Relationship between Perceptual-Motor and Academic Measures for Disadvantaged Pre-School Children

Abstract

Relationships between the Shape-0 Ball Test, a perceptual-motor measure, and 2 measures of academic ability were determined. A group of disadvantaged pre-school children served as Ss. Results indicated that the Shape-O Ball test correlated significantly with the composite teacher rating but not with the Otis-Lennon MAT. These results do not agree with previous research in which pre-school children from higher socio-economic levels were Ss.