Studia Kinanthropologica 2022, 23(3):187-195 | DOI: 10.32725/sk.2023.003

The level of motor educability and selective reactivity of pupils

B. Ružbarská1, M. Vašková1, P. Kačúr1, T. Eliaš2
1 University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Sports, Department of Sports Educology and Humanistics
2 University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Sports, Department of Educology of Sports

The younger school age is an important phase in motor development, characterised by rapid progress in motor development to its best level in childhood at the end of this period. Recent studies have shifted the sensitive periods of development of some coordination skills (e.g., reaction ability) to the beginning of the early school-age period. The main aim of the study was to assess the level of motor docility (IOWA-Brace test), simple and complex selective reactivity (reactivity test via Witty-Sem) of pupils of younger school age. The research population consisted of pupils of younger school age (n = 130; girls n = 38 / age ¯x = 8.5 ± 1.7; boys n = 92 / age ¯x = 8.6 ± 1.8). The results showed a significant increase in the level of motor docility (Me6−7 = 7.000; Me8−9 = 9.000; Me10−11 = 11.500), simple selective reactivity (Me6−7 = 44.480; Me8−9 = 32.940; Me10−11 = 28.760) and complex selective reactivity (Me6−7 = 73.860; Me8−9 = 58.070; Me10−11 = 47.350) as the age of the pupils
increased. Significant improvement in the level of simple (MD<25% = 41.786; MD<50% = 39.176; MD>50% = 31.957) and complex selective (MD<25% = 70.170; MD<50% = 64.255; MD>50% = 55.786) reactivity of the pupils was demonstrated with increasing success in performing the motor docility test. Analysis of the results showed no significant differences in the studied parameters between boys and girls. We recommend creating potential conditions for increasing and maintaining a high level of motor educability in connection with the development of coordination skills using sensory periods since up to 80% of children in the study set achieve an insufficient level of motor educability. The paper was written as a part of the VEGA grant project No. 1/0481/22 Relationship between motor docility and cognitive abilities of pupils.

Keywords: motor learning; reactivity; Witty-Sem; IOWA-Brace test; younger school age

Received: December 14, 2022; Revised: January 15, 2023; Accepted: January 23, 2023; Published: February 9, 2023  Show citation

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Ružbarská B, Vašková M, Kačúr P, Eliaš T. The level of motor educability and selective reactivity of pupils. Studia Kinanthropologica. 2022;23(3):187-195. doi: 10.32725/sk.2023.003.
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