Abstract

MORERA-CASTRO, María; ARGUEDAS-VIQUEZ, Rita  and  BRABENEC-AGUILAR, Stephanie. Effect of A Motor Intervention Based on The Guided Discovery Method on The Basic Movement Patterns of A 9-Year- Child: Case Study. MHSalud [online]. 2020, vol.17, n.1, pp.34-48.  Epub Jan 01, 2020. ISSN 1659-097X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/mhs.17-1.3.

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of a motor intervention based on the guided discovery method on the basic movement patterns of a typical child. The study involved a 9-year-old child who is physically active, plays sports regularly, attends school, and has normal cognitive and health status. The intervention was applied during six weeks, two pre-test and post-test evaluation sessions through the Instrument for the Evaluation of Basic Movement Patterns, and four practical sessions of 60 minutes, one day a week, for four weeks. For the analysis of results, the percentage change was used. The results after the intervention showed improvements in the percentage of change in four of the locomotive patterns between 33.33% and 300%; in the manipulative patterns between 37.5% and 900%; as well as an improvement of 50% in the total of locomotive skills and 85.18% in the total of manipulative skills. In turn, it had an overall improvement in PBM of 65.08%. It is concluded that after this case study, a model of motor intervention based on the method used can be a useful tool to improve basic motor skills in children.

Keywords : motor development; learning methods; childhood; health education; pedagogy.

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