The Relationship of Tactile-Perception Ability to Intelligence and Reading Achievement in Younger Children

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of tactile-perception ability to intelligence and reaching achievement in first and third grade children and to assess the usefulness of a tactile-perception measure to predict later reading achievement. Ninety-seven first graders and ninety third graders were assessed for level of tactile-perception functioning at the beginning of a school year. The assessment instrument used was the Benton Test of Finger Localization. Upper and lower tactile ability groups containing 18 subjects at each ability level were formed at each grade level on the basis of scores earned on the Benton Test of Finger Localization.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Bereika, Susan Vetter

• Education, Educational Psychology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8026453

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/65946