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| Article Name : | | | DEVELOPMENT & STANDARDIZATION OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE CHILDHOOD MOTOR-ABILITY | | Author Name : | | | Syed Tariq Murtaza , Farkhunda Jabin and Mohd Imran | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4824 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Background: To construct & standardize the Motor-Ability Test for Early Childhood Period so it would be more appropriate for that age group. Objectives: To construct the test of the Motor-Ability Test for Early Childhood Period & verify its reliability and validity and to provide percentile norms for the test for future comparison. Methods: The whole test was administered in two phases. The first phase was related to construct & standardize the preliminary motor test battery. The second phase of the study was to develop age related norms, comprising 7 test items out of 50, by using the appropriate statistical techniques. One Physician was hired to look-after the participant children during the tests. Results: Content validity was established by expert judgment. Factor analysis had revealed validity co-efficient ranging from 0.58 to 0.95 with the mean of 0.77. The test’s overall internal reliability coefficient of 0.89 (Cronbach’s alpha) and 0.96 (Mc Donald’s Omega) highlighted the strong inter-item agreement among the items on the instrument. Objectivity of Correlation Coefficient was reported with the mean score of 0.80. Conclusion: Preliminary testing along-with the II nd stage provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the Motor-Ability Test for the Early Childhood Period which is first of its kind in human history. Future testing of the scale needs to be done with middle & late childhood period and test to be made for the children belonging from different socioeconomic and cultural groups. | | Keywords : | | |
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