An assessment instrument for use by non-physical educators in screening the performance of selected gross motor skills by kindergarten children was developed. Selected locomotor, manipulative, and stability skills were assessed from both a product and pattern perspective. / A sample of 655 kindergarten students were screened with the Central Florida Gross Motor Screening Inventory (CFGMSI). A subsample of 90 subjects were assessed and reassessed by the same personnel for the purpose of obtaining test-retest reliability data. A separate subsample of 90 subjects were assessed by two independent personnel teams simultaneously to obtain inter-rater reliability data. / The degree of skewness for the test scores indicated that the subjects performed better on the selected locomotor and stability tasks than expected. The subjects' performance was less skilled than expected for the manipulative tasks. The product and pattern aspects of performance for the selected locomotor, manipulative, and stability tasks were determined to be independent of each other. / The CFGMSI was found to possess statistically significant internal consistency under all testing conditions which is indicative of total test reliability. The proportion of agreement computations for the test-retest comparisons all reached sufficient levels to assure practical meaningfulness. However, the obtained coefficients of agreement and correlations from the test-retest comparisons failed to achieve statistical significance. The proportion of agreement computations for the inter-rater comparisons also assured practical meaningfulness. Additionally, the inter-rater data indicated statistically acceptable levels of test objectivity for all facets of the CFGMSI except the pattern aspects of both the locomotor subtest and the catch component of the manipulative subtest. Since the inter-rater comparisons were so robust it was postulated that the lack of statistical significance for the test-retest comparisons was a result of the naturally occurring developmental variability of kindergarten aged children. / The results of this study indicated that the CFGMSI is a valid and reliable instrument for use with kindergarten children which can be administered to large numbers of children by non-physical educators. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0118. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75717 |
| Contributors | COZZALIO, ELIZABETH RATH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 174 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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