Citation

Murcia JAM, Hernandez EH, Parra JAR. Int. J. Aquatic Res. Educ. 2018; 10(3).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Bowling Green State University)

DOI

10.25035/ijare.10.03.01

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An increasing interest in the renewal of traditional recreational content and the use of the aquatic environments as educational resources is supported by very few empirical, evidence-based studies that link the two. This quasiexperimental study analyzed the role of stories in influencing perceived motor competence and real motor skills in seventy-eight children ages between 4 and 5 years through the administration of two questionnaires on aquatic motor ability and aquatic motor competence. Differences were found in aquatic motor competence (p <.01) and aquatic motor ability (p <.05) for the experimental group, where higher means values were obtained after the intervention. We present this methodological proposal as a useful educational tool for early childhood stimulation with achievements that go beyond motor progress itself. © 2017, Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

Aquatic activities; Early childhood education; Motor stories; Perceived motor competence; Real motor competence