VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
Research designs
Six of the eleven studies (50%) used a descriptive study design (Beach et al.,
2021; Haibach & Lieberman, 2013; Haibach-Beach, et al., 2019; Haibach-Beach,
et al., 2021; Lieberman et al., 2025; Perreault, et al., 2021) whereas two used a
correlational study design (Perreault, et al., 2020; Haibach-Beach, et al., 2020) One
study used an experimental study design (Lieberman, et al., 2021). One study
(10%) used a qualitative observational study design (Arndt, et al., 2005) and one
study (10%) used a study design with mixed methods (Lieberman, et al., 2006).
Assessments
Three studies (Haibach-Beach, et al., 2021; Lieberman, et al., 2021;
Perreault, et al., 2021) utilized the Test of Gross Motor Development, third edition
(TGMD-3) to assess the 13 fundamental locomotor skills (run, jump, skip, hop,
slide, gallop) and ball skills (overhead throw, catch, kick, dribble, one or two hand
strike, underhand roll). This test is eligible for developing youth (Lieberman, et al.,
2021). Two out of the ten studies (Haibach-Beach, et al., 2020; Perreault, et al.,
2020) used the TGMD-2 to assess motor skills. The TGMD-2 is a test that
evaluates six locomotor skills (slide, jump, hop, leap, gallop, run) and six objective
control skills (underhand roll, dribble, strike, catch, overhand throw). Perreault
(2020) modified the TGMD-2 to assess five motor skills (run, slide, overhand
throw, kick, jump).
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