Effect of a Mastery Climate Motor Program on Object Control Skills and Perceived Physical Competence in Preschoolers

Abstract

Key words:

• Achievement motivation
• Fundamental motor skills
• Motor skill instruction
• Self-perceptions

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Notes on contributors

Leah E. Robinson

I give a special “thank you” to the Head Start center teachers and preschoolers who participated in this project. I also thank my colleagues, L. Bruce Gladden and Mary E. Rudisill, along with the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Findings from this study were presented at the 2009 conference for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Austin, TX. Please address correspondence concerning this article to Leah E. Robinson, Department of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5323.