A Test On Motor Development Of Children's School Readiness

The objective of this study is to produce a Test on Motor Skills of Children's School Readiness for study of Children's School Readiness in China. Through plentiful investigation and interviews of and references of the test dimensions and items according to the same and similar norms at home and abroad, 127 children aged from 5 to 6 in two kindergartens of Changchun are tested individually.The Results demonstrate: 1.The test is made up gross motor skills, fine motor skills, sensorimotor skills, oral motor skills, functional performance. It includes 12 items, adopts 3 point score for the test, and applies to measure the development of children's motor skill, children aged from 5 to 6 of School Readiness in China.2. The test's reliability, validity and discriminate ability are acceptable, and can be used to measure readiness of motor development in Chinese children. 3. Along with the increase of age, the motor skills of Children's grew continually, the motor skills of the girls knock spots off the boy's, maturation effect and sex effect exist in the Motor development of Children's.4. According to two ages, sex of the children, the test is divided into five degrees, excellent, fine, normal, deficiency, and fall behind. The predictive ability of five degrees is examined for school adjustment in the future.