Özet:

This study that has been planned with the purpose to determine the differences between educable mentally retarded (EMR) children and their normally developed peers by studying their heights, weights, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, to present the results to physical educator and child developer has been carried out on totally 313 (156 EMR children and 157 children with normal development). In this studie heights, weights, triceps and subscapular skinfolds are measured as being used “ Project Unique Test” and “Physical and Motor Proficiency Test” which has been suggested by Hastad and Lacy (1989) According to the results of the study it has been determined that the body height of EMR girls and boys is shorter, the body weight is less and compared to their peers with normal development. Sex differences that have been observed on normally developed children couldn’t be observed on EMR children. While there are relations between the age and a lot of parameters of normally developed children there is a relation only between the body height and the age on EMR children