An Investigation of the Multiple Correlations between Visual-Perception Skills and the Indices of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

The present study investigated the multiple correlations between visual-perception skills and the indices of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children with learning disabilities. The statistical population included third-grade students with learning disabilities in the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2013-14. 100 students were selected by multistage (cluster random) sampling. The method was correlation analysis, and the Myklebust test, Wechsler Intelligence Scale, and Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception were used. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and stepwise regression were used to analyze collected. The results of the study revealed a meaningful correlation between a set of visual-perception skills and intelligence indices. The best identifiers of students’ intelligence were figure-ground perception, consistency of shape, and position in space (p ? 0.01).

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n7p542