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Bender-Gestalt II Differential Item Functioning across Caucasian and African American Examinees
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Strait, Julia E.; Wright, Emma Kate C.; Decker, Scott L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
Performance on figure copying tasks is empirically linked to the school readiness, learning, cognition, and neuropsychological functioning. These nonverbal tasks are frequently used to evaluate children from diverse backgrounds to minimize bias due to factors such as language, ethnicity, culture, or socioeconomic status on test performance. The…
Descriptors: Perceptual Motor Coordination, Psychological Testing, Test Bias, Whites
Reading Retardation and Bender Gestalt Performance
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Binkley, M. Edward; Maggart, William – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
Compared two groups of children know to be poor readers, those with adequate perceptual functioning and those without, to determine what inadequate perceptual functioning is related to the severity of the reading and adjustment problems. Inadequate Bender performance was related to a more severe reading problem. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
A Comparison of the Visual Aural Digit Span and the Bender Gestalt as Discriminators of Low Achievement in the Primary Grades
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Carter, Donald E.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
The Visual Aural Digit Span and Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test were studied with regard to ability to discriminate low from average achievers in reading and arithmetic skills, as identified by the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. A sample of 78 normal children aged six through nine were administered tests. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Children
Emotional Indicators on the Bender-Gestalt and the Devereux Child Behavior Rating Scale
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Gregory Mary K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
A heterogeneous group of elementary school children referred for psycho-educational diagnosis were rated on the Devereux Child Behavior Rating Scale and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, scoring for Koppitz Emotional Indicators. Findings suggests that certain DCB factors may be more predictive of emotional problems than others in the scale.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Developmental Skills of Advantaged and Disadvantaged Children of Perceptual Tasks
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Richmond, Bert O.; Aliotti, Nicholas C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
A group of perceptual and motor tests were administered to 155 advantaged and disadvantaged student. The results are discussed in terms of differential perceptual-motor and motor growth and need to structure educational experience that will contribute to growth. (Author)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Individual Development
Gifted Children and Visual-Motor Development: A Comparison of Bender-Gestalt and VMI Test Performance.
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Knoff, Howard M.; Sperling, Barbara L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
A sample of 63 gifted elementary-school students was administered the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test and the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration. Group results revealed no significant differences between the two tests, that they did correlate significantly, and that younger students had advanced visual-motor development when tested…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Gifted, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Comparison of Native American Navajo Bender-Gestalt Performance with Koppitz and Sompa Norms.
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Moore, Clay L.; Zarske, John A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Compared Bender-Gestalt performance of 452 Navajo children with 1974 Koppitz and System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment norms (SOMPA), and investigated the use of the Bender-Gestalt for diagnosing learning disabilities. Results suggested the Koppitz and SOMPA White norms may be useful in psychological assessment of Navajo children. (JAC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education
The Revised Test of Visual-Motor Integration: Its Relation to the Test of Visual-Motor Integration and Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test for Regular Education Students.
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Siewert, Julaine C.; Breen, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Compared three tests of visual-motor integration: The Revised Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI-R), the Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (BG). Results showed significantly higher BG age equivalent scores. Highly significant correlations were found among all variables. (WAS)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Psychomotor Skills