TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Acquisition of aquatic motor skills through children's motor stories
JO  - International journal of aquatic research and education
A1  - Murcia, J.A.M.
A1  - Hernandez, E.H.
A1  - Parra, J.A.R.
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VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - An increasing interest in the renewal of traditional recreational content and the use of the aquatic environments as educational resources is supported by very few empirical, evidence-based studies that link the two. This quasiexperimental study analyzed the role of stories in influencing perceived motor competence and real motor skills in seventy-eight children ages between 4 and 5 years through the administration of two questionnaires on aquatic motor ability and aquatic motor competence. Differences were found in aquatic motor competence (p <.01) and aquatic motor ability (p <.05) for the experimental group, where higher means values were obtained after the intervention. We present this methodological proposal as a useful educational tool for early childhood stimulation with achievements that go beyond motor progress itself. © 2017, Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-9997
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.10.03.01
ID  - ref1
ER  -