Psychomotor development applying rhythmic gymnastics: Case study elementary basic general education schools

Abstract

The present study related to psychomotor development with the application of rhythmic gymnastics had the objective of determining the impact of rhythmic gymnastics on psychomotor development in elementary general basic education schoolchildren. The research was conducted with a quantitative approach, the type of research was applied, using a quasi-experimental design. For the present work, a non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out to select a sample of fourth grade students made up of 20 students, 9 males and 11 females, who develop their educational process in the morning session under the intervention of a program based on rhythmic gymnastics. The instrument used was the Rhythmic Gymnastics test, basic level, made up of 5 tests where the hand-eye coordination, trunk and lower limb movement coordination and jumping jumps were verified. The statistical results determine the existence of significant differences between the results of 4 of the 5 tests on psychomotor development in the study sample.