%0 Journal Article
%T MOBAK 1 Assessment in Primary Physical Education: Exploring Basic Motor Competences of Portuguese 6
%A Ana Quit¨¦rio
%A Christian Herrmann
%A Claude Scheur
%A Erin Gerlach
%A Jo£¿o Costa
%A Jo£¿o Martins
%A Jo£¿o Mota Rodrigues
%A Marcos Onofre
%J Perceptual and Motor Skills
%@ 1558-688X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0031512518804358
%X Children¡¯s motor competence is known to have a determinant role in learning and engaging later in complex motor skills and, thus, in physical activity. The development of adequate motor competence is a central aim of physical education, and assuring that pupils are learning and developing motor competence depends on accurate assessment protocols. The MOBAK 1 test battery is a recent instrument developed to assess motor competence in primary physical education. This study used the MOBAK 1 to explore motor competence levels and gender differences among 249 (Mage£¿=£¿6.3, SD£¿=£¿0.5 years; 127 girls and 122 boys) Grade 1 primary school Portuguese children. On independent sample t tests, boys presented higher object movement motor competence than girls (boys: M£¿=£¿5.8, SD£¿=£¿1.7; girls: M£¿=£¿4.0, SD£¿=£¿1.7; p£¿<£¿.001), while girls were more proficient among self-movement skills (girls: M£¿=£¿5.1, SD£¿=£¿1.8; boys: M£¿=£¿4.3, SD£¿=£¿1.7; p£¿<£¿.01). On ¡°total motor competence,¡± boys (M£¿=£¿10.3, SD£¿=£¿2.6) averaged one point ahead of girls (M£¿=£¿9.1, SD£¿=£¿2.9). The percentage of girls in the first quartile of object movement was 18.9%, while, for ¡°self movement,¡± the percentage of boys in the first quartile was almost double that of girls (30.3% and 17.3%, respectively). The confirmatory model to test for construct validity confirmed the assumed theoretical two-factor structure of MOBAK 1 test items in this Portuguese sample. These results support the MOBAK 1 instrument for assessing motor competence and highlighted gender differences, of relevance to intervention efforts
%K physical education
%K MOBAK 1
%K instrument
%K assessment
%K motor competence
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031512518804358