A motor-skills programme to enhance visual motor integration of selected pre-school learners

Pre-schoolers are in a window period for motor skill development. Visual-motor integration (VMI) is the foundation for academic and sport skills. Therefore, it must develop before formal schooling. This study attempted to improve VMI skills. VMI skills were measured with the Beery-Buktenica developm...

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Published in:Early child development and care 2017-12, Vol.187 (12), p.1960-1970
Main Authors: Africa, Eileen K., van Deventer, Karel J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative Analysis
Foreign Countries
gross motor skills
Intervention
intervention programme
Motor ability
Motor development
Perceptual Motor Coordination
Preschool Children
Pretests Posttests
Psychomotor Skills
Quasiexperimental Design
Randomized Controlled Trials
Skill Development
Skills
Socio-economic status
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic Status
Statistical Analysis
Visual Perception
VMI
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Summary:Pre-schoolers are in a window period for motor skill development. Visual-motor integration (VMI) is the foundation for academic and sport skills. Therefore, it must develop before formal schooling. This study attempted to improve VMI skills. VMI skills were measured with the Beery-Buktenica developmental test of visual-motor integration 6th edition, and gross motor skills with the Test of gross motor development 2nd edition. One high and one low socio-economic school was conveniently selected. Seventy-seven children were tested, 23 scored below average VMI scores, and became the sample from which an experimental (n = 12) and a control group (n = 11) were randomly selected. The experimental group participated in a 14-week intervention of two 45 min sessions per week. Participants from the low socio-economic school showed significantly lower VMI skills (p = .0013). More research is needed to fully determine the potential of gross motor programmes in improving VMI.
ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2016.1201478