Measurement of the Fine Motor Skills = 소근육 동작 기술의 측정

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the physical education settings, motor performance tests measure how well an individual performs defined motor tasks. The knowledge base and ability to accurately measure motor performance tests, therefore, could be necessary for physical educators to understand the individual or group variability on each test. The purpose of this study was to analyze individual variation in the performance of five fine motor tasks (e.g., ruler stop, pennies-in-a-box, card sort, bead string, and circle dot), and to evaluate whether the subjects' demographic factors, such as gender and sport participation, could influence the variation in the performance of five specific tasks. The participants involved in the experiment were a total of sixteen children who attended 5th or 6th grade Korean language programs for Korean families at Michigan State University. The tasks were based on materials contained in the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (1978), and were slightly modified in recording procedures, such as the trial times and time limits for tests. The test took place in four groups of four participants at a classroom for the program. The date was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and t-test, The results indicated that the children exhibited marked individual differences in each of the five tasks. Male children had significantly higher mean scores on the response speed task than female children. Also, children who have participated in sport activity did well in the response speed task and the sorting task.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• Ⅰ. Introduction
• Ⅱ. Methods
• Ⅲ. Results
• Ⅳ. Discussion
• Ⅴ. Conclusion
• References