The Development of Basic Movement Tests and Constructing Norms for Prathom Suksa 3 Students in Suphan Buri Province

Abstract

This study aimed to 1) develop basic movement tests for Prathom Suksa 3 students in Suphan Buri Province and to 2) construct basic movement norms for Prathom Suksa 3 students in Suphan Buri Province. The population in this study included 7,093 Prathom Suksa 3 students in the second semester of the academic year 2021 in Suphan Buri Province. The sample was randomly selected by multi-stage sampling. The sample used in the research was divided into 2 groups: the sample group to determine the quality of the test, totaling 80 students and the sample group to construct norms, totaling 80 students. The research instruments were basic movement tests, developed by the researcher, including six tests: 1) crouching, stretching, tiptoeing, 2) walking on the line forward, 3) double jumping, 4) leaping forward, 5) Lower throwing and catching a ball, and 6) Upper throwing and catching a ball. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation, and Normalized T-Score.

The findings were as follows 1) Content validity of all basic movement tests develoepd by the researcher had a mean between 4.63-4.76 2) As for reliability correlation coefficient six basic movement tests had values between 0.87-0.90 at a good to very good level. 3) As for the multiple-choice correlation coefficient, six basic movement tests had values between 0.85-0.87 at a good level. 4) The norms of 6 basic movement tests for Prathom Suksa 3 students in Suphan Buri Province were divided into 3 levels: Good skill level with 15 scores above, moderate skill level with 11-14 scores, and low skill level with 10 scores below.