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Enhancing Time Reading and Recording Skills in First-Grade Children with Learning Difficulties Using the āClock Motor Gameā
This study aimed to explore the effect of the motor game, āClock Motor Gamesā, on the improvement of āReading and Recording of Timeā (RRT) in children with Grade 1 mathematical learning difficulties (MLDs). A within-school cluster-randomized intervention study was conducted with 232 children (aged 6ā7 years) with limited physical education experience (0.7 Ā± 0.3 years). The participants were divided into two groups: a control group, which received conventional teaching on time without any additional motor activities, and an experimental group, which incorporated the concept of time with the āClock Motor Gameā, for 3 weeks. The Clock-Reading Test was administered before the intervention (T0), immediately after each session (T1), and five weeks after the intervention (T2) in both groups. The results demonstrated that the experimental group exhibited significantly greater improvements in RRT performance compared to the control group (U = 4416.5; p < 0.001; r = 0.3; medium effect). Additionally, the experimental group was more likely to show progress and less likely to experience regression or stagnation compared to the control group (25% vs. 38.4%). The findings suggest that practicing āClock Motor Gamesā can positively contribute to the RRT ability in children with Grade 1 MLD