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Olga Kechagia; Ermioni Katartzi; Eleni Fotiadou; Paraskevi Giagazoglou – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The main aim of the present study was to identify motor difficulties in Greek preschoolers. Secondary aims were to identify possible differences in prevalence of motor difficulties related to gender, age, body mass index, place of residence, and hand preference. 302 preschoolers were assessed using the first age band (3-6 years) of the Movement…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Body Composition
Kapodistria, Loukia; Chatzopoulos, Dimitris – Research in Dance Education, 2022
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a dance program on static and dynamic balance in young children (6.62 ± .65 years old). Forty-six children were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (24 children) who took part in a four-week dance program (three times a week, total 12 sessions, 45 min/session), or a control group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development
Varsamis, Panagiotis; Gkouvatzi, Anastasia; Nanou, Andromachi; Ntarilli, Ioanna; Simeonidou, Magdalini – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2020
The purpose of the present study is to examine the properties of a curriculum-based pre-referral screening tool. According to the current Greek preschool curriculum, preschoolers' participation is evaluated across five core axes, namely Play, Routines, Daily Activities, Explorations, and Organized Activities. Teacher evaluations sorted 201…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Screening Tests, Foreign Countries, Prereferral Intervention
Zaragas, Harilaos K.; Pliogou, Vassiliki – Education 3-13, 2020
The purpose of this study was to observe record and evaluate the psychomotor development and its relationship to children's gender and age on attending public and private kindergartens in Greece. The sample consisted of 898 children (487 boys' 54% and 411 girls 46%) aged 64 ± 9 months from 64 kindergarten schools. A set of 18 MOT tests Zimmer and…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Kindergarten, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Tafiadis, Dionysios; Zarokanellou, Vasiliki; Voniati, Louiza; Prentza, Alexandra; Drosos, Konstantinos; Papadopoulos, Angelos; Ziavra, Nafsika – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2022
The study aimed at evaluating the diadochokinetic (DDK) skills of Greek-speaking preschool children with phonological disorder (PD) by means of a structured evaluation protocol and at proposing cut-off points for children at risk of speech impairment. The participants were 36 children with PD and 60 typically developing (TD) peers. The groups were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Impairments, Greek, Cutting Scores
Lykesasa, Georgios; Giossos, Ioannis; Chatzopoulos, Dimitrios; Koutsouba, Maria; Douka, Stella; Nikolaki, Eugenia – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of four warm-up protocols on agility, strength, static and dynamic flexibility in primary school students. The participants were forty-four students of a primary school (19 boys and 25 girls) and the mean age of the children was 11.7±0.47. All of them executed, in four different days, one of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exercise, Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness
Doloma, Dimitra; Kambas, Antonios; Aggeloussis, Nikolaos; Michalopoulou, Maria – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The purpose of the present study was to examine: a. the development of primary school students' motor coordination (MC) within three years, b. gender as a crucial factor of this development, c. the relationship between MC and Body Mass Index (BMI). Students' performances as well as the BMI of 20 boys and 22 girls were measured throughout a…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Children
Kolovelonis, Athanasios; Goudas, Marios; Samara, Evdoxia – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
This study examined the effects of a self-regulated learning teaching unit on students' performance calibration, goal attainment, and attributions in physical education. Participants were 101 fifth- and sixth-grade students who were randomly assigned to an experimental (57 students) and a control group (44 students). Calibration indexes were…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Performance
Lirgg, Cathy D.; Gorman, Dean R.; Merrie, Michael D.; Hadadi, Atyh A. – Physical Educator, 2022
Many physical educators today are teaching lifetime sports, including outdoor activities such as cycling. Even though cycling is a low impact exercise that aids stamina and fitness, little is known about additional benefits in other areas including agility, balance, and explosive power. The purpose of this study was to ascertain if there are…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Program Effectiveness, Psychomotor Skills
Chatzopoulos, Dimitris; Doganis, George; Kollias, Iraklis – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of creative dance on proprioception, rhythm and static balance in preschool children. The treatment group consisted of 32 preschool children which took part in a creative dance programme that lasted 2 months (twice a week), while the control group (30 preschool children) participated in an…
Descriptors: Creativity, Preschool Children, Dance Education, Psychomotor Skills
Dania, Aspasia; Kaioglou, Vasiliki; Venetsanou, Fotini – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Physical literacy (PL) is recognized as a channel for promoting holistic learning experiences within physical education (PE). Compared to conceptual advancements made in regard to its development, PL assessment lacks empirical evidence. The purpose of this study was to culturally adapt the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy -- 2 (CAPL-2) and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Cultural Relevance, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Efraimidou, Vasiliki; Sidiropoulou, Maria; Giagazoglou, Paraskevi; Proios, Miltiadis; Tsimaras, Vasileios; Orologas, Anastasios – International Journal of Special Education, 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of a music and movement intervention program on gait, balance and psychological parameters of 10 male athletes in throwing events (ball and disc) with Cerebral Palsy (CP) (spastic hemiplegia), all coming from a sport club in Thessaloniki. Participants were divided randomly by methodical…
Descriptors: Music Education, Movement Education, Control Groups, Psychomotor Skills
Chatoupis, Constantine – Physical Educator, 2015
Mosston and Ashworth's (2008) reciprocal style of teaching gives learners the opportunity to work in pairs to support each other's learning (one practices a task and the other gives feedback). The effects of pairing learners by companionship (friend and nonacquaintance) on 8-year-old children's motor skill performance and comfort levels were…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Psychomotor Skills, Friendship, Children
Kioupi, Vasiliki; Arianoutsou, Margarita – Journal of Biological Education, 2016
This study is focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of an environmental education programme for secondary education students. The programme was entitled "?he effects of fire on the soil system" and it was implemented during the school period of 2008. Twenty-four (24) students (aged from 15 to 20) coming from Lidoriki…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Questionnaires
Kambanaros, Maria – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This study reports on the pattern of performance on spoken and written naming, spelling to dictation, and oral reading of single verbs and nouns in a bilingual speaker with aphasia in two first languages that differ in morphological complexity, orthographic transparency, and script: Greek (L1a) and English (L1b). The results reveal no verb/noun…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Aphasia, Bilingualism