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VOL. 12, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Assessment of fundamental motor skills for moderate retarded and non-retarded children
Authors
Dr. S Sumathi, Dr. M Uma Kamalavathi
Abstract
The purpose of the study
was to evaluate the fundamental motor skills in children and young adult with
Moderate Mental Retardation (MR). The present study also assessed the
differences between boys and girls and among different age groups. The
objective of the study was to determine the seven loco motor skills such as walking,
running, jumping, throwing, kicking, agility and balance of moderate MR
children and young adult with different age groups. Participants were n=90
students (45 boys and 45 girls) with moderate MR aged from 9 to 15 years old.
The subjects attended special schools from St. Annes Convent and St. Bishop
Sargent School for Mentally Retarded Children, Tirunelveli. Subjects were
divided in three age groups (9-11, 12-13 & 14-15 years old). The Test of
Gross Motor Development (TGMD, Ulrich, 1985) [10] was used for the
assessment of the fundamental motor skills. The TGMD examines seven loco motor
skills. Descriptive statistics and the two- way factorial (2x3) Analysis of
variance (ANOVA) was used to evaluate the influence of the two categories of variables
on the dependent variables. If the obtained ‘F’ ratio for interaction was
significant, then the simple effect test was used to find out which of the mean
performance score for gender and age groups were significant. The individual
comparisons were made for the interpretations using the scheffes’s test. The
results indicated that there was a significant difference among age groups in
the performance of fundamental motor skills for children and young adult boys
and girls with moderate MR. Hence it is recommended that, adapted physical
educators should emphasize in a special designed adapted physical education
program towards the development of fundamental motor skills for the children
with moderate mental retardation.
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Pages:143-146
How to cite this article:
Dr. S Sumathi, Dr. M Uma Kamalavathi "Assessment of fundamental motor skills for moderate retarded and non-retarded children". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 12, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 143-146
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