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Sebastian P. Suggate; Viktoria Karle; Heidrun Stoeger – Child Development, 2025
Fine motor skills (FMS) have been intensely studied in developmental contexts, with little attention to their empirical structure and developmental changes. We tested the factor structure of FMS on 5- to 10 year old children in two cohorts from 2020 to 2023, beginning in kindergarten and grade 2 and followed up 1 year later (n = 240 and 310, 49.7%…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Piller, Aimee; Torrez, Elizabeth – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
Fine motor deficits are often correlated with poor handwriting which can impact a variety of academic-related tasks. Occupational therapists (OTs) frequently provide interventions for the remediation of handwriting difficulties. Evidence exists to provide information as to the most effective forms of interventions used by occupational therapists.…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
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Maskell, Bronwen; Shapiro, Deborah R.; Ridley, Christopher – Physical Educator, 2004
The purpose was to examine the effect of Brain Gym on learning the overhand throw among 42 first grade students. Participants from two intact classes were randomly assigned to an experimental or control condition. Students were tested before and after a 5-week intervention using the object control subtest from the Test of Gross Motor Development-2…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Physical Activities, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills