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Comparison of the relationship between two measures of visual‐motor coordination and academic achievement
Author(s) -
Wright Dan,
Demers Stephen T.
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(198210)19:4<473::aid-pits2310190411>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , motor coordination , test (biology) , wechsler intelligence scale for children , academic achievement , gestalt psychology , intelligence quotient , audiology , cognition , perception , medicine , paleontology , psychiatry , biology , neuroscience
Scores from Koppitz' scoring system for the Bender‐Gestalt and Beery's Developmental Test of Visual‐Motor Integration for a group of 86 elementary students referred for psychoeducational evaluation were correlated with Wide Range Achievement Test scores, controlling for WISC‐R IQ. Although zero‐order correlations of the visual‐motor measures with achievement were of moderate magnitude (.33 to.48) and were all statistically significant ( p <.01), first‐order partial correlations were of lower magnitude (.13 to.22) and half failed to reach statistical significance ( p >.05). It was suggested that visual‐motor ability may not offer a unique contribution to the prediction of achievement.