摘要：Motor behavior has been studied mainly by two sub-areas identified as "Motor Development" and "Motor Learning". The aim of this research was to verify the trends of the motor development and learning studies in Brazilian Physical Education Literature from 1988 to 1994. Therefore, all the reports published in the national journals, annals of scientific events, dissertations and theses presented during this period were checked. The data showed that most work were published as abstracts in annals of scientific events, and that most authors were from USP (University of São Paulo), UNESP (State University of São Paulo) and UFSM (Federal University of Santa Maria) hence all from the Southern and Southeastern Regions of the Country. It was also showed that the number of studies about the learning of motor skills has decreased in quantity, while those about motor development have increased along the years, the highest number being reached in 1994.
关键词：Aprendizagem Motora, Desenvolvimento Motor, Áreas de Estudo.
