Cognitive Competence of a Child in Primary School Age in the Context of Gross Motor Skills

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18768/ijaedu.593487" target="_blank" >10.18768/ijaedu.593487</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cognitive Competence of a Child in Primary School Age in the Context of Gross Motor Skills

Original language description

The influence of fine and gross motor development on cognitive abilities continues in both pre-school and younger school age. Complex researches confirm the existence of a positive relationship between the amount of physical activity, cognitive abilities and academic achievement. The spectrum and level of motor skills are positively correlated with cognitive functions and academic achievement, so it is important to focus on developing basic motor skills in children. The aim of the research is to assess the relationship between the level of gross motor skills and the level of cognitive competence in children who undergo the compulsory school attendance. The research was conducted as part of the GF_PdF_2019_0003 project. The research group consisted of 200 primary school aged children - 9.87 ± 0.65 year old. The Ethics Committee approval of the author&apos;s department was obtained for the research. The participation of the child in the research was completely voluntary, anonymous, free of charge and with the possibility to withdraw from the research anytime. To assess the level of cognitive abilities, a Cognitive Skills Test (TKS) was used to diagnose three areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal skills. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 was used to diagnose the level of gross motor skills. It is focused on the determination of locomotor and object control skills as components of human’s gross motor skills. The correlation of the relationship between cognitive abilities and gross motor levels was evaluated at p≤0.05. Results revealed that the level of acquired motor skills is very low. It does not meet the requirements determined by curricular documents on primary education in the field of physical education in the Czech Republic. A statistically significant difference in the TGMD-2 test standard score between girls and boys was not found (p≤0.67). At the overall level of cognitive abilities, no significant difference (p≤0.061) was observed in the studied children in terms of gender. Significant correlation between gross motor skills and cognitive abilities (p≤0.05) was confirmed in the given research group in both girls and boys. The relationship between the two variables shows moderate dependence (r = 0.43; rboys = 0.47; rgirls = 0.43). It is necessary to present the results of the research in the given field in professional journals and to apply it in the practice of primary school teachers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International e-Journal of Advances in Education

ISSN

2411-1821

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

14

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

200-206

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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