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  • Educational Psychology
  • Motor Learning

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  • Effectiveness of motor-enriched activities on academic learning and early reading skills is not well-established.
  • Investigating specific motor types (fine vs. gross) in early literacy interventions is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if fine or gross motor enrichment during letter recognition (
  • b
  • "/"
  • "d" recognition) improves performance and retention.
  • To assess children's motivation in motor-enriched vs. non-enriched learning tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial with 127 children (mean age 7.61 years).
  • Three groups: fine motor-enriched (FME), gross motor-enriched (GME), and control (CON).
  • 10-minute intervention sessions with letter recognition tasks, followed by immediate and delayed (24-hour) testing.

Main Results:

  • Fine motor enrichment (FME) significantly improved letter recognition accuracy immediately and after 24 hours compared to the control group (CON).
  • Gross motor enrichment (GME) showed a significant improvement in reaction time immediately after the intervention compared to CON.
  • Both FME and GME groups reported higher motivation scores than the CON group.

Conclusions:

  • Fine motor-enriched training enhances children's letter recognition skills more effectively than non-motor activities.
  • Motor-enriched learning activities increase children's intrinsic motivation.
  • Suggests a novel approach for motor-enriched letter learning, warranting further investigation into underlying mechanisms.