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Age, Sex, and Body Composition as Predictors of Children's Performance on Basic Motor Abilities and Health-Related Fitness Items.
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Pissanos, Becky W.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Step-wise linear regressions were used to relate children's age, sex, and body composition to performance on basic motor abilities including balance, speed, agility, power, coordination, and reaction time, and to health-related fitness items including flexibility, muscle strength and endurance and cardiovascular functions. Eighty subjects were in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cardiovascular System, Health Activities, Multivariate Analysis
Spina Bifida Children's Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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Tew, Brian – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1977
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Physical Characteristics, Physical Disabilities, Predictor Variables
Cognitive Strategy and Personality across Age Levels.
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Goebel, Barbara L.; Harris, Elizabeth L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Results of this study of three age groups (5-7, 9-10, and 14-15 years) indicate that there are both individual and developmental differences in cognitive strategy use and that use of strategy is predictable across age levels by personality factors. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Style
Preschool Children's Field Independence: Prediction from Antecedent and Concurrent Maternal and Child Behavior.
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Moskowitz, Debbie S.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Field independence at preschool age (3 1/2 years) was tested and regressed on measures of 24 children's social and exploratory behaviors and on measures of maternal interaction behaviors during infancy and preschool. Children's exploratory behaviors' and mothers' behaviors were not predictive of cognitive style, but social behaviors were.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Infant Behavior, Interaction
Achievement As a Momentary Event, As a Continuing State, Locus of Control: A Clarification.
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Sherman, Lawrence W.; Hofmann, Richard J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
The locus of control/achievement relationship is clarified by distinguishing momentary achievement events (standardized test results) from a continuing state (grade point average) using a path diagram. Although no substantial correlations were found between locus of control, socioeconomic status and sex, these variables better predicted continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control
Relationship between Selected Kindergarten Predictors and First and Fourth Grade Achievement Test Scores.
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Caskey, William E. Jr.; Larson, Gerald L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Kindergarten predictors, Otis-Lennon IQ, group and individual Bender scores, and teachers' ratings were correlated with first-grade Stanford Achievement Test scores from 152 children from three schools in the same school district and fourth-grade Ohio Survey Test scores from 102 of the same children. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Education
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
Relationships of Perceptual-Motor Development to Hyperkinesis, Educational Placement, Drug Utilization, Socioeconomic Status, and Age.
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Churton, Michael W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Hyperkinesis, educational placement, drug utilization, socioeconomic status and age were used to predict performance on the Purdue Perceptual-motor Survey subtests that measured balance, spatial organization, neurological organization, and visual motor accuracy. The variables were poor to moderate predictors of perceptual-motor performance of nine…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity
Success in Architecture: Handedness and/or Visual Thinking.
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Peterson, John M.; Lansky, Leonard M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Some data on sex and handedness in relation to academic predictors and success in architectural education were reexamined. The new variable was the notion of visual thinking, measured by the manner, "visually" or "cognitively," of executing a simple line drawing. As expected, significant differences appeared between persons using these modes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Architectural Education, Cognitive Style, Freehand Drawing
Gender Differences as a Factor in Teachers' Perceptions of Students: A Comment.
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Miller, Arden; Asher, William – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
A recent article by Prawat and Jarvis (1980) reported a lack of support for the hypothesis that teachers' perceptions of students are sex-biased. A closer inspection shows the interpretation of multiple regression analysis is inaccurate. More satisfactory interpretations are considered. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Instructional Program Divisions, Intelligence Quotient, Multiple Regression Analysis