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Hulteen, Ryan M.; True, Larissa; Kroc, Edward – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
The typical process for assessing inter-rater reliability is facilitated by training raters within a research team. Lacking is an understanding if inter-rater reliability scores "between" research teams demonstrate adequate reliability. This study examined inter-rater reliability between 16 researchers who assessed fundamental motor…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Scores, Reliability, Interrater Reliability
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Valadi, Saeed – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study examined the association between home motor affordances and motor skill development in daycare and non-daycare attending children. The sample consisted of 247 families with children aged 18-42-months. Homes were assessed using the Persian translation of the Affordances in the "Home Environment for Motor…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Child Care Centers
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Jalilinasab, Sara; Saemi, Esmaeel; Abedanzadeh, Rasool – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study aims to examine the effects of Brain Gym exercise on development of fundamental motor and social skills. Eighty-four children (Mage: 9.55±1.09 years) were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 42: the Brain Gym and the control group. Participants in the Brain Gym group attended sixteen training sessions. The gross motor…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Children
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Cheraghi, Fatemeh; Shokri, Zhila; Roshanaei, Ghodratollah; Khalili, Arash – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aim was to determine whether a structured age-appropriate playing programme with involvement of parents could promote healthy motor skills in preschool children. In this two group randomization pre-posttest quasi-experimental study, 160 children 3-5 years-old with their mothers were selected and equally allocated in two groups. For…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Psychomotor Skills
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Hosseinpour, Marjan; Esmaeilpour Aghdam, Mohammad; Maleki, Farzad – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
New estimates indicate that many children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of developmental delay (DD). This study aimed to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of undetected DD, and mean developmental scores (MDS) in preschool-aged children in the northwest of Iran. This study was conducted on 615 children aged…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Delays, Scores, Preschool Children
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Kavousipor, Somaye; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Gabbard, Carl; Pourahmad, Saeedeh; Hosseini, Seyed Ali; Soleimani, Farin; Ebadi, Abbas – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of the study was to evaluate fine- and gross-motor development and basic cognitive skills in 3-18 month-olds in relation to home factors, age and weight. Three hundred and seventy mother-child dyads were recruited. For age, two groups were analyzed: 3-11 months and 12-18 months. Motor and basic cognitive skills were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Child Development