ERIC Number: EJ1248813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Effects of Turkey's Folk Dance on the Manual and Body Coordination among Children of 6-7 Years of Age
Top, Elif; Kibris, Ayse; Kargi, Metehan
Research in Dance Education, v21 n1 p34-42 2020
In the present study, the effects of Turkey's folk dance on the manual and body coordination among children of 6-7 years of age were investigated. 38 participants of 6-7 years of age who took part in the study were divided into the experiment (n = 19) and control (n = 19) groups. While the participants in the experiment group were provided with a folk dances training (90 min./4 days/10 weeks), the participants in the control group were not given any training. A statistically significant difference was found between the groups when the results of the manual and body coordination post-test were examined (p < 0.05). On the other hand, while a statistically significant difference was found between the manual coordination values when the group x time interaction was examined (p < 0.05), no statistically significant difference was found between body coordination values (p > 0.05). Consequently, it was found out that the folk dances training given to the participants of the 6-7 years of age had a positive effect on manual and body coordination, increasing the level of their manual and body coordination.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Dance, Psychomotor Skills, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Young Children, Dance Education, Pretests Posttests, Skill Development, Performance Tests
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
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