TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of a developmentally appropriate music and movement program on motor performance
AU - Zachopoulou, Evridiki
AU - Tsapakidou, Aggeliki
AU - Derri, Vassiliki
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Basic motor skills development is achieved through the implementation of different types of physical education programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate and to compare the effect of a developmentally appropriate music and movement program and of a developmentally appropriate physical education program on the development of jumping and dynamic balance in children ages 4-6 years. Ninety children, 42 girls and 48 boys, participated. Fifty of them were in an experimental group and followed the music and movement program, which lasted 2 months. The rest served as the control group and followed the physical education program, for the same period of time. Children's level in jumping and dynamic balance was assessed with the MOT 4-6 [Zimmer, R. & Volkamer, M. (1987). Motoriktest fuer vier-bis sechsjaehrige kinder. Manual, Belz: Weinheim]. Data were analyzed with the multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that the experimental group improved significantly in both jumping and dynamic balance. It can be concluded that a developmentally appropriate music and movement program can ositively affect jumping and dynamic balance of preschool children.
AB - Basic motor skills development is achieved through the implementation of different types of physical education programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate and to compare the effect of a developmentally appropriate music and movement program and of a developmentally appropriate physical education program on the development of jumping and dynamic balance in children ages 4-6 years. Ninety children, 42 girls and 48 boys, participated. Fifty of them were in an experimental group and followed the music and movement program, which lasted 2 months. The rest served as the control group and followed the physical education program, for the same period of time. Children's level in jumping and dynamic balance was assessed with the MOT 4-6 [Zimmer, R. & Volkamer, M. (1987). Motoriktest fuer vier-bis sechsjaehrige kinder. Manual, Belz: Weinheim]. Data were analyzed with the multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that the experimental group improved significantly in both jumping and dynamic balance. It can be concluded that a developmentally appropriate music and movement program can ositively affect jumping and dynamic balance of preschool children.
KW - Developmentally appropriate practices
KW - Dynamic balance
KW - Jumping
KW - Music and movement program
KW - Preschool children
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2004.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2004.10.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:10644290066
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 19
SP - 631
EP - 642
JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
JF - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -