Comprehensive Method for Testing and Evaluating the Motor Skills of Children in Guangzhou City

Abstract

Background and Aim: Motor skill evaluation of 5-6-year-old children is a hot topic in current research. The objective of this research was to construct a test for measuring and evaluating the motor skills of preschool children. Materials and Methods: Research component one constructs the motor skill ability testing program for 5-6-year-old children. This part is composed of 17 experts, through the survey of 17 experts, to construct the motor skill ability testing scheme for 5-6-year-old children; Research content II, to validate the motor skill ability testing scheme for 5-6-year-old children constructed in this study. Result： The results show (1) After analyzing the experts' questionnaires, the mobility class indicators were determined as: 15.2m running, two-legged continuous jumping, one-legged continuous jumping; throwing movement skills were determined as: overhand tennis ball throwing, one-handed in-situ ball slapping; and the stability skills were determined as: one-legged standing with eyes open, one-legged standing with eyes closed, walking on the balance beam, and walking in a straight line backward. (2) The results of the experimental test showed that according to the percentile method, first, second, third, fourth, and fifth classes were set. Different age samples will not show significance (p>0.05) for 15.2m fast running, one-legged continuous jumping, overhand tennis ball tossing, one-handed in-situ ball slapping, one-legged in-situ standing with eyes open and walking backward in a straight line totaling 6 items. Conclusion: This test can better evaluate the motor skills of children aged 5-6, which will help promote the development of motor skills of children aged 5-6.