PLEY Wheel: Physical Literacy Assessment Scores for 234 Preschool Children

234 children aged 3–5 years participated in a mixed-methods study validating the Physical Literacy Early Years (PLEY) Wheel assessment. The dataset likely contains scores across physical, social, cognitive, and affective domains, benchmarked against device-measured physical activity. Natalie Weir authored this research, published on figshare in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Validate psychometric assessment tools based on the reported validity and reliability evidence.
• Analyze associations between physical literacy domains and physical activity levels based on the described secondary analyses.
• Identify demographic patterns in physical literacy scores based on age, sex, and socio-economic context.
• Develop child-centered intervention strategies based on the five identified profiles of domain strengths and weaknesses.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 234 child participants and 17 educators from 15 early education settings.
• Assessment tool is described as providing valid, reliable, and practical benchmarking.
• Data includes device-measured physical activity as a key variable for association analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is 23.5 KB, indicating a very limited scope of data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Mixed-methods study involving children and educators from early education settings.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 06:50:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Participants were 74% White British; IMD decile 3.70 ± 3.0 suggests a UK context.