Development of a Checklist for Motor Coordination Problems in Preschool Children: Based on Assessment of a Child With Poor Handwriting Skills

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  • ITO Kanako
    Present affiliation: Hasuda Special Needs School, Saitama Prefecture Former affiliation: Graduation School of Education, Ibaraki University
  • SHOJI Hiroaki
    College of Education, Ibaraki University
  • TABARU Kei
    College of Education, Ibaraki University

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  • 年長児における協調運動困難への気づきを促すチェックリストの開発 ―運筆技能が未熟な幼児の実態をふまえて―
  • ネンチョウジ ニ オケル キョウチョウ ウンドウ コンナン エ ノ キズキ オ ウナガス チェックリスト ノ カイハツ : ウンピツ ギノウ ガ ミジュク ナ ヨウジ ノ ジッタイ オ フマエテ

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<p>The purpose of the present study was to develop and evaluate a checklist for motor coordination problems in preschool children. The parents of 96 preschool children rated 30 questionnaire items related to their children's motor skills and motivation on a 4-point scale. In addition, a Pre-Writing Test (PWT; Ozaki, 2018, in Japanese), which can be used to assess manual dexterity from handwriting performance, was completed by 27 of the preschool children who had been rated on the questionnaires by their parents. With factor analysis, 17 of the items were identified as being composed of 2 factors: gross motor and fine motor/coordination. Cronbach's α showed sufficient internal consistency in the total scale and the 2 subscales. A child with poor handwriting skills on the Pre-Writing Test was below the 5th percentile in the total score and fine motor/coordination score. Furthermore, when the trajectory of the child's pen movements during the line drawing task of the Pre-Writing Test was recorded by a digital pen, the child's drawing speed was significantly more rapid than the other children's. These results suggest that it may be possible to assess children with poor manual dexterity using this checklist.</p>

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