Fine Skills Motor State Post Pandemic: A Diagnosis in 5 to 6 Years Old Children in Quito, Ecuador

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https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2022.6.1.10

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graph-motor development, student achievement scales, fine motor skills, psychomotricity test

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the state of fine motor skills after returning to classes in children aged 5 to 6 years old in two schools in Quito. For this, an observational test was carried out on an intentional sample of 74 children, 44 from private and 30 from public schools. The instrument used gathered 11 indicators on eye-hand coordination, the use of the digital clamp, and other skills. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and p-value statistics were used to test the hypothesis regarding the difference between schools. Among the main results, there are no differences between the two schools, except for one indicator. However, motor functions have not yet been achieved, including handling the digital clamp and tying shoelaces; the girls also performed better than boys on tests. In conclusion, the pandemic could have impacted some skills that children at that age should already have acquired; however, in Ecuador, no previous studies support that confinement has been the cause that has influenced the difficulties of getting these skills.

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Valeria Yarad Jeada, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas. Sangolquí, Ecuador.

Valeria Yarad Jeada (1987). Dra. en Sociología y Antropología y Máster en Metodología de la Investigación en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y licenciada en Comunicación Social por la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Docente a Tiempo Completo en la Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE. Además, se ha desempeñado como docente universitaria en otras instituciones de educación superior. En el campo profesional se ha desempeñado como Senior Data Intelligence e investigadora social y de mercados. Las principales líneas de investigación en las que más se ha enfocado son: metodologías de la investigación; social media; sociología del consumo, de la movilidad y de la tecnología; comunicación; educación, cultura y género.

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2023-03-01

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Vásconez Erazo, R., & Yarad Jeada, V. (2023). Fine Skills Motor State Post Pandemic: A Diagnosis in 5 to 6 Years Old Children in Quito, Ecuador. Andean Journal of Education, 6(1), 006110. https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2022.6.1.10

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Revista Andina de Educación 6(1) (noviembre, 2022-abril, 2023)

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