| dc.description.abstract | Gross Motor Skills (GMS) are the foundations for more complicated motor abilities and
movement patterns, and the underlying performance competency required for many types
of physical exercise. This study was to identify the improvement of GMS of preschool
children in the Monaragala district. Forty Students (n = 40) participated from two
preschools (30 in the treatment group and 10 in the Control group). GMS was tested
using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2). Including six skills per subset and
there were two subsets. Loco Motor Skills (LMS) (run, gallop, hop, leap, horizontal jump,
and slide) and Object Control Skills (OCS) (striking a stationary ball, stationary dribble,
catch, kick, overhead throw, and underhand roll). The gathered data were analyzed using,
Pearson correlation, paired- sample t-test, and independent t-sample test in SPSS software
and Microsoft Office 2013. According to the results, the paired t-test and independent
t-test were utilized to achieve the main objective. Paired t-test showed that there is a
significant difference between the pre-test and post-test in the LMS score (p 0.000 < 0.05),
OCS score (p 0.000 < 0.05) in the treatment group, and LMS score (p 0.024 < 0.05) in
the Control group. There is no significant difference in the OCS score (p 0.274 > 0.05)
in the Control group. Finally, an independent t-test revealed that the mean difference of
the treatment group is greater than the control group in both LMS (11.87 > 0.60) and
OCS (11.03 > 0.30). It could be concluded that there is an improvement in the GMS of
treatment group because of the training. | en_US |
