Influence of movement activities on shape recognition and retention. Academic Article

abstract

• Three groups of 4-yr.-old children were asked to complete a form perception assessment instrument prior to, 1 hr. after, and 1 wk. following a treatment. Group 1 participated in a movement-based form perception program, while Group 2 was instructed using a traditional classroom method. A third group which acted as control participated in unrelated movement activities. A repeated-measures analysis of variance gave a main effect of tests and an interaction of groups X tests. Group 2 displayed significantly higher performance on the posttest than Group 1; however, after 7 wk. the performance of Group 2 had decreased to a level below that of Groups 1 and 3, which remained stable.

authors

• Gabbard, Carl
• Shea, Charles

published proceedings

• Percept Mot Skills

author list (cited authors)

• Gabbard, C. P., & Shea, C. H.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Gabbard, CP||Shea, CH

publication date

• February 1979

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS  Journal

keywords

• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Form Perception
• Humans
• Male
• Memory
• Mental Recall
• Motor Activity
• Retention, Psychology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2466/pms.1979.48.1.116

start page

• 116

end page

• 118

volume

• 48

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1979.48.1.116