Instruments for measuring fundamental movement skills in children: a systematic review
Ricky Wibowo, Agus Magendra, Yudy Hendrayana

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

The acquisition of fundamental movement skills in children is strongly associated with fitness and physical activity levels. Physical Education teachers are ideally equipped to monitor the development of children^s fundamental movement skills in the school setting. The aim of this study was to systematically review evidence on assessment instruments used to evaluate children^s fundamentals movement skills. Data sources were taken from PubMed and Scopus. The range of search data was from January 2012 to December 2022. Inclusion criteria were survey and experimental studies related to the measurement of fundamental movement skills in children. Data extraction included objectives, methods, samples, interventions, instruments and results. Data synthesis using systematic review. The results of the review showed that there were few instruments for measuring fundamental movement skills in children that were used by Physical Education Teachers. The time required to administer fundamental movement skills tests in children ranges from 20-30 minutes per child. There is one measuring instrument that is suitable for use by Physical Education Teachers because it does not require a long time to administer the test (AST-Track). However, it is not able to describe motor skills separately and completely. Based on the results of this systematic literature review study, a suitable measuring instrument is recommended that could be used by Physical Education Teachers to measure fundamental movement skills in children.

Keywords: assessment, children- fundamental movement skills- motor skills- systematic review

Topic: Challenges in Sport and PE Values