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This unique text focuses exclusively on the assessment of movement skills, offering background information, discussions of six levels of movement skill assessment, and strategies for implementation. Practical and userfriendly, Movement Skill Assessment helps readers acquire the skills they need to successfully carry out their assessment responsibilities.Filled with information on more than 150 tests and including more than 650 references, the book emphasizes a topdown, functional approach to the assessment of movement skills. Part I addresses basic issues that the reader should understand before attempting to assess movement skills:Purposes of movement skill assessment in educational and therapeutic environmentsDefinitions and classifications of movement skillsMeasurement concepts and calculationsTheoretical approaches to movement skill assessmentValidity and reliabilityReaders will also find a detailed history of movement skill assessment, beginning before 1850 and continuing through 1974, after which a proliferation of assessment instruments appeared.Part II discusses the six levels of the movement skill taxonomy:Movement skill foundationsMotor abilitiesEarly movement milestonesFundamental movement skillsSpecialized movement skillsFunctional movement skillsThis section also includes eight indepth critiques of popular assessment instruments, such as the Test of Gross Motor Development, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Checklist, and the BruininksOseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency.In Part III readers will learn how to achieve the goals of movement skill assessment. They'll find an overview of the assessment process, from selecting an appropriate measurement tool to collecting and treating data to interpreting results; a comparison of bottomup and topdown assessment strategies; and an examination of the latest trends and developments in movement skill assessment.The book's appendixes categorize and summarize 45 commonly used assessment instruments, present 35 selected standards for test users from the Task Force on Standards for Measurement in Physical Therapy, and provide a Zscore table for performing normative calculations.
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