TY - GEN
T1 - The Application of Modified Equipment in Retention of Motor Task Performance Amongst Children of Low and High Working Memory Capacity
AU - Musa, Rabiu Muazu
AU - Afrouzeh, Mohsen
AU - Suppiah, Pathmanathan K.
AU - Majeed, Anwar P.P.Abdul
AU - Afroozeh, Mohammad Sadegh
AU - Abdullah, Mohamad Razali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The ability of children to learn and retain motor-related tasks could ease the pathway of mastering sport-specific skills that are non-trivial in spurring children’s athletic development. Modification of equipment may facilitate the acquisition of complex motor tasks with respect to children’s specific characteristics. The influence of modified equipment in retention ability of motor task amongst children with low and high working memory capacities is investigated in this study. Forty children aged 9–10 years were recruited and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was used to determine the working memory capacity of the children. High and low working memory (HWM), (LWM) were identified and allotted into 4 different groups of 10 children each Viz. (A) HWM with standard mini basketball equipment, (B) LWM with standard mini basketball equipment, (C) HWM with modified mini basketball equipment and (D) LWM with modified mini basketball equipment. Basketball throw from the free-throw line in pre and post-tests were used as the acquisition and retention tasks ability respectively. There was a significant main effect of memory and equipment towards children’s retention ability. A significant difference was also observed across both HMC and LWM when subjected to the use of modified equipment (F, 1, 24.025) = 23.958, p < 0.001. No statistically significant difference was detected between the HWM and LWM in their ability to retention tasks p > 0.05. The usage of modified basketball equipment could enhance mastery of motor tasks in children irrespective of their memory capacity.
AB - The ability of children to learn and retain motor-related tasks could ease the pathway of mastering sport-specific skills that are non-trivial in spurring children’s athletic development. Modification of equipment may facilitate the acquisition of complex motor tasks with respect to children’s specific characteristics. The influence of modified equipment in retention ability of motor task amongst children with low and high working memory capacities is investigated in this study. Forty children aged 9–10 years were recruited and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was used to determine the working memory capacity of the children. High and low working memory (HWM), (LWM) were identified and allotted into 4 different groups of 10 children each Viz. (A) HWM with standard mini basketball equipment, (B) LWM with standard mini basketball equipment, (C) HWM with modified mini basketball equipment and (D) LWM with modified mini basketball equipment. Basketball throw from the free-throw line in pre and post-tests were used as the acquisition and retention tasks ability respectively. There was a significant main effect of memory and equipment towards children’s retention ability. A significant difference was also observed across both HMC and LWM when subjected to the use of modified equipment (F, 1, 24.025) = 23.958, p < 0.001. No statistically significant difference was detected between the HWM and LWM in their ability to retention tasks p > 0.05. The usage of modified basketball equipment could enhance mastery of motor tasks in children irrespective of their memory capacity.
KW - Modified equipment
KW - Motor acquisition
KW - Motor learning
KW - Retention skill
KW - Working memory capacity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112527276&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-33-4597-3_84
DO - 10.1007/978-981-33-4597-3_84
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85112527276
SN - 9789813345966
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 931
EP - 939
BT - Recent Trends in Mechatronics Towards Industry 4.0 - Selected Articles from iM3F 2020
A2 - Ab. Nasir, Ahmad Fakhri
A2 - Ibrahim, Ahmad Najmuddin
A2 - Ishak, Ismayuzri
A2 - Mat Yahya, Nafrizuan
A2 - Zakaria, Muhammad Aizzat
A2 - P. P. Abdul Majeed, Anwar
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - Innovative Manufacturing, Mechatronics and Materials Forum, iM3F 2020
Y2 - 6 August 2020 through 6 August 2020
ER -