Rudd, J., Barnett, L., Farrow, D, Berry, J, Borkoles, E. and Polman, R. C.J., 2017. The Impact of Gymnastics on Children’s Physical Self-Concept and Movement Skill Development in Primary Schools. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 21 (2), 92 - 100.
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DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2016.1273225
Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week gymnastics curriculum on children’s movement competence and their physical self-concept. There were 113 children (46% girls, 49% intervention) with a mean age of 9.4 years (SD = 1.8) that participated. Intervention children underwent 8 weeks of gymnastics and the comparison group continued with their standard curriculum. Age was a significant co-variate, a separate analysis was conducted on the lower (grades 2 and 4) and upper (grade 6) groups. The lower age group showed significant improvement in favor of the gymnastic group in fundamental movement skills. The upper age group showed a significant improvement for the control group in general body coordination and fundamental movement skills. For all grades, the physical self-concept showed a significant main effect in favor of the gymnastics group. The gymnastics intervention was found to be of particular benefit for developing children’s movement competence and physical self-concept in younger children.
Item Type: | Article |
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ISSN: | 1091-367X |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | fundamental movement skills; general body coordination; physical education; intervention |
Group: | Faculty of Science & Technology |
ID Code: | 28019 |
Deposited By: | Symplectic RT2 |
Deposited On: | 20 Mar 2017 11:37 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2022 14:03 |
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