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Pollatou, Elisana; Karadimou, Konstantina; Gerodimos, Vasilios – Early Child Development and Care, 2005
Most of the preschool curricula involve integrated movement activities that combine music, rhythm and locomotor skills. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether there are any differences between boys and girls at the age of five concerning their musical aptitude, rhythmic ability and performance in gross motor skills. Ninety-five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Motor Development, Gender Differences
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Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Makri, Anastasia – Early Child Development and Care, 2005
Movement responses to a stimulus could be either quantitative or qualitative, or could also be the answer to a pre-established problem. This process activates both divergent thinking and critical thinking. Divergent movement ability generates both quantitative and qualitative movement responses to a stimulus. The aim of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Child Development
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Trevlas, Efthimios; Matsouka, Ourania; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Previous research has noted a corresponding relationship between young children's play and divergent thinking ability. This study examined how far fluency and flexibility in movement patterns' production, as indicatory elements of divergent thinking and critical thinking, are related to a variety of psychological elements (physical spontaneity,…
Descriptors: Play, Humor, Creativity, Creative Thinking
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Venetsanou, Fotini; Kambas, Antonis – Research in Dance Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to investigate the effect of an introductory traditional Greek dances programme on the motor proficiency development of pre-school-age children. The sample of this research consisted of 66 students (36 boys and 30 girls) attending public kindergarten in Argolida prefecture (Greece), aged 4-6 years (X = 59.79 plus or…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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