Abstract

PEREIRA, Débora Morais; ARAUJO, Rita de Cássia Tibério  and  BRACCIALLI, Ligia Maria Presumido. Prematuritand additional risk factors to perceptomotor development and it´s influence on school performance. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.2, pp. 529-548. ISSN 1808-4281.

Considering that multiple factors can affect student performance on academic tasks, the  objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate the elementary student's performance in standardized tests, b) to identify the influence of preterm birth and/or low birth weight occurrence and the presence of disability on skills performance assessed in the tests. The participants were 77 students attending 2nd grade of a elementary public school. Seven were born prematurely and / or underweight and three were appointed by those responsible as having a disability. For data collection the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) and Teste de Desempenho Escolar (TDE) and a questionnaire developed for participants' characterization were used. Regarding the students' performance in Beery VMI the average scores were: 18 in visual-motor integration test, 21 in visual perception test and 22 in motor coordination test. Regarding the performance in TDE, the mean score was 13 in writing subtest , 8 in arithmetic subtest and 46 in reading subtest .A positive correlation between the visual-motor integration ability and writing, math and reading academic skills .(p ≤ 0.05) was found.  The presence of disability and the preterm birth and/or low birth weight occurrence accentuated the correlations.

Keywords : education; risk factors; psychomotor performance.

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