Development of Motor-Life-Skills: Variations in Children at Risk for Motor Difficulties from the Toddler Age to Preschool Age

Autor/inn/en	Moser, Thomas; Reikerås, Elin; Tønnessen, Finn Egil
Titel	Development of Motor-Life-Skills: Variations in Children at Risk for Motor Difficulties from the Toddler Age to Preschool Age
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 33 (2018) 1, S.118-133 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Moser, Thomas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
DOI	10.1080/08856257.2017.1306964
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychomotor Skills; Preschool Children; Early Childhood Education; Toddlers; Check Lists; Correlation; Skill Development; Age Differences; Regression (Statistics); Play; Playgrounds; Daily Living Skills; Statistical Analysis; At Risk Persons; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Checkliste; Korrelation; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Spiel; Playground; Spielplatz; Alltagsfertigkeit; Statistische Analyse; Risikogruppe; Norwegen
Abstract	This article explores variations in development of everyday motor-life-skills in 661 children (329 girls and 332 boys) in Norwegian kindergartens of ages 2:9 (T1) and 4:9 (T2) years:months. The particular focus is on children at risk for problems in motor development (the 10% weakest children in the sample). The methodological approach chosen is authentic assessment, applying the Early Years Movement Skills Checklist (EYMSC). All correlations between motor-life-skills at ages 2:9 and 4:9 are statistically significant (p < 0.01), varying between r = 0.26 to 0.38 for the four section scores of EYMSC (Self-help skills, Desk skills, General classroom skills and Recreational and playground skills) and r = 0.39 for the EYMSC total score. The group composition of children assumed to be at risk for motor difficulties changes considerably between ages 2:9 and 4:9. Approximately, two-thirds of the 10% weakest at T1 do not belong to the 10% weakest at T2. Logistic regression failed to identify children at risk at T1 being among the 10% weakest at T2. However, for two sections of EYMSC (Self-help skills; Recreational and Playground skills), it was possible to distinguish between stable and flux groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01