The Necessity of a Reduced Version of the Psychomotor Battery to Screen for Learning Difficulties in Preschool Children

Pedro Flores, José Eduardo Teixeira, Anna Kosmider Leal, Joana Ribeiro, António Miguel Monteiro, Rui Brito Fonseca, Luís Branquinho, Ricardo Ferraz and Pedro Forte
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Pedro Flores: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
José Eduardo Teixeira: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Anna Kosmider Leal: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Joana Ribeiro: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
António Miguel Monteiro: CI-ISCE/ISCE Douro, 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Rui Brito Fonseca: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Luís Branquinho: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal
Ricardo Ferraz: Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Pedro Forte: Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: Psychomotor development is important for effective learning. Therefore, psychomotor observation is essential beginning in preschool education; however, observational instruments require practice, experience and time-consuming procedures. Psychomotor Battery (PBM) is useful to observe children’s psychomotor profile but needs 30 to 40 min per child to be applied. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to justify the need of a reduced version of the PBM to enable more frequent psychomotor observations at this level of education. A total of 70 preschool students with typical development were observed over 4 months in a school context, among which 31 were males and 39 were females (4- and 5-year-old). PBM is composed by seven psychomotor factors (PMF) distributed across three neuropsychological functional units. The total average of points for psychomotor observations was obtained using multiple linear regression (MLR) with a Stepwise method. For associations, Pearson’s correlation coefficient ( r ) was used. The results of this study showed that it is possible to reduce the average time of psychomotor observation by 43.7% (13 min and 31 s), maintaining a very strong association with the total average of points obtained. This reduction in observation time may contribute to the increase in psychomotor observations of preschool children using PMB.

Keywords: psychomotor development; psychomotor observation; psychomotor deficit; school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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