of primary school-aged children. Concerning the level of the behavioral attributes and skills, in a context where most children fail to meet the three behaviors that integrate the 24-hr movement guidelines ( Carson et al., 2016 ), investigating the various dimensions of MC as related to those
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Correlates of Motor Competence in Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Portuguese Municipality
Francisco Carvalho, Marcos Onofre, João Mota, Miguel Peralta, Adilson Marques, Ana Quitério, António Rodrigues, Pedro Alves, Wesley O’Brien, and João Martins
Autonomy-Supportive, External-Focus Instructions Optimize Children’s Motor Learning in Physical Education
Thomas Simpson, Mitchell Finlay, Victoria Simpson, Ayoub Asadi, Paul Ellison, Evelyn Carnegie, and David Marchant
statistical power using MorePower 6.0.4 ( Campbell & Thompson, 2012 ). After excluding three participants for incomplete data sets, a total of 33 participants aged between 9 and 11 years (mean age = 10.30 ± 0.52 years old), who were novice to the task, were recruited from primary schools in northwest England
The Relationship Between Actual Motor Competence and Physical Activity in Children: Mediating Roles of Perceived Motor Competence and Physical Activity Enjoyment
Murat Cimen, Semiyha Tuncel, and Fehmi Tuncel
), positive relationships within this model were identified across studies involving preschool, primary school, and secondary school students from diverse countries. However, some studies investigating these relationships have been limited by focusing only on perceptions of physical competence and its
Motor Competence Among Children in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An Expert Statement on Behalf of the International Motor Development Research Consortium
Michael J. Duncan, Lawrence Foweather, Farid Bardid, Anna L. Barnett, James Rudd, Wesley O’Brien, Jonathan D. Foulkes, Clare Roscoe, Johann Issartel, Gareth Stratton, and Cain C.T. Clark
.1% overweight ( UK Parliament, 2021 ). Similarly, in Ireland, 13% of children meet the National PA guidelines of at least 60 min of moderate to vigorous PA every day (17% primary school pupils and 10% post primary school pupils; Woods et al., 2018 ), and 16% of children were classified as overweight and obese
The Reliability and Validation of the Aquatic Movement Protocol as an Instrument for Assessing Aquatic Motor Competence in Primary Aged Children
Nicole A. Pratt, Michael J. Duncan, Martyn G. Morris, and Samuel W. Oxford
water environment due to it being identified as a life skill ( Parry, 2007 ). The national curriculum PE states a child must be able to swim competently, confidently, and proficiently for 25 m by the time a child leaves primary school ( Department of Education, 2013 ). A child also must use a range of
Validation of a Backswing Developmental Sequence for the Overarm Throw for Force
Bradley Beseler, Kathleen Williams, and Mandy S. Plumb
the throwing study. Testing in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, took place at Federation University Australia—Mount Helen campus and was completed during orientation week over a period of 2 years. Children’s data were collected at a local primary school. Testing in Greensboro, North Carolina, took place
Development and Construct Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren
Fábio Saraiva Flôres, Luis Paulo Rodrigues, and Rita Cordovil
( Bradley & Corwyn, 2005 ). As children grow, their immediate surroundings expand, and the interactional activity in and with those environments progressively becomes more complex ( Bronfenbrenner & Evans, 2000 ; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006 ). After entering primary school, children begin regularly to
Interrater Reliability of the Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition Following Raters’ Agreement on Measurement Criteria
Aida Carballo-Fazanes, Ezequiel Rey, Nadia C. Valentini, Cristina Varela-Casal, and Cristian Abelairas-Gómez
regarding performance criteria of the TGMD-3 and (b) to compare interrater reliability before and after the consensus-building process in the same sample of school children. Methods Participants Twenty-five healthy primary school children participated in this study as TGMD-3 examinees (15 girls and 10 boys
Construct Validity and Reliability of the Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren in South India
Vinuta Deshpande, Pratiksha Kalgutkar, Ana Filipa Silva, and Fábio Saraiva Flôres
that, after entering primary school, children begin regularly to attend places other than home. Therefore, another set of environments, such as the school, home of close friends/grandparents, neighbors, or sports environments, become important microsystems ( Flôres et al., 2019 ), and their
Motor Competence Performances Among Girls Aged 7–10 Years: Different Dimensions of the Motor Competence Construct Using Common Assessment Batteries
Zeinab Khodaverdi, Abbas Bahram, Hassan Khalaji, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad, Farhad Ghadiri, and Wesley O’Brien
design and included a convenience sample of 7- to 10-year-old schoolgirls from 10 public primary schools, located in the south-western part of Tehran province, Iran. Schools in Iran are segregated by gender, and female teachers are not normally allowed into boys’ schools, and vice versa. Due to this
