Motor ability and working memory in Omani and German primary school-aged children.

Autor/inn/en	Jansen, Petra; Scheer, Clara; Zayed, Kashef N.
Titel	Motor ability and working memory in Omani and German primary school-aged children. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Motorische Fähigkeiten und Arbeitsgedächtnis bei omanischen und deutschen Kindern im Grundschulalter.
Quelle	In: PLOS ONE, 14 (2019) 1, Art. e0209848, 11 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0209848
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Vergleichsuntersuchung; Gedächtnis; Kindesentwicklung; Kognition; Kognitive Leistung; Motorik; Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit; Test; Kind; Interkultureller Vergleich; Internationaler Vergleich; Grundschulalter; Deutschland-BRD; Oman
Abstract	This study investigated the motor ability and working memory performance of Omani and German primary school-aged children. One hundred eighty-five children from public schools participated in a gross motor test that integrated whole body coordination, three different ball tasks, and a 20-meter run. Furthermore, they completed four working memory tests (the Digit-Span Test forward and backwards and the Corsi Block-Tapping Test forward and backwards). Two MANOVAS with the different motor and working memory tests and one univariate analysis of the general motor ability with the between-subject factors group and gender were conducted. Additionally, correlations between motor ability and working memory scores were executed. German children outperformed Omani children in the overall measurement of motor ability, (p = .01) and all aspects of working memory, (all p( .015). There were no correlations between motor and cognitive variables, when analyzing the results for the Omani and German children separately. These findings may be a result of different educational styles or socioeconomic status and must be investigated in more detail. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2022/2