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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WELSH AND CANADIAN CHILDREN ON PARTS OF THE TEST OF MOTOR IMPAIRMENT
Author(s) -
TEW BRIAN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1979.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , welsh , psychology , motor function , developmental psychology , value (mathematics) , motor impairment , audiology , demography , statistics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , mathematics , geography , sociology , archaeology , biology , paleontology
Summary Four sub tests, which measured hand function, were taken from the Test of Motor Impairment and given to 53 10‐year‐old children of normal intelligence. The results showed a wide variation in achievement with one test at a very inappropriate level of difficulty. Girls were consistently faster than boys, achieving a result which was statistically significant in one instance. It is suggested that this test requires re‐standardization for use among British populations. The provision of separate norms for the sexes would improve the discriminatory value of this instrument.