Introduction: Growth, behavioral responses in children are often of the motor and muscular type, and the child understands himself and the world around him with the help of motor behaviors, and these motor experiences provide the foundation for his learning. Movement skills play a very important role in children's learning and provide the basis for learning other important skills. One of these important and influential factors on movement development is creating opportunities for practice and a rich movement environment. Various factors are involved in improving children's movement abilities, the most important of which are the movement enrichment of the environment and participation in games and physical activities. In order to investigate the effect of various physical activities on children's movement development, this study was conducted. And the purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of participating in educational classes of different disciplines on motor literacy and emotional intelligence of children aged 7-10.
Keyword: motor competence, emotional intelligence, educational classes
Methodology: This research is a causal-comparative research and it is an applied research. After the selection of people, in one step, motor skills and emotional intelligence tests were performed for each person in each group. The statistical population includes children. 7 to 10 years old from Kermanshah city, who participated in volleyball, basketball, football, karate, badminton and continuous gymnastics classes during the past year, and their number was more than 260 people. The research sample was 150 people, The participants included 6 groups: the group participating in volleyball, basketball, football, badminton, gymnastics, and karate classes (all 25 people). To compare the average scores of motor skills and emotional intelligence, one-way analysis of variance was used and if significant The results of post hoc Bonforni test were used to determine the location of differences. The significance level was considered as p≤0.05 for all statistical methods and SPSS 21 software was used to perform statistical calculations.
Findings:The results of the one-way analysis of variance test showed that there is a significant difference between the scores of motor competence of the subjects in six different sports disciplines, but the scores obtained in the emotional intelligence test showed that there is not a significant difference between the emotional intelligence of children participating in the training different classes.
Discussion and conclusion: The results showed that although participation in various sports exercises affects the level of children's motor skills, the type of sports and the skills practiced in training sessions can determine the level of basic motor skills. Based on the results, it is suggested that children participate in training classes such as basketball, whose exercises and skills are more similar to basic skills, in order to master the implementation of basic skills.