Kinesiology, Vol. 39. No. 1., 2007.
Original scientific paper
Morphological characteristics and motor abilities of boys following different secondary-school programmes
Marjeta Kovač
Bojan Leskošek
Janko Strel
Abstract
Measurement data relating to three morphological characteristics and eight motor abilities were analysed; the sample of measured subjects included 18,374 secondary-school students who in the 2004/2005 academic year followed three different types of educational programmes: grammar school, professional/technical and vocational. The data were collected within a framework of annual measurements for the data collection Sports Education Chart, which is compulsory for all Slovenian schools. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to calculate the differences between the groups of students, defined by the type of programme and age of the measured subjects. For the entire set of variables the test was characteristic for both main factors (programme, age), although there was no significant interaction between the two of them. The factor programme is nearly twice as important as the factor age in explaining the entire set of dependent variables. Univariate tests showed similar results as the entire model and both main factors (programme, age) are highly significant, however, their interaction is not significant. The factor age better explains the differences between the morphological variables, whereas the factor programme better explains the difference between the motor variables. Together, these two factors explain the largest proportion of variance (7% to 9%) for the tests sit-ups, hand tapping and standing broad jump. It can be assumed that the differences seen in the morphological and motor status are the result of interpersonal factors as well as social factors and the effects of environmental factors. Secondary-school students from different educational programmes come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, which is reflected in the quality of nutrition, along with the frequency and type of free-time sports activities. Presumably, the differences are also a result of a smaller number of physical education classes in the curriculum of vocational schools.
Keywords
secondary school; educational programmes; boys; morphological characteristics; motor abilities
Hrčak ID:
15889
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2007.
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