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Direct linkSheehan, Dwayne P.; Lienhard, Karin – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2019
The objective of this study was to evaluate gross motor competence and growth spurt in Canadian youth. Eighty-two children (38 boys, 44 girls) were assessed over a time period of five years. Growth rate was measured quarterly; motor competence was evaluated once per year using the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency. Peak height velocity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Preadolescents
A Bias for the Natural? Children's Beliefs about Traits Acquired through Effort, Bribes, or Medicine
Lockhart, Kristi L.; Keil, Frank C.; Aw, Justine – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Three studies compared beliefs about natural and late blooming positive traits with those acquired through personal effort, extrinsic rewards or medicine. Young children (5-6 years), older children (8-13 years), and adults all showed a strong bias for natural and late blooming traits over acquired traits. All age groups, except 8- to 10-year-olds,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preadolescents, Children, Early Adolescents
