ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR ABILITIES BETWEEN SIX - YEAR - OLD BOYS AND GIRLS

Rada Stokanović; Danijel Stokanović; Dragana Vasić

doi:10.7251/NSK2116035S

Authors

Rada Stokanović ОШ „Лаза К. Лазаревић“ Клење
Danijel Stokanović ОШ „Мика Митровић“ Богатић
Dragana Vasić Педагошки факултет Бијељинa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/NSK2116035S

Keywords:

analysis, gender differences, motor skills, younger school age

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the differences in motor abilities of 6 - year - old boys and girls. A sample of 161 students at the age of 6 (99 boys and 62 girls) is selected for the research. It is realized on the territory of Bijeljina in the school year 2021/2022. The following tests are used to measure motor skills: Taping with the hand, Long jump, Running 20m,Raising the body to the seat,Leaningforwardand Polygon backwards. Data processing includs the calculation of descriptive statistics, testing the normality of the distribution by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and analyzing the differences between the sexes using the t-test for independent samples. Based on the results, we conclude that the boys shows better results in the test for speed assessment (Running at 20m) and in the test for assessing muscle strength (Long jump), and girls in the test for flexibility assessment (Leaning forward) and coordination test (Polygon backwards).

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