1. Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authorsCharacteristics of gross motor skills of elementary school students aged 7 and 8 years: a cross-sectional study
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Ibnu Andli Marta, Oktarifaldi Oktarifaldi, Itgo Hatchi, Nur Wisma, Venny Rosalina, Wedi S, Soni Nopembri, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Mert Kurnaz, and Mohd Izwan bin Shahril
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gross motor skills ,locomotor ,object control ,elementary school students ,Sports ,GV557-1198.995 - Abstract
Adequate gross motor skills are believed to be a determinant in realizing optimal and quality physical activity. This research aims to reveal and describe the gross motor skills of students aged 7 and 8 years and reveal the differences. This research uses a cross-sectional approach. The Test of Gross Motor Development Second Edition (TGMD-2) was used as a data collection instrument. The research subjects were male and female elementary school students aged 7 and 8 selected purposively with details (N=140; boys =70 and girls =70). Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistics program version 25. The results showed the average Gross Motor Quotients in general (M=83.39, SD=9.2), the average Gross Motor Quotients for the 7-year age group (M=84.91 SD= 7.8) and the 8-year age group (M=81.87 SD=10.2). Asymp Sig obtained the results of the (2-tailed) (0.200>0.05). The results of the independent samples test show a significant difference in the students’ average Gross Motor Quotients (p-value
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- 2024
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