Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis
Motor coordination of six-year-old children was examined using the Assessment of Motor Coordination and Dexterity, AMCD (Avaliação da Coordenação e Destreza Motora - ACOORDEM), in order to verify test-retest reliability and investigate whether motor performance is influenced by gender, type of schoo...
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| description | Motor coordination of six-year-old children was examined using the Assessment of Motor Coordination and Dexterity, AMCD (Avaliação da Coordenação e Destreza Motora - ACOORDEM), in order to verify test-retest reliability and investigate whether motor performance is influenced by gender, type of school and residence location. Eighty-five children were evaluated, and their parents and teachers completed questionnaires. For test-retest reliability, the AMCD was repeated with 10 children. Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests identified significant influence of sex, type of school and residence location in just a few of the test items. The test-retest reliability was moderate in the items performance, and good to excellent in the majority of the questionnaires' items. We conclude that some items should be revised and normative tables for the identification of motor delay could be created considering only the age variable. Future studies should continue the process of validating the AMCD instrument with the assessment of younger children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-583dc604d2c94b5bab3ed2f55e0ffebf2022-12-22T01:11:00ZengUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica1980-65742014-06-0120216717610.1590/S1980-65742014000200006S1980-65742014000200167Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysisOlívia Souza AgostiniLívia de Castro MagalhãesAlexandre Ferreira CamposMotor coordination of six-year-old children was examined using the Assessment of Motor Coordination and Dexterity, AMCD (Avaliação da Coordenação e Destreza Motora - ACOORDEM), in order to verify test-retest reliability and investigate whether motor performance is influenced by gender, type of school and residence location. Eighty-five children were evaluated, and their parents and teachers completed questionnaires. For test-retest reliability, the AMCD was repeated with 10 children. Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests identified significant influence of sex, type of school and residence location in just a few of the test items. The test-retest reliability was moderate in the items performance, and good to excellent in the majority of the questionnaires' items. We conclude that some items should be revised and normative tables for the identification of motor delay could be created considering only the age variable. Future studies should continue the process of validating the AMCD instrument with the assessment of younger children.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742014000200167&lng=en&tlng=entrastorno del desarrollo de la coordinaciónevaluaciónconfiabilidadvalidez |
| spellingShingle | Olívia Souza Agostini Lívia de Castro Magalhães Alexandre Ferreira Campos Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica trastorno del desarrollo de la coordinación evaluación confiabilidad validez |
| title | Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis |
| title_full | Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis |
| title_short | Assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children: A psychometric analysis |
| title_sort | assessment of motor coordination and dexterity of six years old children a psychometric analysis |
| topic | trastorno del desarrollo de la coordinación evaluación confiabilidad validez |
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