A test for motor capacity in the industries and in the school

Abstract

Unselected children from two schools in the same section of a city were given the Otis Self Administering Test and the Viteles Mental Alertness Test. Detailed data concerning the latter test are presented. The persistent factors which determined the motor ability measured were sex and nationality: boys were definitely superior to girls, and Italians and the mixed group to Jewish children. Age, grade, school, and intelligence were less significant factors, in descending order of significance. The correlation between motor ability and intelligence was negligible; that between motor ability and chronological age was low but significant. Practical applications of the test are suggested. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)