The use of the developmental test of visual motor integration and the developmental test of visual perception with the urban black child

Abstract

Tho purpose ot this study was to investigate the appropriateness oi the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration and the Developmental Test oi Visual Perception for the evaluation of perceptual problems in the urban Black child. b U) children were assessed on both < ests. 1 hoy w e r e grouped according to academic ability. Statist ieal comparisons were made between the two test results lor each of the three academic groups and between each group and the American sample population. Percentile rankings of the South African sample population's results were provided. The results of the above comparisons reflected a low correlation between handwriting and academic performance, and tho results of the two tests. There was no significant difference between the three academic group's results on the two tests. I here was a significant difference between the South African and the American sample populations on the two tests. The above factors and the fact that studies by other authors were not conclusive in regard to the tests relevance to academic performance led the candidate to the conclusion that the tests -ere Inappropriate I or the assessment of urban Black children.