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Bauman, Edward; St. John, Joan – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
It is concluded from the study that the three tests tested are not interchangeable despite the fact that they appear to measure similar perceptual functions. All three tests should be combined in a battery if used for diagnostic purposes. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Perception Tests
Bing, Lois B. – 1971
Most vision screening today concerns itself only with the physical phase of vision, consequently the relationship of vision to learning becomes slighted. Rather, vision should be discussed as it operates when learning takes place through seeing. Vision as it operates for learning is a very complex process--it has physical (acuity), physiological…
Descriptors: Maturation, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development, Physical Development
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Rayner, Keith – Cognitive Psychology, 1975
Skilled readers read passages while their eye movements were monitored. Certain critical words were changed by the computer as the eye was in motion. Subsequent data indicated how wide the area is from which a reader acquires information during a fixation in silent reading. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Cues, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Higher Education
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Rogow, Sally; Rathwell, David – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1994
This study, involving 20 children (ages 6-12) with legal blindness or partial sight, explored the relationships between ability to read and performance on tasks which require the manipulation of figure/ground relations. Significant differences were found between fluent readers and poor readers/nonreaders on four of the six tasks. No age…
Descriptors: Age, Elementary Education, Partial Vision, Perception Tests
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Miller, Jack W.; Miller, Haroldine G. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1977
Tests indicate that females have innately less ability to perceive spatial relationships than males, but that proper training can improve spatial performance and reduce this natural disparity. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Educational Research, Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy
Lee, Jo Ann; Pollack, Robert H. – 1973
Witkin's Embedded Figures Test (EFT) was used to measure the changes with age in field dependence and problem-solving ability. Qualitative data concerning problem-solving strategies and quantitative data were collected. EFT was administered to 12 females in each of the following decades: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s. All subjects were moderately…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Females