The Results of the Empirical Study of Physical Development of Junior Schoolchildren of the Kolomyya District of Ivano-Frankivsk Region
Keywords:
physical development, physical fitness, somatic health, children of junior school ageAbstract
Development and implementation of innovations in the educational process of schoolchildren is one of the urgent tasks of modern physical education. The issues of introduction of innovative means of motor activity into the process of physical education of junior schoolchildren were considered by many scientists. Foreign systems of physical education have a positive experience in organizing classes using popular types of motor activity. However, despite the large number of studies devoted to the study of physical fitness, somatic health, morphofunctional state of children of the junior age group, as well as introduction of certain types of physical activity into the educational process of secondary schools, a comparative assessment of physical development of the regions of Ukraine in general and Ivano-Frankivsk region in particular wasn’t conducted yet. These regulations explain the relevance of the topic of our research, which is connected with the need to solve a scientific problem that has significant theoretical and practical importance for improving the system of physical education of schoolchildren. The objective is to study the indicators of physical fitness of junior schoolchildren of the Kolomyya district of Ivano-Frankivsk region. It was found out that boys of the 3rd grade have statistically significantly greater chest girth (p <0,01) than girls in the 3rd grade, however, no significant difference in length and body weight was found among the examined (p> 0,05 ); boys of the 4th grade are significantly higher (p <0,01) and have bigger body mass (p <0,01) than girls of the 4th grade. However, a chest girth of boys which is 64,7 cm, S = 5,2 cm has no statistically significant differences with a chest girth of girls (p <0,05). Boys and girls that study in the following classes are significantly higher, have a greater body weight and bigger chest girth compared with students of the previous classes (p <0,01). The results obtained are fully explained by age-related physiological changes in the child’s body.
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