Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Scientific Journal

The Comparison of Motor Development in 3-6-Year-Old Children from Ahvaz with Denver Developmental Screening Test II

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

Hajar Jahadian Sarvestani
Parvaneh Shafienia
Mahdi Zarghami

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2013.32139
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.

Keywords

Gross Movements
Fine Movements
Child
Delay in Motor Skill
Fundamental Skill
Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 5, 3 (13) - Serial Number 3
Autumn 2013
Pages 135-149

  • Receive Date 15 August 2012
  • Revise Date 06 August 2013
  • Accept Date 28 September 2012

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