Assessing the Motor Skill Development of Kindergartens in Sri Lanka: Special Reference to Gampaha Divisional Secretariat

Abstract

This particular study titled “Assessing the motor skill development of kindergartens in Sri Lanka: Special Reference to Gampaha Divisional Secretariat”. This study was thoroughly undertaken by the researchers by focusing on the problem how physical development of children who are studying in kindergarten level is differ through gross motor skills and fine motor skills. There were three objectives set to be achieved by this study, which include a key objective namely to determine the physical development level of children in Gampaha GN Division. Researchers carried out an extensive literature review to provide a conceptual background of the study and to formulate hypotheses for the study. The stratified random sampling method was employed 400 nursery children selected as a sample in this study. The researchers used using ages and stages questionnaire (ASQ) which was recommended by the American Academy of Neurology, and the child Neurology. Data were analysis with the association of SPSS 21.0 version and certain conclusions were made from the study after carrying out detailed scientific analysis of data using appropriate statistical tools. The result shows that there was significant percentage of preschools’ Gross motor development level appears to be on schedule as fine motor skill.