ERIC Number: EJ980277
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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Gender Differences in Motor Skill Proficiency from Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study
Barnett, Lisa M.; van Beurden, Eric; Morgan, Philip J.; Brooks, Lyndon O.; Beard, John R.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v81 n2 p162-170 Jun 2010
Students' proficiency in three object control and three locomotor skills were assessed in 2000 (M age = 10.06 years, SD = 0.63) in New South Wales, Australia and in 2006-07 (M age = 16.44 years, SD = 0.64). In 2006-07, 266 students, 138 girls (51.9%) and 128 boys (48.1%), had at least one skill reassessed. Boys were more object control proficient than girls. Childhood object control proficiency significantly predicted (p = 0.001) adolescent object control proficiency (r[squared] = 0.39), and, while gender was significant (p = 0.001), it did not affect the relationship between these variables (p = 0.53). Because childhood object control proficiency is predictive of subsequent object control proficiency, developing skills in childhood is important. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Gender Differences, Children, Adolescents, Age Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary Schools, Physical Activities, Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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