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Aard van neuro-motoriese inperkings by 7-en 8-jarige leerders met leerhindernisse
(2014)
This study aimed to determine the extent of neuro-motor impairments in 7 to 8 year-old children with barriers to learning and the possible relationship of such impairment to specific learning areas. ...
Kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe stand van fundamentele bewegingsvaardighede: senior fase leerders van Potchefstroom
(University of Stellenbosch Department of Sport Science, 2015)
The purpose of this study is to determine the quantitative and qualitative level of Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) of Senior Phase learners in Potchefstroom, South Africa. A total of 239 thirteen– to fourteen–year–old ...
Interrelationships between visual–motor integration, visual perception, motor coordination and object control skills of grade 1–learners: NW–child study
(University of Stellenbosch Department of sport science, 2015)
The aim of this study was to determine the interrelationship of visual–motor integration, visual perception and motor coordination with object control skills in Grade 1–learners in th e North–West Province of South Africa. ...
Motor proficiency profile of grade 1 learners In the North West Province of South Africa: NW-child study
(University of Stellenbosch Department of Sport Science, 2014)
This study aimed to establish a comprehensive profile of the motor proficiency of Grade 1 learners in the North West Province of South Africa, taking into account gender and racial differences and strengths and weaknesses. ...
Relationship between academic achievement, visual-motor integration, gender and socio-economic status: North-West Child Health Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2020)
Background: Inconsistencies are found regarding the relationship between academic achievement and visual-motor integration (VMI), gender and socio-economic status (SES).
Aim: The study examined the associations between ...
The association between under-nutrition, school performance and perceptual motor functioning in first-grade South African learners: the North-West Child Health Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2019)
Background: Early childhood is characterised by an immense spurt of growing and
learning where under-nutrition can have adverse effects on the neuro-developmental health
and school performance of children. A full ...
Longitudinal influences of socio-economic status on visual-motor integration: the North-West Child Health, Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2019)
Background: Visual motor integration plays an important role in academic skills of learners in the early school years and can have an impact on their overall academic performance.
Aim: This study aimed to determine the ...
Perceptual-motor contributors to the association between developmental coordination disorder and academic performance: North-West Child Health, Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2018)
Background: Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) portray motor
coordination and perceptual difficulties which can hamper daily activity and academic task
execution.
Aim: This study examined the ...
Gender differences in academic achievement of children with developmental coordination disorder
(AOSIS, 2018)
Background: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) has a negative impact on everyday
activities and academic achievement in children, mainly owing to similar underlying motor
and cognitive constructs. Academic achievement ...
Die effek van intervensie op okulêre motoriese beheerfunksies en visueel–motoriese integrasiestatus van 6– tot 8–jarige leerders met ADHD
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2012)
The American Psychiatric Association's (APA) (2000) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (DSM-IV) describes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a persistent pattern of attention deficit or hyperactivity that ...