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Adamovic, Tatjana; Jurišic-Škevin, Aleksandra; Madic, Dejan; Sovilj, Mirjana; Jelicic, Ljiljana; Maksimovic, Slavica; Subotic, Miško – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study analysed whether the assessment of head righting reflex (HRR) in babies immediately after birth can be used in prediction of early child development. In 54 healthy newborns, testing of HRR was conducted on the third day upon birth. The HRR at birth were correlated with balance ability (BA), speech and language development (SLD) and…
Descriptors: Motor Reactions, Neonates, Prediction, Child Development
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Jovanovic, Bianca; Filk, Julia; Schwarzer, Gudrun – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The present study deals with the influence of specific motor experiences on efficient grasp planning. Forty 5- to 6-year-old children learned to use an unfamiliar tool with either a thumb-up or a thumb-down grip to accomplish a task. Before and after training, the extent to which children would rotate the tool using an awkward initial grip…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Child Development, Motor Development, Measurement
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Khatin-Zadeh, Omid – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2022
This article discusses the role of the three components of executive functions (EF) in geometric understanding. Discussing several examples of geometry problems, this article shows how EF are actively employed to solve geometry problems. Inhibition as the first component of EF helps the individual to suppress contextually irrelevant information.…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
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Bradshaw, Jessica; Schwichtenberg, Amy J.; Iverson, Jana M. – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Developmental change emerges from dynamic interactions among networks of neural activity, behavior systems, and experience-dependent processes. A developmental cascades framework captures the sequential, multilevel, cross-domain nature of human development and is ideal for demonstrating how interconnected systems have far-reaching effects in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Neurological Organization, Behavior
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Kovacs, Sydney; Darling-White, Meghan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study examined speech breathing during two connected speech tasks in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing (TD) peers. Understanding how the respiratory system supports speech production during various speech tasks can help researchers construct appropriate models of speech production and clinicians remediate…
Descriptors: Children, Cerebral Palsy, Speech Communication, Physiology
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Erol, Sadettin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of 8-weeks complex and contrast training applied to soccer players on selected physical Characteristics. A total of 23 university students playing soccer in the university team participated in the study voluntarily. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups; complex (CPX) and contrast…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Team Sports, Athletes
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Zheng, Pengjuan; Sun, Jin – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: This study investigated the relationship between the use of digital devices (DD) by preschool children in Hong Kong and their early development. The moderating role of family socioeconomic status (SES) was also examined. A total of 877 Chinese Hong Kong children aged 3-5 years old from 18 kindergartens and their parents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Handheld Devices
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Markwell, Logan T.; Strick, Andrew J.; Porter, Jared M. – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2022
Sports, along with nearly all facets of life, have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Basketball Association quickly adopted a unique method to finish the 2019-2020 regular season and playoffs. The entire league quarantined for months in what was known as the "NBA bubble" where games were played in spectator-less…
Descriptors: Audiences, Environmental Influences, Audience Awareness, Athletics
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Golubovic, Špela; Božic, Dijana; Ilic, Snežana – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Objectives: Support needs refer to the type, intensity and time necessary for a person to participate in the activities of daily living. The aim of this paper is to show the profile of support needs for children with cerebral palsy with regards to the level of functional ability of the upper and lower extremities. Methods: The sample comprised 40…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Early Adolescents, Psychomotor Skills
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Gavigan, Nathan; Belton, Sarahjane; Meegan, Sarah; Issartel, Johann – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Many Irish children are failing to meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity. Research shows that children are failing to develop the necessary physical literacy skills to reverse this trend. Early childhood has been identified as a critical period to intervene, with the school environment identified as a key environment to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Intervention, Elementary School Students
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Mezzoni, Rachel; Kozub, Francis M. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
Sensory obstacle courses provide lesson ideas for teachers targeting objectives in both cognitive and psychomotor domains. Specific cognitive learning includes the movement concepts needed to navigate obstacles set up in the gymnasium aimed at developing athletic motor skills competences needed for sports. Sensory courses include using stations…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Sensory Experience, Psychomotor Skills
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Kiliç, Zeynep; Yorulmaz, Alper – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2023
The aim of the study is to determine the movement skills, geometry and spatial perceptions of five-year-old children. The study group consisted of 222 children, 110 girls and 112 boys, who received preschool education in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year in Istanbul, Türkiye. The correlational survey model, one of the quantitative…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Geometry, Spatial Ability
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Quintas, Alejandro; Bustamante, Juan-Carlos – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Exergames are a new socio-technological phenomenon consisting of digital motor games that aim to stimulate players' motor skills. The physical-motor component of exergames has been well studied, but knowing more about their possible psychological effects in the school context is interesting to promote physical exercise practice.…
Descriptors: Gamification, Educational Games, Video Games, Psychomotor Skills
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Pérez-Gutiérrez, Mikel; Castanedo-Alonso, José Manuel; Cobo-Corrales, Carlos – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Surfing has a great educational potential. This paper shows Physical Education (PE) teachers how to introduce surfing in their lessons although they are far from the coast and the waves. Our intention is to show its implementation through several stages that will progressively bring students closer to practicing surfing. For that purpose, we…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Program Implementation
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Pill, Shane; Penney, Dawn; Williams, John; Cruickshank, Vaughan; Hyndman, Brendon – Quest, 2023
This paper overviews the influence of Daryl Siedentop on Australian physical education research. The Sport Education in Physical Education Project (SEPEP) project provides the backdrop to explore the re-contextualization and development of the sport-based physical education in Australia. The SEM emphasizing developing movement competency as one of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Educational Research, Athletics
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