minicolumnar changes that generalize throughout a significant portion of the cortex have macroscopic structural correlates that may be visualized with modern structural neuroimaging techniques. In magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of fourteen autistic patients and 28 controls, the present study found macroscopic morphological correlates to recent…
Descriptors: Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Brain, Psychomotor Skills
Brown, Carole Williams; Olson, Heather Carmichael; Croninger, Robert G. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2010
Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a significant social problem associated with developmental difficulties in young children. Child developmental and behavioral characteristics were examined from the 9-month data point of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies-Birth Cohort, a prospective nationally representative study. Several…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Drinking, Pregnancy, Young Children
Houwen, S.; Visscher, C.; Lemmink, K. A. P. M.; Hartman, E. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of this study was to examine the performance of children with visual impairments (VI) aged 7 to 10 years on different types of motor skills. Furthermore, the association between the degree of the VI and motor performance was examined. The motor performance of 48 children with VI (32 males, 16 females; mean age 8y 10mo [SD 1y 1mo]) was…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Psychomotor Skills, Comparative Analysis, Motor Development
Thomas, Jerry R.; Thomas, Katherine T.; Williams, Kathleen – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2008
In aligning the curriculum for the preparation of future teachers, it is essential to teach knowledge and application of the interactions among content knowledge (about motor skills and fitness principles), procedural knowledge (how to teach skills and promote fitness), and the teaching of physical activity (how to execute a lesson). This article…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Motor Development, Teaching Methods
Wulf, Gabriele – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2008
Performing and learning motor skills has been shown to be enhanced if the performer adopts an external relative to internal focus (or no focus) of attention (Wulf, 2007). The present study examined the generalizability of this effect to top-level performers (balance acrobats). Participants performed a balance task (standing on an inflated rubber…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Attention, Human Posture
