Gross Motor Skills Are Those Skills That

question 71

Multiple Choice

Gross motor skills are those skills that:

• A) are used in manipulation and coordination involving small and precise movements.
• B) are used in locomotion that involve large muscle groups.
• C) are used by children when drawing images or playing a musical instrument.
• D) are acquired in late childhood or early adolescence.

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Definitions:

Natural Experiments

Research designs that involve observing the effects of naturally occurring variables or events, as opposed to manipulations made by the researcher.

Quasi-experiments

Research designs that attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships but lack the element of random assignment to treatment or control groups.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to contexts outside of the experimental conditions.

Matched Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects closely matched to the experimental group in key variables but not receiving the intervention.