| The purpose of this study was to create a movement competence assessment tool based on grade that would provide useful information to assist teachers and parents in instructing the essential skills needed by children to participate in recess activities. For this, the movement competence assessment was based on an ecological task analysis approach that was shown to better apply to playground activities. After determining the most common pieces of apparatus on the playground that provided us with the playground task goals, we established the skills with social relevance for children on the playground through observations. Following that, over 85 illustrations representing the movement solutions observed were created and tested. The results of the assessment of 147 children from K-3 displayed an overall progressive increase between the children's performances in each grade, confirming an enhancement in skill repertoire as children mature. The data obtained throughout this study led us to conclude that we developed a valid playground movement competence assessment protocol for K-3. |
