Validation of a Group Embedded Figures Test for Young Children
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 51 (2) , 483-486
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1980.51.2.483
Abstract
This paper describes the development and concurrent validation of a group-administered measure of field-dependence/independence for early elementary children. Following the procedure used to validate the Children's Group Embedded Figures Test (Level 2, 9 to 11 yr.), a validation study of a group test for younger children was undertaken with a second-grade sample ( N = 77). The test was reliable (alpha = .84) and significantly related to both the individually administered Children's Embedded Figures Test ( r = .56) and Portable Rod-and-frame Test ( r = .57). This measure, designated the Children's Group Embedded Figures Test—Level 1, provides a promising research instrument for assessing cognitive style of young children.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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