Technical Analysis and Development of Single Bamboo Floating from the Perspective of Education and Psychology
Examining the Relationship Between Motor Skills and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review with Implications for Sports Psychology
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Purpose: This systematic review explores the relationship between motor skills and academic achievement in primary and secondary school students, with a specific focus on gross and fine motor skills and their impact on performance across different academic subjects. The study provides insights relevant to sports psychology and educational strategies for enhancing cognitive and physical development. Method: Five electronic databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, SPORT Discus, and Academic Search Premier, were searched in October 2022. Semi-quantitative assessment methods were used to analyze the results of the 78 studies included in this review. Results: The findings indicate that both gross (positive correlation in 65.0–62.5% of studies) and fine motor skills (positive correlation in 83.3–80% of studies) are positively associated with overall academic performance and language achievement. Fine motor skills showed strong positive correlations with math (75.6%), reading (71.1%), writing (66.7%), and spelling (60.0%) scores. In contrast, the relationship between gross motor skills and achievement in math (51.4%), reading (53.8%), and spelling (50.0%) was less certain. Conclusion: These findings emphasize the importance of fostering motor skill development, particularly in primary school students. Tailored motor skill interventions should be designed to target specific academic outcomes based on the unique benefits of gross and fine motor skills. From a sports psychology perspective, the integration of motor skill development into physical education and sports activities can support cognitive and academic growth, highlighting the critical role of physical activity in holistic education.
María Dolores Molina Poveda, Eduardo Galak
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The advent of cinema brought with it its use as a propaganda device with which to transmit ideals and doctrines. As a result, newsreels and cinema documentaries were born with the aim of showing the «most relevant» news of the country and abroad, the former with a shorter duration. In this study, the Spanish NO-DO and «Sucesos Argentinos» are used as primary sources to interpret the images and imaginaries that were projected between 1943 and 1955 on female physical culture. The intention is to understand the official discourse of both political regimes on what Argentinean and Spanish society should be like, especially by questioning those meanings about women. In total, 69 issues of NO-DO and 14 editions of «Sucesos Argentinos» have been found which aim to show female physical culture in this period. The female physical culture shown in both newsreels was aimed at strengthening women’s bodies so that they could carry out their «natural functions» (mother, wife, housewife), as well as highlighting their «inferiority» in relation to men through lower impact activities and the homogenization of bodies through clothing, and the performance of the same exercises in synchrony. And all this in countries with different regimes, but which, in the end, coincided.
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female physical culture, NO-DO, Sucesos Argentinos, propaganda, audio-visual images
