Original scientific paper
The Analysis of The Differences Between 4- and 6-Year-Old Children’s Motor Efficiency After Six Months of Systematically Organised Physical Activity
Jera Gregorc
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Alenka Humar
orcid.org/0000-0003-1987-9820
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The aim of the research was to establish whether organised physical activity (OPA)have the same effect on the physical efficiency for4- and 6-year-old children. A total of149 intentionally selected children (39 4-and 1106-year-olds) were enrolled in research during the year 2016-2017. The children were divided into control group (no additional OPA) and experimental group (attend additional OPA). MOT 4–6 test was used for measuring physical efficiency. Children were tested twice (before and after six months). The results indicated that all children showed progress within six months, regardless of their age or type of OPA. The physical efficiency progress in4-year-old children was statistically significantly higher than in 6-year-old children. No statistically significant differences were identified among 4-year-old children, who participated in additional OPA, and those who did not. Yet, in6-year-old children there were statistically significant differences in progress between the control group and the experimental group. According to our results, organised physical activity makes more sense for 6-year-old children than for 4-year-old children. The results also show that 6-year-old children should attend OPA twice a week, regardless of the type.
Keywords
motor development; organised physical activities; preschool children
Hrčak ID:
230620
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2019.
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