scholarly journals Fundamental Movement Skills and Their Assessment in Primary Schools from the Perspective of Teachers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Lucy Eddy ◽  
Liam J.B. Hill ◽  
Mark Mon-Williams ◽  
Nick Preston ◽  
Andy Daly-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills

scholarly journals Fundamental Movement Skills and their Assessment in Primary Schools from the Perspective of Teachers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Hannah Eddy ◽  
Liam J.B. Hill ◽  
Mark Mon-Williams ◽  
Nick Preston ◽  
Andy Daly-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
School Based ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
Age Appropriate

Abstract Background Evidence suggests that significant numbers of school children fail to acquire age-appropriate fundamental movement skills (FMS), despite the importance of FMS in facilitating participation in physical activities. This has led to calls for an increase in routine screening of children’s FMS in school settings. However, there is limited research exploring teachers’ knowledge of FMS, and the capacity of schools to conduct such assessments. This project therefore aimed to explore primary school teachers’ knowledge of FMS, and investigated what factors might influence the acceptability of FMS assessments in primary schools. Methods Primary school staff working in roles that directly impact the learning of children were invited to take a brief (10–15 minutes) online questionnaire developed using the COM-B Behaviour Change Model. Results Primary school staff (n = 851) from 32 countries (UK: n = 746, 88%) completed the questionnaire. A majority reported that knowledge of their pupils’ FMS ability would be beneficial (65.3%), and 71.8% said they would assess FMS if appropriate support was provided. Identified barriers to school-based FMS assessments included: Capability – few (15%) possessed knowledge of FMS; Opportunity – teachers reported that 30–60 minutes would be acceptable for assessing the FMS of a whole class, a substantially shorter period than current assessments require; Motivation – 57.2% stated FMS assessments would increase workload stress and 48% of teachers would be influenced by their peers. Solutions to these issues are discussed using the COM-B theoretical framework. Conclusions Current FMS assessment tools are not acceptable, or feasible for use in schools. There is a need for existing measures to be modified, or new tools to be developed, underpinned by the considerations outlined in this paper, if FMS screening in schools is to become a reality.

scholarly journals Integrated Strength and Fundamental Movement Skill Training in Children: A Pilot Study

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Fay Grainger ◽  
Alison Innerd ◽  
Michael Graham ◽  
Matthew Wright
Keyword(s):  
Strength Training ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
P Value ◽  
Countermovement Jump ◽  
Minimum Threshold ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skill ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills

Competence in fundamental movement skills is essential to enable children to be physically active. We investigated the effect of an integrated fundamental movement skill with a strength training intervention on children’s fundamental movement skills. Seventy-two (53% female) 10- to 11-year-old children from three primary schools assented to take part in this study (87% compliance). Schools were randomly allocated to a control (no intervention; n = 21), fundamental movement skill (FMS) (n = 18) or FMS and strength (FMS+; n = 20) group. Interventions were delivered twice weekly for four weeks, in addition to normal physical education. FMS competence was measured through the Canadian agility and movement skills assessment (CAMSA) (product-process) and through countermovement jump (CMJ) and 40-m sprint tests (product). Improvements were observed in the CAMSA in both FMS (4.6, 95% confidence intervals 2.9 to 6.4 Arbitrary Units (AUs), second-generation p-value (pδ) = 0.03) and FMS+ (3.9, 2.1 to 5.3 AU, pδ = 0.28) with no difference beyond our minimum threshold of 3 AU observed between these intervention groups (pδ = 1). Clear improvements in CMJ were observed in FMS+ relative to the control (25, 18 to 32%, pδ = 0) and FMS groups (15, 6.1 to 24%, pδ = 0). These preliminary data suggest combined FMS and strength training warrants further investigation as a tool to develop fundamental movement skills in children.

Meaningful movement behaviour involves more than the learning of fundamental movement skills

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Niek Pot ◽  
Ivo van Hilvoorde ◽  
José Afonso ◽  
Jeroen Koekoek ◽  
Len Almond
Keyword(s):  
Movement Behaviour ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills

scholarly journals School-Time Movement Behaviors and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschoolers: An Isotemporal Reallocation Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 003151252110131
Author(s):  
Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins ◽  
Cain Craig Truman Clark ◽  
Rafael Miranda Tassitano ◽  
Anastácio Neco de Souza Filho ◽  
Anelise Reis Gaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
School Time ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
Time Movement

Little is known of how reallocations of time spent in different movement behaviors during preschool might relate to preschoolers’ fundamental movement skills (FMS), a key predictor of later physical activity (PA). Thus, the aim of this study was to examine (a) whether preschoolers’ school-time movement was associated with their FMS and (b) the effects on FMS of reallocating time between PA and sedentary behavior (SB). This was a cross-sectional study, using intervention data with Brazilian low-income preschoolers. We observed Brazilian preschoolers of both sexes ( Mage = 4.5, SD = 0.8 years-old; 101boys) over 10 hours of school-time and objectively assessed their PA and SB with Actigraph wGT3X and their FMS with the Test of Gross Motor Development – Second Edition. We explored the associations between school-time movement behaviors and FMS and between reallocated school-time movement behaviors and FES using compositional analysis in R (version 1.40-1), robCompositions (version 0.92-7), and lmtest (version 0.9-35) packages. This isotemporal reallocation showed that, for manipulative skills, reallocating time (5, 10, and 15 minutes, respectively) from light PA to SB was associated with increasing skill (0.14, 0.28, and 0.42 FMS units), raising questions as to whether fine motor activity occurred during SB. Thus, school-time movement significantly predicted FMS, with a modest increase in SB, at the expense of light PA eliciting improved manipulative skills.

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