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Aoyama, Sho; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of the present study was to clarify comprehensively how and to what extent inhibition, spatial working memory (WM), and auditory WM influence agility, balance, and dexterity of motor coordination and comprehensive physical ability in kindergarteners. Participants were 43 children between the ages of 4 and 5 years old. The children…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Inhibition
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Balali, Marzie; VaezMousavi, Mohammad; Ghasemi, Abdollah; Parvinpour, Shahab – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the predictions of challenge point theory (2004) by comparing challenging and non-challenging games groups in developing manipulative fundamental motor skills. Thirty children, aged 4-6 years, from one of the kindergartens of Tehran were divided into the groups. The games were similar in both groups; however,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Psychomotor Skills
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Hassani, Fahimeh; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Shahrbanian, Shahnaz – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have problems such as inactivity and the lack of communication need interventions that enable them to participate in society just like their peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate 'I can have physical literacy' programme (ICPL) on physical literacy (PL) in children with ASD. This study…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Psychomotor Skills