Abstrakt Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med kunskap om lärares uppfattning och förståelse om och för handskriftens betydelse för elevers finmotoriska utveckling i svenskundervisningen i årskurs 1 – 4.  Detta för att belysa vikten av att fortsätta använda handskriften i skrivinlärningen. I denna studie har en kvalitativ metod använts vid intervjuer av respondenterna. Studiens teori baseras på det sociokulturella perspektivet och pragmatismen. En fenomenografisk forskningsansats har använts i studiens bearbetning, tolkning och analys av den insamlade datan. Resultatet har diskuterats mot bakgrund och tidigare forskning samt utifrån det sociokulturella perspektivet och pragmatismens syn på lärande. Resultatet visar att oavsett vilken metod lärare väljer att använda, handskrift eller tangentsinlärning, behöver eleverna olika övningar för att träna handen och finmotoriken, eftersom eleverna behöver kunna forma bokstäverna för att kunna skriva enkla texter med en läslig handstil. I resultatet framkommer det även att några lärare använder en form av ASL-metod i sin undervisning och är eniga om att handskriften behöver användas parallellt med tangentbordet. / Abstract The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge about teachers´perception and understanding about the significance of the use of handwriting for the development of students' fine motor skills in the Swedish language classroom, in primary school during years 1 – 4. This is to highlight the importance of the continued use of handwriting when learning to write. In this study, a qualitative method was used in the interviews with the respondents. The study's theory is based on the sociocultural perspective and pragmatism. A phenomenographical research approach has been used in the processing, interpretation and analysis of the collected data. The results have been discussed in the context of previous research and based on socio-cultural and pragmatism's views on learning. The results show that regardless of which method teachers choose to use, handwriting or typing, students need complementary exercises to train the hand and the fine motor skills, as students need to be able to shape the letters to be able to write simple texts in a readable handwriting. The results also show that some teachers use some form of iWTR method in their teaching and they agree that handwriting needs to be used in parallel with a keyboard.

Neurophysiologische Studien belegen, dass körperliche Aktivität kognitive Entwicklungsgänge auf neuronaler Ebene anregt (Hollmann, Strüder & Tagarkanis, 2005; Kramer et al., 2005; Hillman et al. 2009). Die Übertragbarkeit dieser Erkenntnisse auf Anwendungsfelder ist jedoch noch nicht ausreichend gesichert (Etnier et al., 2006; Tomporowski, 2008). Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob sich Zusammenhänge zwischen den motorischen und kognitiven Fähigkeiten und körperlicher Aktivität bei Kindern nachweisen lassen und ob Motorik, Kognition und körperliche Aktivität durch eine in den Schulalltag integrierte Bewegungsintervention gefördert werden können. Die quasiexperimentelle Feldstudie im Pre-Posttestdesign mit Interventions- und Kontrollgruppe fand über sechs Monate an vier Osnabrücker Grundschulen statt (N = 242). Die Interventionsgruppe erhielt eine schulintegrierte Bewegungsintervention. Die motorische Leistungsfähigkeit wurde mit der Kurzform des Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2-sf) von Bruininks und Bruininks (2005), dem 6-Minuten-Ausdauerlauf (Bös & Mechling, 1983) und dem Sit and Reach-Test (Wells & Dillon, 1952) erhoben. Zur Erfassung der kognitiven Fähigkeiten verbale, nonverbale Intelligenz, Aufmerksamkeitsleistung und Lernbereitschaft kamen drei Untertests der „Basisdiagnostik umschriebener Entwicklungsstörungen im Grundschulalter“ (BUEGA, Esser, Wyschkon & Ballaschk, 2008) und die Lehrereinschätzliste für Sozial- und Lernverhalten (LSL) von Petermann und Petermann (2006) zum Einsatz. Die körperliche Aktivität wurde mit Schrittzählern OMRON HJ-720 IT (Walkling Style Pro) erfasst. Es zeigten sich generell positive signifikante aber kleine Zusammenhänge zwischen motorischen und kognitiven Leistungen (.16 < rp > .35). Zusammenhänge zwischen der körperlichen Aktivität und der Motorik und Kognition zeigten sich in Teilbereichen (Motorik: Oberkörperkoordination, Kraft, Ausdauer; Kognition: verbale Intelligenz, alle Items der Lernbereitschaft). Direkte Effekte der Intervention konnten in den motorischen Bereichen Oberkörperkoordination und Kraft nachgewiesen werden. Transfereffekte zeigten sich hinsichtlich der Selbständigkeit und Sorgfalt. Deskriptiv verbesserte sich auch die nonverbale sowie die verbale Intelligenz. Mit einem Mehr von über 20 % zurückgelegter Schritte und mehr als das Doppelte an Aerobic-Steps bei der Experimentalgruppe lassen sich die Effekte der Intervention auf die körperliche Aktivität ausdrücken.

Writing by hand is not that obvious in todays digitalized society, much of what we write and read is digitized. Today we communicate via SMS, email, and social media instead of sending letters and postcards. What do teachers think of handwriting still being a part of the curriculum? Will handwriting survive or is it on its way out?In this survey nine teachers in preschool to sixth grade have been interviewed to hear their opinions about the handwriting, if they think it is important to preserve it. How they motivate their children to write by hand even though the society is digitalized. If they feel that the educational material companies have adapted to the digital curriculum or if there still are good analogue materials available.The results show that the teachers think handwriting is important as there is a connection between brain and hand which is good for learning. The students also practice their fine motor skills when they are allowed to write by hand, which the teachers attach great importance to. / Att skriva för hand är inte lika självklart i dagens digitaliserade samhälle, mycket av det vi skriver och läser är digitalt. Vi kommunicerar idag via sms, mejl och sociala medier i stället för att skriva brev eller vykort. Vad tycker lärarna om att handskriften fortfarande är en del av skolans läroplan? Kommer handskriften att bestå eller är den på väg bort? I denna undersökning har nio lärare i årskurserna förskoleklass till sexan intervjuats för att höra deras åsikter om handskriften, om de tycker att det är viktigt att bevara den. Hur de gör för att motivera sina elever att skriva för hand när vi lever i ett digitalt samhälle. Samt om de känner att läromedelsföretagen anpassat sig efter den digitala läroplanen eller om det fortfarande finns bra analogt material att tillgå.Resultatet visar att lärarna tycker att handskriften är viktig då det finns en koppling mellan hjärna och hand som är bra vid inlärning. Eleverna tränar också på finmotoriken när de får skriva för hand vilket lärarna lägger stor vikt vid.

Introduction: Persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience changes cortically, subcortically and behaviorally. This dissertation examines the asymmetry of motor behavior to explore the role of asymmetry in persons with PD and its connection to clinical symptoms. Purpose: Project 1: To assess the hand asymmetry difference in young adults versus older adults. Project 2: To investigate the difference in hand asymmetry in older adults and persons with PD. Project 3: To explore the correlation between function and clinical symptoms of persons with PD. Methods: 55 right-handed participants [Young Adults (YA) = 20, Female = 10; Older Adults (OA) = 20, Female = 10; Persons with PD = 15, Female = 5] were recruited and performed motor tasks: Purdue Pegboard test, grip strength test, response task, thumb opposition task, tapping task, three variations of timed-up-and-go test (TUG), single leg stance task (SLS), Weight Distribution test and Limits of Stability test. The two-way ANOVA was conducted to examine a variance between YA and OA. A separate two-way ANOVA was conducted comparing variance between OA and persons with PD. The purpose was to explore asymmetries, characterized by a significant difference between groups’ left and right sides. Pearson’s correlation was implemented to examine connection of clinical symptoms and motor behavior. Statistics: IBM SPSS 24 software was used. Two 2-way ANOVAs with the between group factor of group (Young vs. Older in Project 1; Older vs. PD in project 2), and within group factor of hand (Right vs. Left in Study 1 & Study 2) were used to examine if age (or PD) changes hand asymmetry. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to determine correlations between Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and motor tasks in PD patients (Study 3). Results: Project 1: Results indicate asymmetry reduces with age in fine motor tasks containing speed, dexterity and strength components. Project 2: The basal ganglia dysfunction does not overall further exacerbate the reduced asymmetry with age. Project 3: Clinical symptoms of PD measured by the UPDRS are generally not associated with fine motor tasks of this study.

Bibliographic Identification Name and surname of the author: Mgr. Jakub Holický Name of dissertation: The Psychomotor Development Children from Prague Schools and Orphanages Workplace: Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Didactics of Physical Education and Sports Supervisor of the work: prof. PhDr. Antonín Rychtecký, DrSc. Year of presentation: 2015 Abstract The results of the international studies showed significantly lower level in psychomotor development of children from orphanages in comparison to their peers from majority society. There is currently no study in Czech Republic. Therefore it is important to analyze children in Czech Republic in this field. Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the level of psychomotor development and anthropometric indicators of children in orphanages in Prague with their peers from majority society. Methods: This dissertation is a type of quantitative research. The dissertation has the character of empirical and theoretical work. This research used method of observation. The psychomotor development of children was tested with the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2), which contains 52 items, divided into 12 dimensions. The sample size consists of 449 probands, 224 boys and 225 girls from the Prague region. In orphanages were...

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Las habilidades motoras en los niños son pieza fundamental para su desarrollo integral. De allí que la motricidad fina acreciente la capacidad en la utilización de objetos, herramientas y utensilios en los seres humanos. Sin embargo, todavía es poco estimulada tanto por padres de familia y docentes. Por consiguiente, la presente investigación propone realizar talleres para medir y fortalecer la motricidad fina con material reciclable en niños de cinco años. La metodología que se utilizó es de tipo propositiva con un diseño no experimental. La muestra fue tomada en 20 niños de cinco años. Al aplicar el pre-test se obtuvieron resultados no muy favorables, ya que el 80% de los niños se encontraban en un nivel de inicio. Los talleres planteados buscan principalmente, fortalecer la motricidad fina en niños pequeños y a la vez incentivarles el cuidado del medio ambiente reutilizando materiales u objetos para darles un segundo uso. / Motor skills in children are a fundamental piece for their comprehensive development. Hence, fine motor skills increase the ability to use objects, tools and utensils in human beings. However, it is still under-stimulated by parents and teachers. Therefore, this research proposes to carry out workshops to measure and strengthen fine motor skills with recyclable material in five-year-old children. The methodology used is propositional with a non-experimental design. The sample was taken from 20 five-year-old children. When applying the pre-test, not very favorable results were obtained, since 80% of the children were at a beginning level. The proposed workshops mainly seek to strengthen fine motor skills in young children and at the same time encourage them to care for the environment by reusing materials or objects to give them a second use.

This Masters thesis focuses on issues of Specific Language Impairment - SLI of children of pre-school age. It monitors and evaluates development of their communication and motor skills during their time in kindergarten. The theoretical part focuses on defining basic terms which relate to communication and communication disorder with the emphasis on SLI. The psychomotor and communicational development of child from birth to entering school is described too. Also how this all affected creating the Framework Educational Programme for preschool education. The aim of the empirical part was to observe four children with SLI during their attendance at a pre-school for children with specific needs. Speech and psychomotor development of these children and its changes in connection to their teachers' intervention was observed. Part of the research included interviews with children's parents and those are also evaluated. The survey was done by the qualitative method. We get four case histories. At the end was evaluated the aims of the survey and answered questions asked and summarized the results of my investigation.

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of an eight-week fundamental motor skills program on the physical and cognitive development of Grade 1 learners. The Basic Motor Ability Test was used in the evaluation of the 39 learners that formed the experimental group as well as for the 29 learners in the control group. Two additional subtests were included, namely the 400m endurance run and a dynamic balance test. After the initial testing the experimental group participated in an eight-week skills program for 30 minutes a day, four days a week. The program included stability, locomotor and manipulation activities. Hereafter a retest was done. The control group only completes the test and retest and not the skills program. The data of the variables tested were coded in computer format and statistically evaluated. In the processing of the data, the raw datum (performance) was converted to percentile norms. In order to determine if a child had improved in a certain physiological parameter percentile norms are used. The t-test was used to determine if the skills program had a positive influence on the variables tested. Two different t-test were used: the t-test for independent groups and the t-test for paired groups. The experimental research revealed that the skills program did not have a significant influence on most of the tested variables. In some instances the experimental and control groups were not on the same level at the start of the research, which made it more difficult to compare the two groups. For some variables both the experimental and control groups improved which is an indication that the improvement cannot be ascribed to the skills program alone. The following two variables, sit-and-reach and co-ordination (hand-eye) did improve notably and it may be due to the influence of the skills program. In both instances the average performance of the experimental group improved while this improvement was not evident in the control group. The cognitive variables were assessed by a questionnaire administered by each learner’s teacher after the conclusion of the skills program. Only the experimental group was involved. The questionnaire consisted of six questions comprising both categorical and open responses. The cognitive variables that were assessed were the following: 1. venturesome ness; 2. attention and concentration; 3. self esteem; 4. socialization and ability to work in a group; 5. ability to plan; and 6. ability to finish his/her given task. The results indicated that more than half of the learners improved in all the cognitive variables. Socialization and the ability to work in a group improved in most of the learners. / Thesis (DPhil (Human Movement Science))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences / unrestricted