Perceptual-motor programs
Overview
- Influence: Perceptual-motor programs
- Domain: Student Learning Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: These programs are premised on the belief that neurological deficits related to perceptual and motor skills interfere with academic learning, and therefore they engage students in a range of physical activities designed to improve perception and gross and fine motor skills.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 224
- Number of students: 13,967
- Number of effects: 677
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.11
- Robustness index: 3
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Learning Disabilities | Kavale & Mattson | USA | "One Jumped Off the Balance Beam" Meta-Analysis of Perceptual-Motor Training | 1983 | PM programs on learning disabled | 180 | 13,000 | 637 | 0.08 |
| American Journal of Occupational Therapy | Vargas & Camilli | USA | A meta-analysis of research on sensory integration treatment | 1999 | Sensory integration therapy | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0.29 |
| Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities | Leong, Carter, & Stephenson | Australia | Meta-analysis of research on sensory integration therapy for individuals with developmental and learning disabilities | 2015 | Sensory integration therapy | 30 | 967 | 24 | 0.19 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 224 | 13,967 | 677 | 0.19 | |||||