Abstract
The development of locomotor skills enables children to move from one place to another and activates parts of the brain essential for their cognitive development. Thus, delays in locomotor development may impact children’s ability to learn. The assessment of locomotor development is conducted by trained professionals using standardised tests. However, access to timely assessment is hindered by the availability of professionals and costs. To broaden access to timely screening of locomotor skills, the MotorSense framework uses affordable motion-based sensors to recognise the execution of locomotor tasks in real-time. This paper presents the design of MotorSense activities for locomotor skills.
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Benoît Bossavit receives funding from the EU H2020 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Career-FIT fellowship (Co-fund grant No. 713654). Many thanks to the Alliance Française in Dublin. A special thanks to all the children and parents who participated and spent their time on our study.
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Bossavit, B., Arnedillo-Sánchez, I. (2020). Designing Digital Activities to Screen Locomotor Skills in Developing Children. In: Alario-Hoyos, C., Rodríguez-Triana, M.J., Scheffel, M., Arnedillo-Sánchez, I., Dennerlein, S.M. (eds) Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education. EC-TEL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12315. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57717-9_37
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