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ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT SKILL PERFORMANCE IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: CONVERGENT VALIDITY BETWEEN MOT 4-6 AND M-ABC |
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Wouter Cools1  ,
Kristine De Martelaer1, Bart Vandaele1, Christiane
Samaey1 and Caroline Andries2 |
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1Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, and Department of Movement Education and Sport Training , and 2Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2010) 9, 597 - 604 |
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| ABSTRACT | |||
| The purpose was to determine the level of agreement between the
Motoriktest für Vier- bis Sechsjährige Kinder [MOT 4-6] and the Movement
Assessment Battery for Children [M-ABC]. 48 preschool children participated
in the study (Mean age = 5 years, 6 months, SD = 3 months). There was high
classification agreement (90%) between both tests. A Kappa correlation coefficient
(0.67) provided moderately strong support for convergent validity. Less
agreement was shown in identification of motor difficulties (58%). This
was reflected by lower correlation coefficients on the fine movement cluster
and test item level. The MOT 4-6 showed values within the range of similar
movement skill performance assessment protocols. Because of its specific
focus it may be of meaningful value to assess movement skill competence
in typically developing preschool children (ages 4 to 6).
Key words: Early childhood, psychomotor performance, task performance and analysis, sports, fundamental movement skill, exercise. |
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