Deficits in fine motor skills and their influence on persistence among gifted elementary school pupils.

Autor/inn/en	Stoeger, Heidrun; Ziegler, Albert
Titel	Deficits in fine motor skills and their influence on persistence among gifted elementary school pupils.
Quelle	In: Gifted education international, 29 (2013) 1, S. 28-42Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4294; 2047-9077
DOI	10.1177/0261429412440649
Schlagwörter	Bildungsforschung; Feinmotorik; Pädagogische Psychologie; Grundschule; Pädagogische Psychologie; Bildungsforschung; Defizit; Begabung; Feinmotorik; Grundschule; Begabung; Defizit
Abstract	This article addresses the causes of underachievement in scholastic education. Whereas many studies have been able to show that motivational deficits provide an explanation for underachievement, little research has yet explored the possible influences of deficits in fine motor skills. The aim of [this] empirical study was, therefore, to investigate the influence of fine motor skills and how they may affect underachievement. [The authors] hypothesized that deficits in fine motor skills could possibly be mediated by persistence. The participants in this investigation were 53 gifted fourth-grade pupils (15 underachievers, 38 achievers) attending primary schools in Germany. In fact, underachievers and achievers could be differentiated on the basis of their fine motor skills and persistence levels. The differences attributed to persistence decreased when fine motor skills were statistically controlled. (Orig.).
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Update	2013/2