Mastery of fundamental movement skills among 6-year-old Flemish pre-school children

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-17

  Vandaele, Bart ^a   Cools, Wouter ^a   de Decker, Steve ^a   de Martelaer, Kristine ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

early childhood; MOT 4 6 test; motor development; movement skill assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960567583     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X11402268     Document Type: Article

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