Background and purpose
A central aim of physical education (PE) is the promotion of basic motor competencies (in German: Motorische Basiskompetenzen; MOBAK) which are prerequisites for children’s active participation in culture of human motion. We introduce two measures of MOBAK for children aged six to eight years (MOBAK‑1) and eight to ten years (MOBAK-3) made up of twelve, respectively fifteen dichotomous items (Scheuer, Bund, Becker, & Herrmann, 2017; Scheuer, Bund, & Herrmann, 2017a, 2017b) with two different levels of difficulty. In this study, the focus lies in the investigation of the relationship between MOBAK and sex, age, as well as self-concept and interest in PE.
Methods
N=565 primary school children for MOBAK-1 and N=776 for MOBAK-3, respectively, took part in a study from September to December 2017. The MOBAK-data together with data on age and sex were collected by class PE teachers using the respective MOBAK instruments. The participating children responded to a short questionnaire assessing self-concept and interest in PE. Analyses of frequency, correlation, and variance will be performed using SPSS; multivariate analyses will be performed using Mplus.
Results
In previous studies we found MOBAK-1 consisting of three factors (locomotion, object control and moving in water; see Scheuer, Bund & Herrmann, 2017a) and MOBAK-3 consisting of four factors (locomotion, object control, object-locomotion and moving in water; see Scheuer, Bund & Herrmann, 2017b). The correlates between MOBAK and its factors on one hand and age, sex, as well as self-concept and interest in PE on the other hand will be analyzed.
Conclusions and implications
The MOBAK-1 and MOBAK-3 test instruments meet psychometric validity demands and are suitable to evaluate basic motor competence of primary-school aged children. The results of the correlates will be discussed.
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