Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Mary H. True

Publication Date

5-5-1972

Abstract

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine if there is a relationship between motor and reading ability scores; and (2) to determine the difference in motor ability between the lower and upper school. The population involved in this study consisted of 105 girls. Each subject took the Iowa Brace Motor Ability Test and 42 girls took the Cooperative English Test. The hypotheses proposed no difference to exist in the following: (1) there will be no significant correlation between motor ability scores and reading ability scores of the girls in grades nine and ten; and (2) there will be no significant difference in the mean scores in motor ability between the lower school girls and the upper school girls. Each of the hypotheses was tested. A Pearson Product Correlation was used to measure hypothesis one to see if the variables of motor ability and reading ability were related. An analysis of variance was used to determine the difference in motor ability between the lower and upper school in hypothesis two. Findings upheld the prediction of hypotheses one and two. Conclusions drawn from the study were: (1) there was no significant correlation between motor ability scores and reading ability scores of the girls in grades nine and ten: and (2) there was no difference in motor ability of the lower and upper school girls.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Physical Education

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Armond H. Seidler

Second Committee Member

David Herbert Hunt

Third Committee Member

Frank Edward Papcsy

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