dc.contributor.author |
Somiah, P.K |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-02-14T11:12:19Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-02-14T11:12:19Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2031 |
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dc.description |
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL
EDUCATION, RECREATION AND SPORTS, FACULTY OF SCIENCE
EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA, SUBMITTED
TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF
EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
OCTOBER, 2015 |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
Gross motor skills have been shown to influence motor development during
childhood stage. The purpose of this study is to assess the gross motor
development of kindergarten pupils at Akyemansa district in the Eastern Region,
Ghana. Experimental design of pretest-posttest non-equivalent groups’ method was
adopted. The sample consists of eighty participants between ages 4 to7years.The
participants were selected using simple random, purposive and stratified sampling
techniques. Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2; Ulrich, 2000) was
used as instrument for data collection. This yielded a reliability of 0.69 and 0.72
respectively. Four research questions were answered. Descriptive statistics of
means and standard deviation was used to analyze the data for demographic and
research questions.
The result showed that children within the kindergarten have established normal
development of fundamental motor skills especially in catching (M = 2.80, SD =
1.55). The males showed greater proficiency in the locomotor skills (M = 5.65, SD
= 3.03) whiles the females showed a greater proficiency in object control skills. (M
= 10.73, SD = 3.31). The findings showed that there was significant differences in
the gross motor skills of participants with locomotor skills (t = 17.93, df = 79, P <.
05) and object control skills (t = 24.76, df = 79, P <.05). It was revealed that the
object control skills shows a better mean value (M = 9.96) than the locomotor
skills (M = 5.40). Thus, was concluded that pupils gross motor skills have
developed to some extent, hence need attention. It was recommended that
intervention programme should be used by teachers to address the delayed skills.
Also school administrators and kindergarten coordinators in the various district
education directorates should monitor the pupils’ motor development on regular
basis to identify any developmental delays that might exist. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
University of Education,Winneba |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Gross motor development |
en_US |
dc.title |
An assessment of gross motor development of kindergarten pupils at Akyemansa District in the Eastern Region, Ghana |
en_US |
dc.type |
Thesis |
en_US |