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Moser, Thomas; Reikerås, Elin – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article discusses motor-life-skills in a sample (n?=?1083) of 33 months (2.9-year-old) children in Norwegian early childhood education and care institutions (ECEC-institutions) and to compare the findings with the results from a similar British sample. The Early Years Movement Skills Checklist (EYMSC) (Chambers and Sugden 2006) was applied.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Psychomotor Skills, Comparative Analysis
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Chambers, Mary E.; Sugden, David A. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
The years from 3 to 6 are a time when children develop fundamental movement skills that are the building blocks for the functional movements they use throughout their lives. By 6 years of age, a typically developing child will have in place a full range of movement skills, including, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, climbing, throwing,…
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Patel, M.; Magnusson, M.; Lush, D.; Gomez, S.; Fransson, P. A. – Dyslexia, 2010
Dyslexia has been shown to affect postural control. The aim of the present study was to investigate the difference in postural stability measured as torque variance in an adult dyslexic group (n=14, determined using the Adult Dyslexia Checklist (ADCL) and nonsense word repetition test) and an adult non-dyslexic group (n=39) on a firm surface and…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Dyslexia, Psychomotor Skills, Adults
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Kirby, Amanda; Edwards, Lisa; Sugden, David; Rosenblum, Sara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), also known as Dyspraxia in the United Kingdom (U.K.), is a developmental disorder affecting motor co-ordination. In the past this was regarded as a childhood disorder, however there is increasing evidence that a significant number of children will continue to have persistent difficulties into adulthood.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Adults, Check Lists