The present study extends previous research on motoric activity and imagery production to the text processing of Native American learning-disabled students and third-grade regular-education students. Two experiments were developed to test predictions derived from Glenberg's (1997) "indexical hypothesis". Experiment 1 was performed with learning-disabled Native American students listening to narrative passages under one of three randomly assigned listening strategies: free-study, visual, and manipulate. Experiment 2 was performed with regular-education Native American third graders reading similar passages under one of three randomly assigned reading strategies: reread, observed manipulation, and manipulation. With the learning-disabled students, statistically significant improvements in memory for story events, locations, objects, and actions were observed on cued- and free-recall outcomes when toys representing story characters and settings were present during encoding. Facilitative strategy transfer was not apparent when the toys were removed. With the third-grade students, similar benefits were found when the toys were present. In addition, students who had access to the toys during a training period performed significantly better on cued- and free-recall measures relative to reread students when the toys were no longer present.

ABTRACT Title: Influence of personality to cope with new motoric skills among beginning indoor skydivers. Objectives: The main objective of this work is to determine whether there is a link between the performance of the indoor skydiving for beginners and their personalities, eventually their level of anxiety before this sport. Methods: Literature search, the implementation of a questionnaire survey, observation, analysis and evaluation of data, graphical presentation of results. Results: Extraversion, openness to experience and situational anxiety - only these of observed factors have impact on the performance the indoor skydiving. Extraversion and openness to experience affect performance in direct proportion, to the contrary, situational anxiety affects it inversely proportional. Key words: Motoric learning, indoor skydiving, beginners, personality

Studien syftade till att undersöka hur pedagoger såg på sambandet mellan rörelse och elevers koncentrationsförmåga. Jag ville se hur pedagoger tillämpade rörelse, vilka effekter de tyckte sig se samt vad som motiverade dem till rörelse. Metod som använts var en enkätundersökning med 46 pedagoger. Resultatet visade att pedagogerna anser att det finns ett samband mellan rörelse och koncentrationsförmåga och som i sin tur gynnar inlärningsförmågan. / This is a study on teachers´reflections of motoric skills and the parallels they think that they make when it comes to students concentration. I also wanted to see what methods the teachers were using and what motivates them. It shows that the teachers´ could see positive effects on students concentration while training of motoric skills.

Denna uppsats behandlar en undersökning om tekniska hjälpmedel för funktionshindrade med nedsatt rörlighet. I dagens samhälle utvecklas tekniken i en mycket snabb takt, men tekniken ska vara tillgänglig för alla, inklusive personer med funktionshinder. Huvudsyftet med vår studie är att undersöka följande forskningsfråga: Vilka möjligheter finns det för motoriskt funktionshindrade ungdomar att ta del av den tekniska utvecklingen vad gäller interaktion med datorer? Intervjustudien som genomfördes visade att användarna använde pekskärmar och eye tracking, men också att de inte var helt nöjda med dessa verktyg som stöd. Vår genomförda litteraturstudie visar på att andra verktyg existerar, och även att dessa skulle kunna vara mer fördelaktiga för användarna. Aktuella forskningsstudier visar också att det finns riktlinjer som ska följas vid utvecklingen av tekniska verktyg till ungdomar med motoriska handikapp. / This essay deals with a study of technological aids for the physically disabled with reduced mobility. In today's society technology develops in a very fast pace, but the technology should be available to everyone including those with disabilities. The main aim of this study is to investigate the following research issue: Which are the opportunities for motoric disabled adolescents to take advantage of the technological developments in terms of interaction with computers? Our conducted interview study showed that the users were using touch pads and eye tracking. However, the study also showed that they were not fully satisfied with the aforementioned aid tools. Recent research studies discuss other existing aid tools, and that they could be more beneficial for the users. Furthermore, recent research results also show that there are guidelines to be followed when developing technical aid tools for adolescents with motoric disabilities.

Background: Dementia is a neurodegenerative syndrome that affects one’s ability to remember, think, make decisions, and live independently. It is predicted that over 150 million people will be affected by dementia by 2030. There is currently no cure for dementia, and the best course of action is early detection and the management of modifiable risk factors. Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is used to assess risk for developing dementia by taking into account two risk factors: slow gait speed and memory complaints. Its simplistic nature would allow for easy integration in clinical settings, rather than performing costly and arduous tests to predict dementia. Methods: The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was established in 1948 in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Offspring cohort was initiated in 1971 with the children of the original Framingham cohort. Omni I was initiated in 1994 to include participants of mixed races. We excluded participants with dementia and those unable to complete activities of daily living from our study sample, leaving a sample size of n=2,435. MCR was defined as self-reported memory complaint and slow gait-speed, using a cut-off of 0.879 m/s (the average of male and female mean gait speeds minus one standard deviation). The Harvard semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the Alternative Healthy Eating Index and its components. Accelerometer data was used to assess physical activity. Neuropsychological tests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Mini-Mental State Exam were used to assess cognition. Results: We reported an MCR prevalence of 7.3% (n=166) in our cohort of mostly older adults (>60 years). Participants with MCR were older (mean age 77.05 vs. 69.02 years in non-MCR) and more likely to be female (64.46% vs 54.91% in non-MCR). The presence of MCR was associated with depression (14.46% vs. 7.54%), lower scores on the Mini-Mental State Exam (28.27 vs. 28.81) and Alternative Healthy Eating Index (61.88 vs. 65.33), as well as higher sedentary time (15.50 vs. 14.18 hours per day) and fewer steps (3576 vs. 6227 steps per day), compared to those without MCR, even after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, and depression. Conclusion: People with MCR have distinct health characteristics, and different dietary and physical activity profiles compared to those without MCR. Additional studies characterizing those with MCR would allow for better detection of those who may be at the highest risk for dementia, which would lead to more patients receiving care to postpone the onset of dementia.

The subject of the thesis is the use of musical activities in the development of graphomotor skills of preschool children. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the problem of harmonization of music and movement at the level of gross and fine motor skills. It also deals with the issue of laterality and its distinctness. The practical part contains a detailed case study of a boy with a disadvantageous type of laterality and follows the development of his graphomotor skills during 15 lessons, the core of which are musical activities for the development of graphomotor skills of preschool children. I used multiple complementary research methods in the in-depth case study, which were participant observation, mother interview, open-ended questionnaire, family and personal history, and PPP report. The action research was conducted over a ten-month period, with the boys being 4 years and 3 months old at the start of the research. The practical part of the thesis analyses the action research data and evaluates the overall impact of specific musical activities in the development of preschool children's graphomotor skills.

The purpose of my research was to determine the level of motor skills and school readiness in preschool and primary school children. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part deals with development of motor skills, school maturity and characteristics of preschool and primary school period. Practical part includes the results of testing fine motor skills and rough motor ability using the assesment of the test of the school readiness. The results for children of different age were mutually compared and then compared with professional literature. Key words: Motor skills, motor development, school readiness

This thesis focuses on testing the motoric assumptions of junior category tennis players in certain sport games. The aim of this thesis is to compare the results of the motoric test regarding to three tennis players of various performance levels in chosen sport games. Thus define the substantive significance and specificity of each test towards tennis. The assumptions in the theoretical part are based on my Bachelor thesis. In said thesis I am dealing with the characteristics of tennis, the structure of sport performance, the factors which determine the sport efficiency in tennis and most importantly on physical condition. The theoretical part is also widened by newly acquired knowledge. In the result part, based on the comparison of the three tennis players of different performance levels, the substantive significance of the test in tennis was stated. Subsequently we present the results of our test subjects in selected sport games. Using the comparative analysis the differences of motoric assumptions in various sport games are stated. In conclusion the specificity of each test for tennis is evaluated. We confirmed the substantive significance for all the test besides the standing long jump test. The specificity was confirmed for hexagon, spider and the test of endurance suited for tennis. The...

The thesis is focused on spatial orientation and independent movement of visually impaired people. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the extent of straight direction deviations concerning visually impaired pupils of primary and lower secondary schools. After analysis of specialized literature a description of current educational system for visually impaired pupils in the Czech Republic follows in the theoretical part. Specific needs related to the field of education of this target group are mentioned. Functional limitation of the visual analyzer influences spatial orientation and independent movement of the visually impaired individual. Therefore the thesis deals with the above mentioned topic and characterises education of the subject called spatial orientation and independent movement. Troubles in the field of motoric movement occur in the group of visually impaired people. This is apparent especially in incorrect walking technique and in deviation from the required straight direction. The research part of the thesis analyses deviations from the straight direction of the visually impaired and intact pupils.

<p>Abstract</p><p>Dancing and the body`s ability to express itself has been an interest of mine for a long time. For that reason I would like to find out more on how you as a pedagogue can work with dancing as a way to develop motoric activity. The purpose of my research is to find out how pree-school-pedagogue`s and sportsteacher`s are working with dancing, and also how children in a pree-school class apprehends the idea of dancing before and after a dancelesson.</p><p>My question for this paper is:</p><p>How can dancetutoring in pree-school develop children`s motoric activity?</p><p>To find out the answer for this question I have also chosen to use relevant litterature within the subject. Since the examination covers only the answers from four pedagogue`s and six children I can not make a generell conclusion that covers all children or pree-schools. However can I show the benefits of using dancetutoring in pree-school to develop children`s motoric activity.</p><p>The result showed that children and pedagogues have the same apprehension about dance, and resembles this with a movement. The children`s answers are not as self-evident as the pedagogue`s but for me, they are of equal value for my examination. Some of the benefits with using dancing to develop motoric activity are, according to litterature and pedagogue`s: strengthened motor activity, coordination, flexibility, a developed movement pattern, consciousness of the body, increased knowledge of the body and self-esteem.</p><p>Keywords: dancing, motoric activity, movemnet & play.</p> / <p>Sammanfattning</p><p>Mitt intresse för dans och kroppens uttrycksmöjligheter har funnits en längre tid, och jag vill därför ta reda på mer om hur man som pedagog kan arbeta med dansen för att utveckla motoriken. Syftet med min undersökning är att ta reda på hur förskolepedagoger och idrottslärare arbetar med dans, samt hur barn i en förskoleklass uppfattar begreppet dans innan och efter en danslektion.</p><p>Min frågeställning inför undersökningen är:</p><p>Hur kan dansundervisning i förskolan påverka barns motoriska utveckling?</p><p>För att ta reda på svaret till dessa frågor har jag även valt att använda mig av relevant litteratur inom ämnet. Då undersökningen bara omfattar fyra pedagogers och sex barns svar så kan jag inte dra någon generell slutsats som omfattar alla barn eller förskolor. Däremot kan jag påvisa fördelarna med att använda sig av dansundervisning i förskolan för att utveckla motoriken hos barnen.</p><p>Resultatet visade att barn och pedagoger har samma uppfattning om vad dans är för någonting och liknar detta med rörelse. Barnens svar är inte lika självklara som pedagogernas men är ändå för mig, av lika stort värde i min undersökning. Några av fördelarna med att använda sig av dans för att utveckla motoriken är enligt litteratur och pedagoger: en stärkt motorik, koordination, smidighet, ett utvecklat rörelsemönster, kroppsmedvetenhet, ökad kroppsuppfattning och kroppskontroll samt självkänsla.</p><p>Nyckelord: dans, motorik, rörelse & lek.</p>