EFFECT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY ON MOVEMENT CO-ORDINATION IN 4-6 YEAR OLD CHILDREN
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The aims of this research were to study and compare the effects of movement co-ordination before and after training with outdoor activities. The sample group consisted of 20 children aged 4-6 years, which were obtained from Jeerawat Nursery by simple random sampling. Tools used in the research were training sets with outdoor activities created by the researcher: 12 activities for 4 week training, 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children test (M-ABC2). The data analysis was conducted in terms of mean, standard deviation, and t-test independent group. The significance level was determined at .05.
The results were found that after training with outdoor activities for a period of four weeks, the average scores of muscle and nerve coordination increased. However, no significant difference was found at the level of .05. It was concluded that the training set with 12 outdoor activities for four-week training needed to be improved in order to suit the development of movement co-ordination in children aged 4-6 years.
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