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The necessity of a reduced version of the psychomotor battery to screen for learning difficulties in preschool children

dc.contributor.authorFlores, Pedro Miguel
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorLeal, Anna Kosmider
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Rui Brito
dc.contributor.authorBranquinho, Luís
dc.contributor.authorFerraz, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorForte, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T14:29:39Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T14:29:39Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractPsychomotor development is important for effective learning. Therefore, psychomotor observation is essential beginning in preschool education; however, observational instruments require practice, experience and time-consuming procedures. Psychomotor Battery (PBM) is useful to observe children’s psychomotor profile but needs 30 to 40 min per child to be applied. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to justify the need of a reduced version of the PBM to enable more frequent psychomotor observations at this level of education. A total of 70 preschool students with typical development were observed over 4 months in a school context, among which 31 were males and 39 were females (4- and 5-year-old). PBM is composed by seven psychomotor factors (PMF) distributed across three neuropsychological functional units. The total average of points for psychomotor observations was obtained using multiple linear regression (MLR) with a Stepwise method. For associations, Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) was used. The results of this study showed that it is possible to reduce the average time of psychomotor observation by 43.7% (13 min and 31 s), maintaining a very strong association with the total average of points obtained. This reduction in observation time may contribute to the increase in psychomotor observations of preschool children using PMB.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research is supported by Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro and by national funding through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project UID04045/2020.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFlores, Pedro; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Leal, Anna Kosmider; Ribeiro, Joana; Monteiro, A.M.; Fonseca, Rui Brito; Branquinho, Luís; Ferraz, R.; Forte, Pedro (2022). The necessity of a reduced version of the psychomotor battery to screen for learning difficulties in preschool children. Sustainability. eISSN 2071-1050. 14:12, p. 1-12pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14127263pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/25906
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationUID04045/2020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPsychomotor developmentpt_PT
dc.subjectPsychomotor observationpt_PT
dc.subjectPsychomotor deficitpt_PT
dc.subjectSchoolpt_PT
dc.titleThe necessity of a reduced version of the psychomotor battery to screen for learning difficulties in preschool childrenpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage12pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue14pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainabilitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
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person.givenNameJosé Eduardo
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