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Mohamadi, Omid; Torabinezhad, Farhad; Ebadi, Abbas – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The Oral Motor Assessment Scale (OMAS) is a diagnostic tool used to assess the oral motor skills in individuals with neurological and neuromuscular disorders. This assessment was developed by Brazilian researchers and for the first time, its validity and reliability was examined in Brazil. The purpose of the present study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Draghi, Tatiane Targino Gomes; Cavalcante Neto, Jorge Lopes; Tudella, Eloisa – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have deficits in fundamental motor skills (e.g. catching, flinging, jumping and running) and complex motor skills (related to the contexts of sports, games and leisure) when compared to their typically developing peers. These deficits may compromise motor performance, impacting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Mali A. Waugh; Aaron DeMasi; Michele Gonçalves Maia; Taylor N. Evans; Lana B. Karasik; Sarah E. Berger – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Learning to descend stairs requires motor and cognitive capacities on the part of infants and opportunities for practice and assurance of safety offered by caregivers. The American Academy of Pediatrics prescribes the age strategy to teach toddlers to safely descend stairs but without much consideration for individual differences in infants'…
Descriptors: Child Development, Individual Differences, Toddlers, Safety
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G. C. Nobre; F. S. S. Nobre; N. C. Valentini – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: Children living in poverty often are exposed to situations that negatively affect various aspects of their development. So, it is important to propose interventional programs that minimize the negative effects of living in poverty on these children. Objective: To verify the impact of a mastery climate cognitive-motor skills…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income Students, Intervention, Psychomotor Skills
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Pasetto, Silmara Cristina; Barreiros, João Manuel Pardal; Corrêa, Umberto Cesar; Freudenheim, Andrea Michele – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
This study investigated the effects of visual and kinaesthetic instructional cues separately and in combination on the learning of motor skills by individuals with deafness. In addition, whether the mastery level of sign language would affect motor skill learning was also investigated. The task was dart throwing. The sample consisted of 69…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Cues
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Liter, Adam; Grolla, Elaine; Lidz, Jeffrey – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2022
Non-adult-like linguistic behavior in children is sometimes taken as evidence for endogenous factors that drive selection of grammatical features from the child's hypothesis space of possible grammars. Analyses of English-acquiring children's productions of medial "wh"-phrases exemplify this trend in particular. We provide an alternative…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Phrase Structure, Language Acquisition, Grammar
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Copetti, Fernando; Valentini, Nadia C.; Deslandes, Andréa C.; Webster, E. Kipling – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2022
Background: Motor skill assessment is time-consuming and some difficulties are inherent in the administration of motor tests, especially in children with neurodevelopment disorders. Purpose: This study aimed to develop and investigate the face, content, and criterion validity of a Motor Skills Sequential Pictures (MSSP) for the Test of Gross Motor…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Children, Norm Referenced Tests, Psychomotor Skills
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Yamaguchi, Bruna; Silva, Adriano Zanardi; Araujo, Luize Bueno; Guimarães, Ana Tereza Bittencourt; Israel, Vera Lúcia – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the neurological/psychomotor development of children aged 0-5 years attending Child Education Centers in Brazil. Method: This developmental assessment included a screening test to identify which variables could be associated with risks for developmental delays. A total of 444…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers, Child Development
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Signor, Rita; Claessen, Mary; Leitão, Suze – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2020
Reading success has a significant impact on social, academic and vocational engagement. While there have been many advances in Brazilian educational policy, and a reduction in rates of absolute illiteracy, low levels of literacy continue to be a significant area of concern. We aimed to scope the literature to identify the types of intervention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Intervention, Phonological Awareness
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Mélo, Tainá Ribas; Araujo, Luize Bueno de; Ferreira, Manoela de Paula; Israel, Vera Lúcia – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study aims at checking the effects of an early intervention program (EIP) on the neuropsychomotor development (NPMD) and quality of life (QoL) of 4-18 months old babies attending daycare, following the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of health and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF). It was a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development
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Nobre, Francisco Salviano Sales; Valentini, Nadia Cristina; Rusidill, Mary Elizabeth – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: This study applied the Person-Process-Context-Time model based on Bioecological theory to investigate the sociocultural influences on motor skill development. Purpose: The objectives of the present study were: (a) to assess the personal resources associated with the development of motor skills of children from three different…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Medeiros, Pâmella; Felden, Érico Pereira Gomes; Zequinão, Marcela Almeida; Cordeiro, Paola Cidade; Dias de Freitas, Kamyla Thais; Libardoni dos Santos, João Otacilio; Cardoso, Fernando Luiz – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2020
The objective this article is to verify the effects of an intervention program with exergames on the motor performance of children aged 8 to 10 years. The study included 64 children divided into experimental group and physical education group. The motor intervention used in this study was an exergame program with 18 sessions lasting 45 minutes…
Descriptors: Exercise, Game Based Learning, Video Games, Program Effectiveness
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Flôres, Fábio Saraiva; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, Rita – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
Environments where children move about provide affordances that play a significant role in their development. This research presents the Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren assessment tool, which aims to assess the interdependent systems, such as home, school, and sports activities, that can influence 6- to 10-year-old children's…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Questionnaires
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Müller, Alessandra Bombarda; Saccani, Raquel; Valentini, Nadia Cristina – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Purpose: Research indicates that delayed motor development observed in the first years of life can be prevented through compensatory intervention programmes that provide proper care during this critical period of child development. Method: This study analysed the impact of a 12-week compensatory motor intervention programme on 32 babies with…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, At Risk Persons, Psychomotor Skills
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Valentini, Nadia Cristina; Pierosan, Licia; Rudisill, Mary E.; Hastie, Peter A. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Fundamental motor skill proficiency is essential for engagement in sports and physical play and in the development of a healthy lifestyle. Children with motor delays (with and without disabilities) lack the motor skills necessary to participate in games and physical activity, and tend to spend more time as onlookers than do their…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Motor Development, Play
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