Embodied Processes between Maths and Gross-motor Skills

Río, Laura Sombra del; Damiani, Paola; Filippo, Gomez Paloma

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.1116

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“…Previous studies demonstrated the significant positive relationships between the participation in PE program with educational balls and children's academic performances in reading and writing [39,42] and math skills [32]. On the other hand, there is strong evidence suggesting a relationship between students' motor and cognitive developments and highlighting that, the better children's motor performances, the better their educational outcomes [11,[48][49][50][51][52]. Further research is needed, as in this study, we focused only on children's motor performances.…”

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BRAINballs Program Improves the Gross Motor Skills of Primary School Pupils in Vietnam

Pham

Wawrzyniak

Cichy

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the BRAINballs program on second graders’ gross motor skills in a primary school in Vietnam. A total of 55 students (23 boys and 32 girls) aged seven years participated in the study. The research used the method of a pedagogical experiment and parallel group technique (experimental and control group) with pre- and post-testing. The study was conducted in the school year 2019/2020. The gross motor skills performance was assessed by the Test of Gross Motor Development—2nd Edition. The BRAINballs program was conducted twice a week and combined physical activity with subject-related contents by means of a set of 100 balls with painted letters, numbers, and signs. The results showed that the experimental and control groups improved their motor skills after one school year (p < 0.001). However, the analysis of covariance demonstrated that students from the experimental group, compared to students from the control group, showed significantly better scores in both subtests: locomotor (p = 0.0000) and object control skills (p = 0.0000). The findings of this study show that the BRAINballs program had a positive effect on children’s motor performances and may help to better understand the development of basic motor skills of seven-year-old students in Vietnam.

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