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Motor Competence between Children with and without Additional Learning Needs: A Cross-Sectional Population-Level Study
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Harriet G. Barker,
Emily Williams,
Nils Swindell,
Kelly Mackintosh ,
Richard P. O. Tyler ,
Lucy Griffiths ,
Lawrence Foweather ,
Gareth Stratton
Children, Volume: 10, Issue: 9, Start page: 1537
Swansea University Authors:
Amie Richards , Kelly Mackintosh , Richard P. O. Tyler , Lucy Griffiths , Gareth Stratton
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/children10091537
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine associations in motor competence between children with additional learning needs (ALN) and typically developing children. This cross-sectional study involved a nationally representative cohort of 4555 children (48.98% boys; 11.35 ± 0.65 years) from sixty-five sch...
| Published in: | Children |
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| ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
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MDPI AG
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64519 |
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The aim of this study was to examine associations in motor competence between children with additional learning needs (ALN) and typically developing children. This cross-sectional study involved a nationally representative cohort of 4555 children (48.98% boys; 11.35 ± 0.65 years) from sixty-five schools across Wales (UK). Demographic data were collected from schools, and children were assessed using the Dragon Challenge assessment of motor competence, which consists of nine tasks completed in a timed circuit. A multi-nominal multi-level model with random intercept was fitted to explore the proficiency between children with ALN and those without. In all nine motor competence tasks, typically developing children demonstrated higher levels of proficiency than their peers with ALN, with these associations evident after accounting for age, sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. This study highlights motor competence inequalities at a population level and emphasises the need for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to prioritise motor competence development, particularly for children with ALN. |
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Motor competence; children; youth; special educational needs; SEND; additional learning needs; ALN; Dragon Challenge |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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A.B.R. has a Ph.D. scholarship from Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS). It is a pan-Wales higher level skills initiative led by Bangor University on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. It is partly funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys, grant number c80815. |
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9 |
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1537 |