Gender differences in Brazilian children's fundamental movement skill performance

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 916-923

  Spessato, Barbara Coiro ^a   Gabbard, Carl ^b   Valentini, Nadia ^a   Rudisill, Mary ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fundamental movement skills; gender; gender bias; motor skills; psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877322831     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2012.689761     Document Type: Article

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