Kinesiology, Vol. 33 No. 1, 2001.
Original scientific paper
A comparative analysis of the relations between the motor dimensions and cognitive ability of pre-school girls and boys
Jurij Planinšec
; Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract
The main aim of the study was to establish the relations between the motor and cognitive abilities of boys and girls aged 5.5 and explain any possible differences between the genders. The sample of children tested consisted of 189 girls and 203 boys. The assessment of the cognitive abilities was carried out using the RAZKOLtest (Praper, 1981). The children were given 28 tests to measure their motor abilities (Rajtmajer and Proje, 1990). The results show that the coefficient of the multiple correlation attains relatively low values, with the value of the coefficient for the boys being a little higher than that for the girls. In both genders the motor factors that show the strongest connection with the cognitive variable are those which have the characteristics of coordinated movement and the speed of movement. In addition to these, in boys it was also the factor of balance that had a significant correlation with the cognitive variable, while in girls this was the factor of explosive power.
Keywords
motor abilities, cognitive abilities, relation, pre-school children
Hrčak ID:
257031
URI
Publication date:
4.5.2001.
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