Relationships As Assessed By Canonical Correlation Between Perceptual-Motor And Intellectual Abilities For Pre-School And Early Elementary Age Children

The relationship between 3 perceptual-motor tasks and 2 measures of academic achievement was assessed using canonical correlation. Ss were 113 children from kindergarten through third grade. A significant canonical correlation existed for the kindergarten, first, and second grade group, but the correlation for third graders was not statistically significant. There was a decreasing relationship between the perceptual-motor and intellectual domains as age increased.