TY - JOUR
T1 - Inter-rater and test–retest (between-sessions) reliability of the 4-Skills Scan for Dutch elementary school children
AU - van Kernebeek, Willem G.
AU - de Schipper, Antoine W.
AU - Savelsbergh, Geert J.P.
AU - Toussaint, Huub M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In The Netherlands, the 4-Skills Scan is an instrument for physical education teachers to assess gross motor skills of elementary school children. Little is known about its reliability. Therefore, in this study the test–retest and inter-rater reliability was determined. Respectively, 624 and 557 Dutch 6- to 12-year-old children were analyzed for test re-test and inter-rater reliability. All tests took place within the school setting. The outcome measure was age-expected motor performance (in years). Results showed a small practice effect of .24 years for re-test sessions and assessment of motor skills was possible with acceptable precision (standard error of measurement = .67 years). Overall, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was .93 (95% confidence interval: .92–.95) for test–retest reliability and .97 for inter-rater reliability. For the repeated measures, the smallest detectable change (SDC) was 1.84 and limits of agreement were –1.60 and 2.08 years. It can be concluded that the 4-Skills Scan is a reliable instrument to assess gross motor skills in elementary school children.
AB - In The Netherlands, the 4-Skills Scan is an instrument for physical education teachers to assess gross motor skills of elementary school children. Little is known about its reliability. Therefore, in this study the test–retest and inter-rater reliability was determined. Respectively, 624 and 557 Dutch 6- to 12-year-old children were analyzed for test re-test and inter-rater reliability. All tests took place within the school setting. The outcome measure was age-expected motor performance (in years). Results showed a small practice effect of .24 years for re-test sessions and assessment of motor skills was possible with acceptable precision (standard error of measurement = .67 years). Overall, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was .93 (95% confidence interval: .92–.95) for test–retest reliability and .97 for inter-rater reliability. For the repeated measures, the smallest detectable change (SDC) was 1.84 and limits of agreement were –1.60 and 2.08 years. It can be concluded that the 4-Skills Scan is a reliable instrument to assess gross motor skills in elementary school children.
KW - motor skill assessment
KW - physical education
KW - primary school children
KW - psychometrics
KW - reliability
U2 - 10.1080/1091367X.2017.1399891
DO - 10.1080/1091367X.2017.1399891
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85036541155
SN - 1091-367X
VL - 22
SP - 129
EP - 137
JO - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
JF - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
IS - 2
ER -