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Percept Mot Skills. 1979 Aug;49(1):131-41. doi: 10.2466/pms.1979.49.1.131.

Prediction of later cognitive behavior from early school perceptual-motor, perceptual, and cognitive performances.

Perceptual and motor skills

D E Belka, H G Williams

PMID: 503725 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1979.49.1.131

Abstract

Multiple regression equations were generated to predict cognitive achievement for 189 young children (ages 57 to 92 mo.) 1 yr. after original administration of a battery of perceptual-motor, perceptual, and cognitive tests. Regression equations generated from maximum R2 improvement techniques indicated that a battery of perceptual and perceptual-motor performances at pre-kindergarten is useful for prediction of cognitive performance 1 yr. later at kindergarten level. This battery included one fine and two gross perceptual-motor tasks, and one visual and two auditory perceptual tasks. Inclusion of original cognitive performances did not improve the optimal prediction equation for this age group. In contrast, cognitive achievement at first grade and, particularly, at second grade levels was best predicted from knowledge of earlier cognitive performances.

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