Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
Authors
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Abstract
The aim of the current research was to compare motor development in 3–6-
year-old children from Ahvaz with Denver developmental screening test II. The
methodology of this research was descriptive – survey. The statistical population
consisted of children from Ahvaz and 1044 children aged between 3 and 6 were
selected from Ahvaz kindergartens by cluster random sampling method. Denver
developmental screening test II was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were
used to compute frequencies and percentile rank to set percentile points. The
finding showed that children from Ahvaz had a delay in all percentile points (25%,
50%, 70% and 90%) in gross movements with regard to Denver test. Also, they had
a delay in all percentile points (25%, 50%, 75% and 90%) in fine movements with
regard to Denver test.
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