Zahra Fathirezaie; Elham Khodadadeh; Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani
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Introduction: Research evidence indicates that the environment is an important factor in improving children's development. However, little research has been done in the rural children population regarding the effect of motor affordances on cognitive abilities. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate ...
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Introduction: Research evidence indicates that the environment is an important factor in improving children's development. However, little research has been done in the rural children population regarding the effect of motor affordances on cognitive abilities. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the developmental environment affordances of rural children and their executive functions enhancement.Methods: The present research was an ex-post facto correlational study, which was conducted as field research with applied research purposes. The statistical population of this study was 8 to 10-year-old primary school children (Mean age = 9.10) of East Azerbaijan province from which 93 children were selected through random cluster sampling method as the study samples to participate in the study. To measure the motor development affordances in the home environment, the AGMDQ-1, and to measure the executive functions, BRIEF test were used.Results: Based on the results of the multiple linear regression test, a positive significant relationship was observed between motor affordances and inhibition (P=0.042) and between motor affordances and initiation (P=0.008) in 8 to 10-year-old children. Also based on the results, no significant relationship was observed between motor development affordances including stimulants, home environment and active toys, and other components of executive functions (P>0.05).Conclusion: Based on the results of the present research, children's living environment is an important factor in predicting the components of their executive functions. Accordingly, it is suggested that to improve executive functions during childhood, children should be in richer environments (in terms of the presence of affordances such as active toys).
Sajjad Tarshizi Bargoei; Mehdi Shahbazi; Abuzar Darabi
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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of rich environment athome on the speed of acquisition progress in football dribbling skill of boys.The statistical population included children aged between 6 and 13 in district1, Tehran city. The present study was semi-experimental with pretestposttestdesign. ...
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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of rich environment athome on the speed of acquisition progress in football dribbling skill of boys.The statistical population included children aged between 6 and 13 in district1, Tehran city. The present study was semi-experimental with pretestposttestdesign. Based on the results of the distributed questionnaires, 30subjects were selected as the sample and were divided into two groups: richand non-rich. Firstly, both groups participated in football dribbling test as thepretest. Then, both rich and non-rich groups received training for 9 days andone session per day. At the end of each training session, both groupscompleted football dribbling test again. To compare the groups, the 2 × 9mixed analysis of covariance was used, and dependent t test was applied toexamine intragroup changes. Wilks Lambda index indicated that the effect ofenvironment on the speed of learning progress was significant(F(9&19)=3.27), P<0.014, correlation ratio=0.608). The rich group had ahigher speed of learning progress than the non-rich group. The comparisonof the training days of both groups showed that the rich group wassignificantly better than the non-rich group for all days except for day 4. Theresults of dependent t test showed a significant difference between pretestand day 9 in rich (P<0.001) and non-rich (P<0.001) groups. Overall, theseresults show that enriched home environment significantly improves thespeed of learning progress.
