Open AccessDiscriminant validity of the Developmental Test of Visual Perception–2 for children with learning disabilities
Author(s) -
MoryosefIttah Sol,
Hinojosa Jim
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
occupational therapy international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1557-0703
pISSN - 0966-7903
DOI - 10.1002/oti.37
Subject(s) - discriminant validity , learning disability , psychology , perception , normative , visual perception , test (biology) , linear discriminant analysis , developmental psychology , psychometrics , internal consistency , artificial intelligence , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , computer science , biology
This study examined the discriminant validity of the Developmental Test of Visual Perception‐2 (DTVP‐2). It was administered to 17 children between the ages 7 and 10 with learning disabilities. Their scores were compared with the reported scores of the normative sample and found to be significantly lower, suggesting that the DTVP‐2 can discriminate between children with and without learning disabilities on the variable of visual perception. The study supports the use of the DTVP‐2 to assess the visual‐perceptual abilities of children with learning disabilities. Further research is suggested to corroborate findings. Copyright © 1996 Whurr Publishers Ltd.