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A comparative analysis of the Bender‐Gestalt and beery/buktenica tests of visual‐motor integration as a function of grade level for regular education students
Author(s) -
Lehman Joanne,
Breen Michael J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(19820108)19:1<52::aid-pits2310190111>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - psychology , gestalt psychology , bender gestalt test , developmental psychology , perception , projective test , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
One hundred twenty‐five randomly selected regular education students in grades kindergarten through three were administered the Bender‐Gestalt and Beery/Buktenica tests of visual‐motor integration. Significant differences between the mean Bender and Beery age equivalent scores at each grade level were found. Correlation coefficients ranged from.21 at the kindergarten level to.71 for the total group and were significant at the first and second grade, as well as for the total group. Implications for their utilization in assessing fine motor readiness development, particularly as they apply to the identification of learning disabilities, are discussed.