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The objective is to determine the methodological approaches to pedagogical control in physical education of girls aged 12-14.

Materials and methods. The participants of the study were girls aged 12 (n = 31), aged 13 (n = 26), and aged 14 (n = 28).

To achieve the tasks set, the study relied on the following methods: analysis of scientific literature, pedagogical testing and methods of mathematical statistics. To evaluate the functional and motor preparedness of the girls aged 12-14, we recorded the results of Stange and Genchi, Serkin and motor tests.

Results. The standardized coefficients of the canonical discriminant function allow to determine the relation of the variables contribution to the function result. The first function explains the results variation by 86.8% (p < 0.001), the second — by 13.2% (p < 0.001). The above proves that pedagogical control is possible in physical education based on the classification of the age differences in girls aged 12-14, by the results of their functional, strength and coordination preparedness tested.

The structural coefficients of the first canonical discriminant function indicate that a significant difference between the girls aged 12 and the girls aged 13-14 occurs in the level of development of their motor coordination, speed strength and the results of Stange’s test. The structural coefficients of the second canonical discriminant function indicate that a significant difference between the girls aged 13 and 14 occurs in the level of development of the static and relative strength of their arm muscles.

Conclusions. The final pedagogical control of motor and functional preparedness of the girls aged 12-14 can rest on the first discriminant function with emphasis on the most informative variables.  

Keywords: discriminant function; pedagogical control; classification; modeling; motor preparedness; girls aged 12-14

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Olena Petrova^1ABCD, Tymur Myrnyi^2ABCD

1 H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
2 Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture

Authors’ Contribution: A – Study design; B – Data collection; C – Statistical analysis; D – Manuscript Preparation; E – Funds Collection

Corresponding Author: Tymur Myrnyi, e-mail: tmfv@tmfv.com.ua

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Іеrmakov, S. (2001). Modeli biomekhanicheskikh sistem v organizatsii effektivnogo deystviya sportsmena. Pedahohika, psykholohiya ta medyko-biolohichni problemy fizychnoho vykhovannya i sportu, (17),  40–47. 

Іеrmakov, S. S. (2001). Modeli rabochikh poz sportsmena kak faktor effektivnosti vypolneniya dvigatel’nykh deystviy. Fizicheskoe vospitanie studentov tvorcheskikh spetsial’nostey, (4), 16–22. 

Іermakov, S. S. (2010). Biomekhanichni modeli udarnykh rukhiv u sportyvnykh ihrakh u konteksti vdoskonalennya tekhnichnoyi pidhotovky sportsmeniv. Teorìâ ta Metodika Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ, (4), 11–18.

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One of the conditions for increasing the level of schoolers’ motor preparedness is organizing pedagogical control both in physical culture classes (Khudolii, 2008; Ivashchenko, Cieślicka, Khudolii, & Yermakov, 2014; Ivashchenko, Muszkieta, Khudolii, & Yermakov, 2014) and under sports training conditions (Khudolii, 2011; Khudolii, & Yermakov, 2011; Khudolii, & Ivashchenko, 2013). The pedagogical control procedure is classification of the current state of motor and functional preparedness on which decision-making depends in the process of children’s and teenagers’ physical education management (Ivashchenko, Khudolii,  Yermakova, Pilewska, Muszkieta, & Stankiewicz, 2015).

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