DOES LEARNING CUES HELP CHILDREN WITH DCD ON THE ACQUISITION OF A COMPLEX MOTOR SKILL?

Abstract

The objective was to analyze if learning cues help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) on the acquisition of a complex motor skill. The sample consisted of ten children with DCD and 14 children with typical development, from 9 to 11 years, divided into the groups DCD with cues (DCDC), DCD without cues (DCDW), typical development with cues (TDC) and typical development without cues (TDW). The children participated in seven classes, during three weeks, to learn to dive roll. Cues used were “push the ground”, “place your hands as far as possible” and “chin on the chest”. The results weren’t statistically different among the groups, which indicate that cues didn’t show significant effect in learning of the dive roll.