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Jaana Ahonniska

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Practice effects on visuomotor and problem-solving tests by children.

2001

Practice effects on a visuomotor test (the Developmental Test of Visuo-Motor Integration), a timed visual discrimination test (the Underlining Test), and two problem-solving tests (the Porteus Mazes Test and the Tower of Hanoi Test) were analyzed. Children of two age groups ( Ms: 7.7 and 11.6 yr.) were chosen to study the effect of age on practice effects. The tests were repeated nine times with test-retest intervals of 2 mo. The Developmental Test of Visuo-Motor Integration showed no practice effects, while the Porteus Mazes Test, the Underlining Test, and the Tower of Hanoi Test showed significant practice effects. Practice effects were larger for the older age group on all the tests, ex…

Malegenetic structuresExperimental and Cognitive Psychologybehavioral disciplines and activitiesDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicine0504 sociologyAge groupsHumansChildProblem Solvingharjoitusvaikutus05 social sciences050401 social sciences methods030229 sport sciencesSensory SystemsTest (assessment)Motor SkillsVisual discriminationpsykologiset testitVisual PerceptionFemalePsychologyPorteus Maze Testpsychological phenomena and processesPerceptual and motor skills
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Repeated assessment of the Tower of Hanoi test: reliability and age effects.

2000

The purpose of this research was to analyze the effects of repeating an executive function test. Three versions of the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) test were repeated three times each, with test-retest intervals of 2 months. Two groups of children participated in the research (7.7 and 11.6 years, n = 22 and n = 28). Repeating the assessment improved the performance and decreased the total performance time in both of the groups. The older participants improved their performance faster than the younger ones. The reliability of all the scores, besides the error scores, seemed to be satisfactory after the first few assessments. The stability of the scores was maintained through all the assessments. Th…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyAgingAudiologyNeuropsychological TestsDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCognitionmedicineHumansNeuropsychological assessmentApplied PsychologyReliability (statistics)medicine.diagnostic_test05 social sciencesAge Factors050301 educationReproducibility of Results030229 sport sciencesExecutive functionsTest (assessment)Clinical PsychologyFemalePsychology0503 educationTowerAssessment
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Suggestions for revised scoring of the Tower of Hanoi test

2000

Detailed time and error analyses of the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) test was performed using four repeated assessments of eight children (ages 9-12 years), who had perceptual and problem solving deficits. The time before each move was measured. In addition to the traditionally counted time scores, new, relative time scores were computed in order to separate the planning time from the general reaction speed. New error scores were defined and sum scores of serious errors (perserative moves, illegal moves, and wrong results) and mild errors (self-corrected moves, almost performed moves, and interrupted trials) were computed. The relative planning time correlated positively with the achieved score, a…

050103 clinical psychology05 social sciencesReaction speed050109 social psychologyNeuropsychological TestsTower (mathematics)Additional researchTest (assessment)Clinical PsychologyCognitionError analysisStatisticsHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologyApplied Psychology
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