CUENTOS MOTORES PARA DESARROLLAR LA MOTRICIDAD GRUESA EN LOS ESTUDIANTES DE 4 AÑOS DE LA INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA, “CARLOS SHOWING FERRARI”, HUÁNUCO -2024

Abstract

This study, developed within a line of research focused on motor development, aimed to determine the influence of motor stories on the development of gross motor skills in 4-year-old children at the Carlos Showing Ferrari Educational Institution. To achieve this objective, an applied research approach was used, with a quantitative approach, an explanatory level, and a pre-experimental variant design with a single- group pre-test/post-test. For the development of the research, the population consisted of 84 children, and a sample of 18 4-year-old boys and girls from the Carlos Showing Ferrari Educational Institution were selected through purposive non-probability sampling at the researcher's discretion. Observational techniques were also used, along with a 16-item observation guide as an instrument. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. According to the results obtained, before the implementation of motor stories, 62.96% of the students were on the "never" rating scale. Based on these results, the motor stories were applied with 16 learning sessions. The results indicated that 66.67% of the students managed to reach the "always" rating scale, demonstrating a significant improvement with respect to the study variable. This was corroborated by the Shapiro-Wilk hypothesis test, p-value = 0.00, which determined that the alternative hypothesis of the study was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected, indicating that motor stories do indeed significantly influence the development of gross motor skills in 4-year-old children at the "Carlos Showing Ferrari" educational institution.