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Differences among first-grade students of urban and rural areas in motor and functional characteristics

Starting school for a child and the parents is one of the most important moments in life. It’s a new challenge and a significant event in the life of every child. The child’s main activity, play, is replaced by schoolwork and by starting school, the child becomes part of an organized and structured environment. The child is faced with responsibilities for the first time, with a sense of responsibility and a new organization of life. This transversal research was aimed at determining differences in motor and functional abilities of children aged 6-7 years in urban and rural areas. The population from which the sample of 201 respondents was drawn is defined as the population of first- grade students from urban and rural schools in the Lukavac district, male, aged 6-7 years. Two subsamples were formed from a thus defined population: A subsample of 111 respondents from the urban area of Lukavac (Lukavac City Primary School) and a subsample of 99 respondents from the rural area of Lukavac (Puračić Primary School, Poljice Primary School). A measuring instrument sample for this research consisted of a set of 7 (seven) tests for the assessment of anthropological dimensions, appropriate for the age of the studied population, as follows: motor abilities (6 variables) and functional abilities (1 variable). Based on a t-test for independent samples, we can conclude that there are statistically significant differences in five motor and one functional variable. The obtained differences are in favor of the boys from rural areas.

6/7 age boys ; differences ; urban and rural areas ; t – test

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