Assessing the effectiveness of learning a complex motor activity in children aged 9-10 years

Matczak Dawid, Wieczorek Marta. Assessing the effectiveness of learning a complex motor activity in children aged 9-10 years. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(6):158-169. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.06.016 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.06.016 https://zenodo.org/record/6653878 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 25.05.2022. Revised: 05.06.2022. Accepted: 15.06.2022. ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING A COMPLEX MOTOR ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AGED 9-10 YEARS Dawid Matczak orcid 0000-0002-1978-4699, Dawidmatczak66@gmail.com Department of Physical Education and Sports, Calisia University, Poland Marta Wieczorek orcid 0000-0003-3933-246X arta.wieczorek@awf.wroc.pl Department of Methodology of School Physical Culture, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Poland Abstract Introduction Learning is a complex and multi-dimensional process that depends on cognitive and emotional processes and the development of functional systems of the human body. One type of learning is motor learning. Its course and effects depend on many factors, one of the factors may be gender. Differences between intellectual and motor learning tend to be blurred when learning a complex motor activity takes place. Purpose The cognitive aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness (speed, efficiency, durability) of learning a complex motor activity in a selected group of girls and boys. Materials and methods: The study was conducted among 73 children (44 boys and 29 girls) aged 9 - 10 years. The teaching experiment method consisting of three stages was used. The research tool is a program of learning to juggle with three tennis balls. Learning speed was assessed using the Learning Speed Rate (LSR); efficiency was based on the results of subsequent stages as part of the experiment, whereas durability was evaluated on the basis of the effect compliance between stages of the experiment. Results: The speed, efficiency and durability of learning a complex motor activity in children participating in the study showed similar levels. Slow learning was dominant among both girls and boys. Yet, boys achieved better learning effects than girls, but these differences were not statistically significant. The subjects showed high durability of learning effects. Conclusions: The effectiveness of learning a complex motor activity is characterized by inter-subject variability. Gender makes distinction in terms of speed, efficiency and durability of learning a complex motor activity. Keywords: motor learning; complex motor activity