AbstractsEconomics

Visual closure: its relationship to reading achievement and socioeconomic status among black sixth grade students

by Royce D. Horowitz




Institution: California State University – Northridge
Department: Department of Education
Degree: MA
Year: 1973
Keywords: Reading (Elementary) – Ability testing – United States.; Dissertations, Academic  – CSUN  – Education
Record ID: 1491162
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/4451


Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between visual closure ability, reading achievement and socioeconomic status among Black sixth grade students in the Los Angeles area. In April, 1972, The Graded Picture Series Test was administered to sixty Black sixth grade students, as a measure of their visual closure ability. A mean recognition score was derived for each subject. Scores from the California Test of Basic Skills were used as a measure of reading achievement. The Socioeconomic Index of the Bureau of the Census 1950 was used to derive an index for each subject, based on the occupation of the head of the household. Data was analyzed using a Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. A correlation matrix was constructed for the variables tested: visual closure, reading achievement, and socioeconomic status. Results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship at better than the .05 level, between visual closure and reading achievement. Socioeconomic status and visual closure were found to be significantly correlated at the .02 level.