The investigation of motor development levels in 08-12 year old groups of girls and boys who study in primary school according to bruininks-oseretsky and TGMD-ii tests

ABSTRACTTop, E. The Investigation of Motor Development Levels in 08-12 Year Old Groups of Girls and Boys Who Study in Primary School According to Bruininks-Oseretsky and TGMD-II Tests. Dumlupınar University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Master Thesis, Kütahya, 2012. This study aims to investigate the motor development levels in girls and boys, between the ages of 08 and 12, who study in primary school, according to Bruininks-Oseretsky and TGMD-II tests. Bruininks-Oseretsky and TGMD-II tests were performed to determine basic motor characteristics of children who are studying and untrained boys and girls in classes second (8 age group), third (10 age group) and sixth (12 age group) grade, at the Kütahya Özel Başaran Yıldız Primary School in 2012 spring term. 41 at the 8 age group (15 female, 26 male), 42 at the 10 age group (21 female, 21 male) and 32 at the 12 age group (15 female, 17 male), totally 115 children (51 girls and 64 boys) participated in this research. According to age and gender of children based on measuring the degree of level of basic motor development (Bruininks-Oseretsky and TGMD-II tests) homogeneity test was performed primarily. Degree of basic motor development of children was determined to have a homogeneous distribution. After the test of homogeneity, to determine whether there is a difference between the levels of basic motor development of children depending on age and gender, Two Way Anova test in the level of significant ? =0.05 was performed. Tukey?s HSD test was used as the second level test to determine the difference between the age groups. Test results showed that significant difference between the basic motor development scores of Bruininks-Oseretsky (p <0.05), TGMD-II locomotor (p <0.05), TGMD-II object control (p <0.05) and a total of TGMD-II (p <0.05) of 8, 10 and 12 age group children. According to gender, a significant difference was found between the basic motor development scores of Bruininks-Oseretsky (p <0.05), TGMD-II locomotor (p <0.05), TGMD-II object control (p <0.05) and a total of TGMD-II (p <0.05) of children. This study results show that development differences in basic motor skills according to age. Difference between of the basic motor development levels of boys and girls in the same age group can be explained at the onset of puberty at different ages with by socio-cultural impact.Keywords: Child, Motor Development, Motor Tests.