The Impact of Gymnastics on Children's Physical Self-Concept and Movement Skill Development in Primary Schools
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Barnett, LM
Farrow, D
Berry, J
Borkoles, E
Polman, Remco
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week gymnastics curriculum on children’s movement competence and their physical self-concept. There were 113 children (46% girls, 49% intervention) with a mean age of 9.4 years (SD = 1.8) that participated. Intervention children underwent 8 weeks of gymnastics and the comparison group continued with their standard curriculum. Age was a significant co-variate, a separate analysis was conducted on the lower (grades 2 and 4) and upper (grade 6) groups. The lower age group showed significant improvement in favor of the gymnastic group in fundamental movement skills. The upper age group showed a significant improvement for the control group in general body coordination and fundamental movement skills. For all grades, the physical self-concept showed a significant main effect in favor of the gymnastics group. The gymnastics intervention was found to be of particular benefit for developing children’s movement competence and physical self-concept in younger children.
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Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
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21
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2
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Rudd, JR; Barnett, LM; Farrow, D; Berry, J; Borkoles, E; Polman, R, The Impact of Gymnastics on Children's Physical Self-Concept and Movement Skill Development in Primary Schools, Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science , 2017, 21 (2), pp. 92-100