The purpose of the study was to utilize product and process measures to compare the throwing, striking, and kicking proficiency of third and fifth grade students. A second purpose was to construct the process instruments to be used in the study. Sixty-eight students were randomly selected from the population of third and fifth graders at a local elementary school. An equal number of subjects were selected relative to grade and gender. Each subject participated in three separate assessment periods involving the motor skills of throwing, striking, and kicking. Subjects were assessed through the use of a product measure (i.e., accuracy) and a process measure (i.e., motor pattern rating) for each of the three skills. Product and process data were collected simultaneously by the investigator and an observer. Each assessment measure contained 10 trials. A two-way analysis of variance technique was utilized to analyze product motor proficiency differences between grades and gender for each skill, and to determine grade and gender differences from the process measure data collected on each skill. In addition, separate Pearson product-moment correlations were used to determine the relationship between the product and process measure data collected.. / The results indicated that significant between subject main effect differences did exist between grade and gender on the product measures of throwing, striking, and kicking and the process measures of throwing, striking, and kicking. All within subject analyses revealed no significant differences, which supported that subjects performed reliably across trials for the product and process measures. Separate Pearson product-moment correlations between the product and process measure data revealed significant positive relationships for the male third graders on throwing, the female third and fifth graders on striking, and the male third and fifth graders on kicking. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2797. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75380 |
| Contributors | GRIFFIN, MICHAEL ROBERT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 168 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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