An experimental study of the efficacy of perceptual-motor training.
The efficacy of 40 h of perceptual-motor training among a group of culturally disadvantaged kindergarten children was investigated. The training procedures produced a significant improvement in perceptual-motor abilities such that each group was raised to a "non-dysfunctioning" level as evaluated by the Rosner-Richman Perceptual Motor Survey. In terms of the design of this study, the effects observed and the differences obtained cannot be attributed either to maturation or to attendance in school per se.
D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009048:Motor Skills; D010465:Perception; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012578:Schools, Nursery; D013663:Teaching