proficient in fundamental motor skills (FMS). 14 Fundamental motor skills are gross motor skills considered to be the foundation for more advanced physical movements and are learned during early childhood. 15 , 16 Specifically, higher FMS are correlated with higher levels of physical activity 17 , 18 and
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Factors That Influence Participation in Classroom-Based Physical Activity Breaks in Head Start Preschoolers
E. Kipling Webster, Leah E. Robinson, and Danielle D. Wadsworth
Moving Well-Being Well: Evaluating the Efficacy, Impact on Gender, and Role of Teacher Fidelity of a Fundamental Movement Skill-Based Intervention in Irish Primary School Children
Nathan Gavigan, Johann Issartel, Cameron Peers, and Sarahjane Belton
identified that every 1% increase in teacher fidelity was predicted to increase posttest FMS scores by 0.13 when using the Test of Gross Motor Development—Second Edition (TGMD-2; Brian et al., 2017 ). The elements presented above underline the need for suitable intervention strategies to improve children
Moving Well-Being Well: Evaluating the Efficacy, Impact on Gender, and Role of Teacher Fidelity of a Fundamental Movement Skill-Based Intervention in Irish Primary School Children
Nathan Gavigan, Johann Issartel, Cameron Peers, and Sarahjane Belton
identified that every 1% increase in teacher fidelity was predicted to increase posttest FMS scores by 0.13 when using the Test of Gross Motor Development—Second Edition (TGMD-2; Brian et al., 2017 ). The elements presented above underline the need for suitable intervention strategies to improve children
Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Levels of Belgian and United States Preschool Children
Ali Brian, Farid Bardid, Lisa M. Barnett, Frederik J.A. Deconinck, Matthieu Lenoir, and Jacqueline D. Goodway
during throw). Depending upon the geographical region, process-oriented or product-oriented measures may be more prevalent. For instance, process-oriented assessments such as the Test of Gross Motor Development, 2nd Edition (TGMD-2; Ulrich, 2000 ) are typically used in the United States (US) while
Perceived and Actual Movement Skill Competence: The Association Among Primary School Children in Hong Kong
Cecilia Hoi Sze Chan, Amy Sau Ching Ha, and Johan Yau Yin Ng
). These scholars have examined the association using matched assessments that align skill perceptions to the Test of Gross Motor Development-2nd skills (TGMD-2) ( Ulrich, 2000 ). Both these studies found that actual object control competence was positively associated with perceived object control
Investigation Into the Relationship Between Adolescents’ Perceived and Actual Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity
Bronagh McGrane, Danielle Powell, Sarahjane Belton, and Johann Issartel
physical education (PE) class at the participants’ school. The Test of Gross Motor Development–2nd Edition (TGMD-2; Ulrich, 2000 ) was used to assess 12 of these skills, which were made up of six locomotor (run, hop, gallop, slide, leap, and horizontal jump) and six object control skills (catch, kick
Fundamental Motor Skill Performance of Indigenous and Nonindigenous Children
Marcelo Gonçalves Duarte, Glauber Carvalho Nobre, Thábata Viviane Brandão Gomes, and Rodolfo Novelino Benda
children at the school. To join the study, all the children had to have a consent form signed by their parents or their legal guardian and had to attend school on a specific date. To assess motor performance, we utilized the Test of Gross Motor Development—Second Edition, developed by Ulrich ( 2000 ) and
Are Movement Behaviors and Fundamental Motor Skills Associated With Fitness and Fatness in Early Childhood? Findings From the 2012 NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey
Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiangli Gu, Tao Zhang, Priscila Caçola, and Jing Wang
were objectively assessed for FMS with a process-oriented evaluation approach, the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) in addition to other behavioral assessments (ie, PA and screen-based sedentary behavior), fitness (ie, muscular fitness), and fatness (ie, BMI and waist circumference) measures
#DCD/Dyspraxia in Real Life: Twitter Users’ Unprompted Expression of Experiences With Motor Differences
Priscila M. Tamplain, Nicholas E. Fears, Promise Robinson, Riya Chatterjee, Gavin Lichtenberg, and Haylie L. Miller
, coordination, fine motor, oral motor, manual dexterity, driving, gross motor, movement pain and fatigue, posture and balance, and lower extremity . The characteristics for each subcategory are described in Table 1 . The functional impact category included the following subcategories: advocacy
Physical Activity and Motor Skills in Parent–Child Dyads: Associations With Indoor and Outdoor Home Space
Stephanie A. Palmer, Katherine Q. Scott-Andrews, Nancy G. Ramirez, Alec McKheen, and Leah E. Robinson
Michigan Dropbox folder (Dropbox) folder. Videos were scored according to the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 criteria ( Ulrich, 2019 ). The primary coder for this project was Scott-Andrews, who has established interrater reliability > 84% with two external motor experts on the Test of Gross Motor
