The effects of gender, motor skills and play area on the free play activities of 8-11 year old school children

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-393

  Harten, Nathan ^a   Olds, Tim ^a   Dollman, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Motor skills; Physical activity; Play; Play space

Indexed keywords

GENDER; MOTILITY; PLAY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLAY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 41149107449     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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