Visuo-Motor Ability for School Prediction: A Seven-Year Study
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 25 (1) , 101-110
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1967.25.1.101
Abstract
The relationship of visuo-motor ability and school achievement over the 7-yr. elementary school period was examined using a longitudinal paradigm in which data were collected on the same 73 children at kindergarten, Grades 3 and 6. Visuo-motor performance was measured by the Bender-Gestalt, school achievement by standard achievement tests. Analyses determined patterns of visuo-motor performance over the age span, and considered the predictive and diagnostic utility of the Bender for school achievement. Results suggest that the kindergarten Bender is a surprisingly useful predictor of educational achievement in the upper elementary school grades.Keywords
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