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    Journal of Clinical Psychology
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    Academic achievement, not race, primarily impacts visual-motor skills in children. Low achievers performed worse on the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test, with a notable exception for black low achievers on circle-diamond distortion errors.

    Area of Science:

    • Developmental Psychology
    • Neuroscience
    • Educational Psychology

    Background:

    • Visual-motor skills are crucial for academic success.
    • Understanding racial and achievement disparities in cognitive development is essential.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the influence of race and academic achievement on visual-motor skill development.
    • To identify potential disparities in cognitive performance between black and white children.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test on 120 rural Michigan children (60 black, 60 white) across varying academic achievement levels.
    • Assessed visual-motor skills through measures of design rotation, separation errors, and distortion errors (circle-diamond, dots).
    • Employed statistical analyses controlling for intellectual level to isolate effects of race and achievement.

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    Main Results:

    • Academic achievement level significantly predicted visual-motor test performance; low achievers performed worse than high achievers.
    • Race was not a significant factor in most visual-motor skill measures when controlling for intellectual level.
    • A significant race-by-achievement interaction was observed for circle-diamond distortion errors, with black low achievers exhibiting more errors than other groups.

    Conclusions:

    • Academic achievement is a stronger determinant of visual-motor skill performance than race.
    • Environmental factors may contribute to observed disparities, particularly in specific error types like circle-diamond distortion.
    • Further research into environmental influences on cognitive development is warranted.