Perceptual and Socio-Economic Variables, Instruction in Body-Orientation, and Predicted Academic Success in Young Children
- 1 June 1968
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 26 (3_suppl), 1175-1184
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1968.26.3c.1175
Abstract
Perceptual differences were investigated at the first grade level among Negro and white lower class children and middle class white children; and nursery, kindergarten, and first grade middle class white children. Half of the nursery school children had been given special exercises to enhance bodily awareness. A rod-and-frame test, the Frostig test, and the Metropolitan Achievement test were the criterion measures. Lower class children were less effective; race was not a significant factor; special exercises were beneficial; and perceptual performance was more highly correlated with predicted academic success for girls.Keywords
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