Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Abstract

To determine the effects of a program of guided instruction in locomotor, stability, and manipulative movement patterns on the physical performance patterns of nursery school children, 36 Ss took a test, then took part in a learning program for 8 wk. The children learned physical education experiences as part of the regular nursery school program. Then, all Ss were given a final test on the criterion variables. Principal conclusions from an analysis of covariance were that (a) a program of guided instruction in locomotor, stability, and manipulative movements at the nursery school level led to significant improvement in motor patterns and (b) there were no significant differences in performances of the boys and girls in these motor patterns.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Bayley

The development of motor abilities during the first three years. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1935, 1, 1–26.

Cratty

B. J.

Perceptual and motor development in infants and children. New York: Macmillan, 1970.

Espenschade

A. S.

Eckert

H. M.

Motor development. Columbus, O.: Merrill, 1967.

Flinchum

B. M.

Selected motor patterns of preschool age children. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Louisiana State Univer., 1971.

Gesell

Ilg

F. L.

The child from five to ten. New York: Harper & Row, 1946.

Halveksun

L. E.

The significance of the young child's motor development. Washington, D. C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1971.

McGraw

Later development of children specially trained during infancy. Child Development, 1939, 10, 10–19.

Wellman

Motor achievements of preschool children. Childhood Education, 1937, 13, 311–316.

Education of Selected Movement Patterns of Preschool Children

Abstract

Get full access to this article

References