The predictive study of daily activities for the motor development of preschool children

• Main Authors: WU, SHANG-SHU, 吳尚書
• Other Authors: CHIANG, YUAN-CHUAN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12919217292088478852

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士班 === 99 === The purpose of this study was understand the relationship among the preschool children’s demographic information (such as gender and age), physical activity level, and motor development which included the gross and the fine motor. According to the dynamical systems theory, the motor development was not only affected by the preschool children’s gender and age, but also by the other multidimensional system, such as physical activity. The literature indicated that the motor development was related to the physical activity, but they had uncertainty relationship. This study recruited 44 4-to 6-year-old preschool children (24 boys and 20 girls) who came from four different cities. Thereafter, the study investigated their physical activity levels and motor performance. There are some important findings. First of all, physical activity Level of hold week had significant predictive power on motor development. And specific level of physical activity on motor development also had significant predictive power. In the hierarchical regression analysis, this study found the two effective predictors of motor development which were gender and age. Moreover, the two effective predictors of the gross motor development were age and the moderate physical activity level. In addition, the two effective predictors of the fine motor development were gender and age. Besides, the best predicting factors for the motor development which included the gross and the fine motor development was age.