The Comparison of Motor Development in 3-6-Year-Old Children from Ahvaz with Denver Developmental Screening Test II

The aim of the current research was to compare motor development in 3–6- year-old children from Ahvaz with Denver developmental screening test II. The methodology of this research was descriptive – survey. The statistical population consisted of children from Ahvaz and 1044 children aged between 3 and 6 were selected from Ahvaz kindergartens by cluster random sampling method. Denver developmental screening test II was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to compute frequencies and percentile rank to set percentile points. The finding showed that children from Ahvaz had a delay in all percentile points (25%، 50%، 70% and 90%) in gross movements with regard to Denver test. Also، they had a delay in all percentile points (25%، 50%، 75% and 90%) in fine movements with regard to Denver test.