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Exploring children's motor development
Saunders, John Williams, Morgan Wilson, Cameron
Saunders, John
Williams, Morgan
Wilson, Cameron
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Current research into children’s physical activity has focused largely on obesity. Interest in quantifying activity levels has generally related to physiological status. However, recent research by our motor development group in Melbourne suggests the need to be worrying about more than just declining physiological status. Movement-ABC data from a sample of children (255 males: 249 females) aged between 5 and 12 used the 15th percentile or below as the criterion to screen for DCD and found 35% (83 Males: 92 Females) of children fitted this criterion - a prevalence alarmingly greater than that generally cited in the literature. Fifteen years ago a group of researchers (Walkley, J., Holland, B., Treloar, R., & Probyn-Smith, H. 1993) used the notion of Fundamental Movement Skills to provide the basis for physical education curriculum initiatives in Victoria. Yet little success in enhancing children’s motor ability seems to have occurred to date.
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2012
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School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
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