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Factors of Gross Motor Performance in Special Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Geoffrey D. Broadhead
Geoffrey D. Broadhead
Affiliation:
Department of Special Education, Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Summary

Gross motor performance data were secured from boys and girls in special education classes for the minimally brain injured. By factor analysis two gross motor factors were identified, one a strength-maturation component, and the other general motor ability. In comparison groups of educable mentally retarded children from the same school districts, the same factors were apparent, though the order of extraction was reversed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 57 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © 1975, Cambridge University Press

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