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Teaching Children Qualitative Analysis Of Fundamental Motor Skill, Guoli Liang

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a qualitative analysis instructional program on elementary school-aged children. More specifically, the study is designed to explore the possibility of teaching elementary school-aged children to observe and detect the errors of individuals performing manipulative motor skills at various skill levels. Can children of those ages (1) initially observe and detect errors, (2) improve their observation and detection after a training intervention, and (3) maintain any such gains?;The study involved a 2 (experimental group/control group) x 2 (third grade/fifth grade) x 3 (pretest/posttest/retention test) design. The participants involved in this …