Key Test Learning Notes
Section A: General Information
1. What does the test, test?
- Visual Perception and Motor Coordination abilities. VMI is designed to assess the extent to which individuals can integrate their visual and motor abilities (hand-eye coordination).
2. Characteristics of the normative sample
- 2 to 100 years
- Standardized 6 times between 1964-2010 with a total of more than 13,000 children. Also, nationally (U.S.) standardized in 2006 with 1,021 adults
- Re-normed in 2009-2010 o Tails of normative sample – 26 individuals aged 1 and 27 aged 18. The rest of the sample is evenly spread. Tails are not comparable to the rest of the sample.
- Adult norms collected in 2005-2006
3. The child’s name, age, date of examination and …show more content…
Querying/prompting
- Prompt as often as necessary if the child appears off-task.
9. Responding to specific questions
- There are no rules about how to respond to specific questions.
10. What do you need to record?
- Answers: child draws their response in a box in the test booklet. Note behavioural observations.
11. Others than being sure that you gave a basal and a ceiling, do you have to score?
- You do not need to score as you go – all the necessary information will be on the form (applies to all forms – green, blue and brown).
12. How do you know when to stop?
- Testing can conclude after three consecutive scores of 0. However, you can let the examinee finish the test if they wish. Items completed after three consecutive scores of 0 are not counted towards their final score.
Visual Perception (Blue Form)
1. Essence of the test
- Correctly identifying the form which matches the stimulus item.
2. Any extra materials you need?
- Stopwatch, test booklet and pencil without eraser is needed.
3. Are there any initial instructions?
- No initial instructions, but the task is similar to the previous. There are also practice items which serve as instructions.
4. Practice items and responses
- Items 4-6 are teaching items – talking and pointing is …show more content…
How do you administer the items?
- The child draws a line from the black dot to the gray dot. Further instructions are given once there are multiple starting points (i.e., more than one black dot) or there are no dots at all to follow – these instructions are given on the second page of the test where the examinee is reminded of the initial instructions and is told that for items with no dots, they can start anywhere. Individual items are not timed – the entire test is timed.
7. Basal rule
- If the child is unable to copy items 7, 8, or 9, follow instructions for children under function age 5.
8. Querying/prompting
- Prompt if the child attempts to connect dots outside of the lines, is not lifting their pencil to start new lines, or has missed a part of the picture.
9. Responding to specific questions
- Can repeat instructions as many times as needed.
- Prompt if examinee misses part of form, say – make the form look like the small example above.
10. What do you need to record?
- Answers: child draws their design on the record form.
11. How do you know when to stop?
- Continue for exactly 5 minutes. However, if the examinee wishes to continue, note the last item done within the 5-minute
Section A: General Information
1. What does the test, test?
- Visual Perception and Motor Coordination abilities. VMI is designed to assess the extent to which individuals can integrate their visual and motor abilities (hand-eye coordination).
2. Characteristics of the normative sample
- 2 to 100 years
- Standardized 6 times between 1964-2010 with a total of more than 13,000 children. Also, nationally (U.S.) standardized in 2006 with 1,021 adults
- Re-normed in 2009-2010 o Tails of normative sample – 26 individuals aged 1 and 27 aged 18. The rest of the sample is evenly spread. Tails are not comparable to the rest of the sample.
- Adult norms collected in 2005-2006
3. The child’s name, age, date of examination and …show more content…
Querying/prompting
- Prompt as often as necessary if the child appears off-task.
9. Responding to specific questions
- There are no rules about how to respond to specific questions.
10. What do you need to record?
- Answers: child draws their response in a box in the test booklet. Note behavioural observations.
11. Others than being sure that you gave a basal and a ceiling, do you have to score?
- You do not need to score as you go – all the necessary information will be on the form (applies to all forms – green, blue and brown).
12. How do you know when to stop?
- Testing can conclude after three consecutive scores of 0. However, you can let the examinee finish the test if they wish. Items completed after three consecutive scores of 0 are not counted towards their final score.
Visual Perception (Blue Form)
1. Essence of the test
- Correctly identifying the form which matches the stimulus item.
2. Any extra materials you need?
- Stopwatch, test booklet and pencil without eraser is needed.
3. Are there any initial instructions?
- No initial instructions, but the task is similar to the previous. There are also practice items which serve as instructions.
4. Practice items and responses
- Items 4-6 are teaching items – talking and pointing is …show more content…
How do you administer the items?
- The child draws a line from the black dot to the gray dot. Further instructions are given once there are multiple starting points (i.e., more than one black dot) or there are no dots at all to follow – these instructions are given on the second page of the test where the examinee is reminded of the initial instructions and is told that for items with no dots, they can start anywhere. Individual items are not timed – the entire test is timed.
7. Basal rule
- If the child is unable to copy items 7, 8, or 9, follow instructions for children under function age 5.
8. Querying/prompting
- Prompt if the child attempts to connect dots outside of the lines, is not lifting their pencil to start new lines, or has missed a part of the picture.
9. Responding to specific questions
- Can repeat instructions as many times as needed.
- Prompt if examinee misses part of form, say – make the form look like the small example above.
10. What do you need to record?
- Answers: child draws their design on the record form.
11. How do you know when to stop?
- Continue for exactly 5 minutes. However, if the examinee wishes to continue, note the last item done within the 5-minute