Comparing the effectiveness of challenging and non-challenging games with participatory motivation of preschool children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 . Department Sport Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran

3 Department of Sport Science, Islamshahr Branch ,Islamic Azad university , Islamshahr ,Iran

Abstract

Introduction & Purpose: Today, the most important issue in sports and motor success, especially for children, is improving their motivation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare challenging and non-challenging games of children's motor motivation.

Methodology: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design. The participants in this study were 40 children (mean age 6.15 and standard deviation 1.12) who were selected by the available method. Participants were randomly divided into two groups of challenging games (20 people) and non-challenging games (20 people). They then received motor skills interventions for eight weeks, two sessions per week, and each session lasting 90 minutes. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance.

Results: The results showed that the effect of exercise for motivation in groups was significant so that the rate of changes in motor motivation from pre-test to post-test in the challenge group was more than the non-challenge group. Therefore, the effect of challenging training on motivation is more than non-challenging training.

Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the use of playful form of interventions in childhood and in the design of interventions, use of manipulation of constraints and its challenge to motivate children is helpful.

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journal of motor and behavioral sciences
Volume 4, Issue 3
March 2022
Pages 239-246

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