Abstract
A test of visual form discrimination independent of motor ability was constructed and compared to a test of visual-motor reproduction (adapted from the Geometric Design subtest of the WPPSI) to determine if the two were measuring the same processes. A correlational analysis was made between the numbers and kinds of errors occurring on the two tests when administered to 42 normal 5-yr.-old nursery school children. While results indicated that children who did well on the reproduction task also tended to do well on the discrimination test (r = −.55), there was little relationship between the kinds of mistakes made on the two tests, even though the same geometric figures were involved. Implications for the assessment of perceptual ability in young children are considered.
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