Differences in locomotor gross motor development level among grade 1 ballet dancers, students with and without co-curricula

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Borhannudin, Joseph, Jacklyn, Mohd Saleh, Maisarah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Pitesti, Romania 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55520/1/Differences%20in%20locomotor%20gross%20motor%20development%20level%20among%20grade%201%20ballet%20dancers%2C%20students%20with%20and%20without%20co-curricula.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55520/; http://efsupit.ro/component/content/article/1/78

Purpose: The study is a survey form ex post facto and the purpose of this study was to identify the level of locomotor skills among grade one ballet dancers, students with co-curriculum and students without co-curriculum. Methodology: A total of 90 students of the boy and girl who are around Klang and Seremban area have participated in this study. Gross Motor Development Tests (TGMD-2) by Ulrich (2000) was conducted to determine the level of locomotor skills of level one primary school students. Statistical analysis Kruskal – Wallis test was used to analyse the mean score between the group of level one primary school students. Result: The results showed a group of ballet dancers grade 1 had the highest mean (M=3.13, SD=1.008), compared with a group of students with co-curricular activities M=2.000, SD=0.000) and a group of students without co-curricular activities (M=2.000, SD=0.000). However, significance differences in the scores also showed significant differences among the three groups with the estimated value of significance is 0.000. Findings and discussion: Studies show locomotor skills development of primary school students are still not developing well according to their chronological age.