| This project was designed to explore and identify gross motor coordination deficits in children with dyslexia using two standardized motor assessment tests: Movement Assessment Battery for Children (Movement ABC) and the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD). The first primary aim of this project was to explore and identify if children With dyslexia differ from typically developing (TD) children in the performance of gross motor skills as measured by the two standardized tests. Motor performance of the two groups was compared on four gross motor subtests: total balance, ball skills, locomotor, and object control. Performance of dyslexic children was found to be significantly poorer than TD children on the total balance subtest. A second primary aim was to explore if deficits in gross motor skills have the ability to discriminate dyslexic children from TD. The results revealed that the four gross motor subtests failed to discriminate between the two groups. Four additional secondary analyses were also conducted. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
