جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "affordances" در نشریات گروه "علوم انسانی"

The relationship between developmental affordances and child's actual motor competence has been well determined. However, this relationship about their perceived motor competence has not yet been examined. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between affordances and perceived motor competence in Preschool children. The research method was a descriptive correlational study. The research sample included 192 children and their parents from preschool centers. Scales used to gather data include the affordances for motor behavior of schoolchildren and the pictorial scale of perceived movement skill competence for young children. The Pearson correlation coefficient and the regression analysis results showed that the affordance dimension of game materials predicts the perceived motor competence of locomotor skills; The affordance dimensions of the home and school characteristics significantly predict the perceived motor competence of ball skills; The affordance dimensions of the home and school characteristics, and game material predict total perceived motor competence. Overall, these findings suggest that developmental affordances play an important role in the perception of movement competence in preschool children. Therefore, it is suggested that parents and educators pay more attention to providing developmental affordances such as home and school characteristics, and game material in order to promote the perceived motor competence of preschool children and achieve favorable outcomes.

Research evidence indicates that the environment is an important factor in improving children's development. However, little research has been done in the rural children population regarding the effect of motor affordances on cognitive abilities. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the developmental environment affordances of rural children and their executive functions enhancement.

The present research was an ex-post facto correlational study, which was conducted as field research with applied research purposes. The statistical population of this study was 8 to 10-year-old primary school children (Mean age = 9.10) of East Azerbaijan province from which 93 children were selected through random cluster sampling method as the study samples to participate in the study. To measure the motor development affordances in the home environment, the AGMDQ-1, and to measure the executive functions,  BRIEF test were used.

Based on the results of the multiple linear regression test, a positive significant relationship was observed between motor affordances and inhibition (P=0.042) and between motor affordances and initiation (P=0.008) in 8 to 10-year-old children. Also based on the results, no significant relationship was observed between motor development affordances including stimulants, home environment and active toys, and other components of executive functions (P>0.05).

Based on the results of the present research, children's living environment is an important factor in predicting the components of their executive functions. Accordingly, it is suggested that to improve executive functions during childhood, children should be in richer environments (in terms of the presence of affordances such as active toys).