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A Longitudinal Study of Laterality Expression and Teacher Evaluation of Elementary School Children
Author(s) -
Van Camp Sarah S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x7800600306
Subject(s) - laterality , psychology , rating scale , longitudinal study , race (biology) , developmental psychology , medicine , pathology , botany , biology
A three‐year longitudinal study conducted to assess the incidence of mixed laterality in elementary school children showed 37 percent of the 82 subjects followed had mixed laterality, with a higher rate for black subjects (45 percent), although this was not found to be statistically significant. There was a shift in laterality expression in 8 percent of the subjects over three years. A Teacher Rating Scale designed to evaluate perceptual motor levels and academic achievement was developed. No statistically significant relationship was found between mixed laterality and the variables of sex, race, age, and grade. Teacher rating showed a lower mean score for black subjects than for white subjects; however, as most of the black subjects were enrolled in one of the three schools participating in the study, other factors may have accounted for the lower teacher rating.