Comparison of Gross Motor Development of 3-7 Years Old Children in Different Geographical Regions

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine whether gross motor development of 3-7 years old children differed according to their geographical regions. 131 children from the Mediterranean Region, 149 children from the Southeastern Anatolia Region, 214 children from the Marmara Region, 107 children from the Aegean Region, 114 children from the Black Sea Region, 161 children from the Central Anatolia Region, 115 from the Eastern Anatolia Region children were included in the study. Of the children participating in the study, 475 were girls and 516 were boys. In order to collect data, Test of Gross Motor Development-Second Edition (TGMD-2) was used. Kruskal Wallis H test was used to compare locomotor, object control and gross motor total test scores of the three, four, five, six and seven age groups children according to the geographic regions. The results of the analysis showed that locomotor subtest scores of children aged 5 and 7 years were differentiated according to their geographical regions. Mann Whitney U test was used to determine the difference between the two groups. As a result of the paired comparisons, locomotor subtest scores of children in five age group living in Black Sea Region were found to be significantly lower than locomotor subtest scores of children living in Southeast Anatolia, Marmara and Central Anatolia Regions. The locomotor subtest scores of the children seven age in the Black Sea Region were significantly higher than the locomotor subtest scores of children living in Southeast Anatolia and Eastern Anatolia Regions. In addition, it was determined that gross motor total test scores of the children of seven age groups differed according to the geographical region. As a result, gross motor total test scores of children in seven age group living in the Black Sea Region were found to be significantly higher than the gross motor total test scores of children living in Eastern Anatolia.

The relationship between motor function and visual perception in school-aged children with neurodevelopmental disorders

“…The findings indicated statistically significant correlations between Movement ABC-2 total score and the three categories of the DTVP-2. Consistent with the results of Tepeli's (2014) [3] research, the hypothesis of a relationship between the two domains was strengthened, demonstrating that high or low performance on the total score and performance on the individual categories of the visual perception tool was significantly correlated with high or low performance on the total score and individual categories of the motor function tool, respectively.…”

“…Visual perception and motor function skills enable the child to interact with the environment and seek new sensorymotor experiences (Bakke et al, 2019) [1]. Since body movements and visual perception are important factors in the learning process during childhood, a plethora of studies have focused on studying the connection between motor function and visual perception, highlighting the importance of their relationship during childhood and school age (Kurtz, 2006;Tepeli, 2014) [2] [3]. The research activity on this topic in relation to neurodevelopmental disorders is limited, though (Tsai, Wilson & Wu, 2008) [4].…”

Perbandingan Kemampuan Gerak Lokomotor Dan Manipulatif Berdasarkan Ketinggian Pada Anak Sekolah Dasar

“…Sejalan dengan pendapat dari (Bishop, 2014;Hamel & Pelphrey, 2009) agar dapat mencapai efisiensi gerakan dibutuhkan dukungan dari unsur kompetensi yang terdapat pada diri individu serta didukung dengan lingkungan tempat tinggal individu. Menurut (Tepeli̇, 2018) the geographic areas that differ in many characteristics will have different occasions for families and children, henceforth the physical activity that occured will certainly affect the development of motor skills. Dapat diartikan kawasan geografis yang berbeda dalam banyak karakteristik akan memiliki kesempatan berbeda untuk keluarga dan anak-anak, untuk selanjutnya aktivitas fisik yang terjadi tentunya akan mempengaruhi perkembangan keterampilan motoriknya.…”