Correlations of Scores on the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration and Copying Test in a South African Multi-Ethnic Preschool Sample.
This study assessed the intercorrelations of scores on the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, the locally standardized Copying Test, and teachers' ratings of scholastic skills in a South African multi-ethnic preschool sample. The study also investigated whether cultural and socioeconomi...
| Published in: | Perceptual & Motor Skills Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 951 - 959 |
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Ammons Scientific, Ltd.
December 2006
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