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Relationship between Learning and Psychomotor Skills in Early Childhood Education

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  • José Manuel Alonso-Vargas

    (Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez

    (Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Pilar Puertas-Molero

    (Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Federico Salvador-Pérez

    (Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), 26006 La Rioja, Spain)

  • José Luis Ubago-Jiménez

    (Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

Abstract

Psychomotor skills are, among others, an aspect particularly valuable for structuring the teaching–learning process of infant schoolchildren. For this reason, a study was carried out with the aim of describing and comparing the socio-demographic, psychomotor, and learning levels of schoolchildren in the second stage of infant education. Ninety-five pupils from the second cycle of infant education in the capital of Granada took part in this study. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the movement assessment battery for children-2 (MABC-2), and the preschool learning behaviour scale (PLBS) were used to collect data. The main results show that manual dexterity appears as the main motor factor and similar figures in the three dimensions of learning behaviours. On the other hand, balance and learning behaviours were higher in 6-year-old schoolchildren. In terms of gender, girls obtained higher values for the level of the learning behaviour variables. A positive correlation was found between the dimensions of learning and motor activity.

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  • José Manuel Alonso-Vargas & Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez & Pilar Puertas-Molero & Federico Salvador-Pérez & José Luis Ubago-Jiménez, 2022. "Relationship between Learning and Psychomotor Skills in Early Childhood Education," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:24:p:16835-:d:1004040
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    1. Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez & Ramón Romance & Juan Carlos Dobado-Castañeda, 2021. "Teaching Methodologies and School Organization in Early Childhood Education and Its Association with Physical Activity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-25, April.
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