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Recognition and Reproduction of Bender-Gestalt Figures: A Developmental Study of the Lag Between Perception and Performance
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Labrentz, Erica; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The performance of 132 pre- and primary school children on a Bender-Gestalt copying task was compared with that of a multiple choice version. Significant correlation coefficients were obtained between the copying and recognition scores. The multiple choice version was also as successful as the copying test in predicting reading achievement scores.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Multiple Choice Tests, Perceptual Development
Disabled Readers: Their Intellectual and Perceptual Capacities at Differing Ages.
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Miller, John W.; McKenna, Michael C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Two groups of disabled readers, ages 8 and 11, were tested. Perceptual abilities related more strongly for younger students, while intelligence related more strongly for older students. Questions are raised about the validity of using expectancy formulae with younger disabled readers and the "learning disabilities" approach with older disabled…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Intelligence, Perceptual Development
Age Differences in Children's Referential Communication Performance: An Investigation of Task Effects. Technical Report No. 96.
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Wigfield, Allan; Asher, Steven R. – 1978
To assess the effects of age differences, type of task, intelligence (IQ), and reading achievement on referential communication performance, third and fifth grade children were asked to communicate messages for three types of tasks: word pairs, picture descriptions, and school-locations directions. The latter was specifically designed to assess…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)