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Comparison of the Minnesota Percepto‐Diagnostic test‐revised and Bender‐Gestalt in predicting achievement
Author(s) -
Fuller Gerald B.,
Vance Booney
Publication year - 1993
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(199307)30:3<220::aid-pits2310300304>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , bender gestalt test , achievement test , academic achievement , test (biology) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics education , standardized test , psychoanalysis , projective test , paleontology , biology
This study investigated whether the Minnesota Percepto‐Diagnostic Test‐Revised (MPD‐R) or the Bender‐Gestalt (BG) would most accurately predict achievement at the first‐, third‐, and fifth‐grade levels. Both tests were administered to 84 children (28 at each grade level) in a counterbalanced order. Data were analyzed using Pearson product‐moment correlations, t tests for significance of difference between dependent correlations, and partial correlations. Results indicated that the MPD‐R is a better predictor of achievement than the BG, especially at the first‐and fifth‐grade levels. At each grade level, the MPD‐R scores correlated more highly with more achievement than did the BG.