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Expert recommendations for the design of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool for children aged 4-7 years: a Delphi study

Van Rossum, T; Foweather, L; Hayes, S; Richardson, D; Morley, D; (2021) Expert recommendations for the design of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool for children aged 4-7 years: a Delphi study. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science , 25 (4) pp. 283-293. 10.1080/1091367X.2021.1876070. Green open access

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to establish the content of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool (MAT) for children aged 4–7 years. A three-round Delphi poll with an international panel of forty-six academics and practitioners was conducted. Consensus was reached on a selection and number of fundamental movement skills to be assessed with four stability (one foot balance, walk forwards along a line, front support, and sideways roll), five object control (two handed catch, underarm throw, overarm throw, kicking a ball, dribbling a ball with hands), and five locomotor (run, hop, horizontal jump, side-stepping, and skipping). A developmental stage approach and process-oriented scoring were deemed most suitable. These findings present the requisite elements to develop a teacher-oriented MAT for children aged 4–7 years. This framework would provide teachers the opportunity to effectively assess children’s FMS and subsequently intervene to improve movement competence.

Type: Article
Title: Expert recommendations for the design of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool for children aged 4-7 years: a Delphi study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2021.1876070
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2021.1876070
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Keywords: Physical Education, fundamental movement skills, measurement, primary teachers, consensus
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10123278
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