TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and validation of the Best Start Foundational Movement Skill Assessment Tool (BS-FMSAT)
AU - Sanctuary, Colin
AU - Eather, Narelle
AU - Lander, Natalie
AU - Lyell, Andrew
AU - Boyer, James
AU - Lubans, David R.
AU - Diallo, Thierno M.O.
AU - Riley, Nicholas
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The study aimed to develop and validate a tool that assessed students’ foundational movement skills, for primary school teachers. The playground circuit, including 14 movement skills (e.g. functional, locomotor and object control), was developed through insights and recommendations from teachers (n = 36) and academic experts (n = 25). To validate the Best Start Foundational Movement Skill Assessment Tool (BS-FMAT), a sample of children (n = 340; 159 boys and 181 girls; mean age = 6.1 ± 0.9 years) completed the circuit. Then, n = 120 randomly selected children completed the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3) and BS-FMSAT to determine concurrent validity. Multiple linear results showed significant and positive association between TGMD-3 and BS-FMSAT for overall skill (β = 0.043, p <.001), locomotor (β = 0.457, p <.001) and object control skills (β = 0.334, p <.001). Findings provide preliminary evidence that BS-FMSAT is an alternative assessment tool for children in a New South Wales, Australia (NSW) primary school.
AB - The study aimed to develop and validate a tool that assessed students’ foundational movement skills, for primary school teachers. The playground circuit, including 14 movement skills (e.g. functional, locomotor and object control), was developed through insights and recommendations from teachers (n = 36) and academic experts (n = 25). To validate the Best Start Foundational Movement Skill Assessment Tool (BS-FMAT), a sample of children (n = 340; 159 boys and 181 girls; mean age = 6.1 ± 0.9 years) completed the circuit. Then, n = 120 randomly selected children completed the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3) and BS-FMSAT to determine concurrent validity. Multiple linear results showed significant and positive association between TGMD-3 and BS-FMSAT for overall skill (β = 0.043, p <.001), locomotor (β = 0.457, p <.001) and object control skills (β = 0.334, p <.001). Findings provide preliminary evidence that BS-FMSAT is an alternative assessment tool for children in a New South Wales, Australia (NSW) primary school.
KW - foundational Movement
KW - functional Movement
KW - motor competency
KW - Movement
KW - physical education
KW - primary schools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85217156582&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1091367X.2025.2460161
DO - 10.1080/1091367X.2025.2460161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85217156582
SN - 1091-367X
JO - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
JF - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
ER -