Abstract
This study investigated the motor skill performance of children within 5 and 6 years old (N=32) who attend physical activities systematically, and it’s relation to biological, familiar environment and motor practice characteristics. The participants were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (ULRICH, 2000). To investigate the physical activities participation and familiar environment a questionnaire design for the present study was used. Results show: (1) motor performance below average for the age gap; (2) better locomotor performance when compared to the objects control abilities; (3) similar performance in locomotor abilities between both genders and superior performance within boys for objects control abilities; (4) age, weekly frequency of practice, length of participating in the program and parent’s regularity in practicing physical activities do not influence the children’s motor performance; (5) existence of siblings, practice of physical activity simultaneous to attending the program and parent’s occupation showed influence on participant’s performance.
Highlights
This study investigated the motor skill performance of children within 5 and 6 years old (N=32) who attend physical activities systematically, and it’s relation to biological, familiar environment and motor practice characteristics
Results show: (1) motor performance below average for the age gap; (2) better locomotor performance when compared to the objects control abilities; (3) similar performance in locomotor abilities between both genders and superior performance within boys for objects control abilities; (4) age, weekly frequency of practice, length of participating in the program and parent’s regularity in practicing physical activities do not influence the children’s motor performance; (5) existence of siblings, practice of physical activity simultaneous to attending the program and parent’s occupation showed influence on participant’s performance
Com relação à condução das atividades no programa, pode ser sugerida uma análise para verificar se a prática está sendo estruturada e organizada ou simplesmente viabilizada, podendo também ser analisado o tempo de aprendizagem ativa que vem sendo proporcionado às crianças
Summary
Os resultados do TGMD foram submetidos à análise estatística através do software SPSS versão 10.0 para Windows. O teste de normalidade Kolmogorov-Smirnov evidenciou que a amostra apresentava-se normalmente distribuída (p=0,19 para as habilidades locomotoras e p=0,20 para as habilidades manipulativas). Por se tratar de uma distribuição normal, estatísticas paramétricas foram adotadas, tendo sido utilizado teste t Independente para comparação entre os grupos. Nas análises descritivas foram utilizados frequência, percentil, média e desvio-padrão
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