RELATIONSHIP OF INITIAL AND FINAL SCORES ON A QUALITATIVE-ANALYSIS OFMOVEMENT TEST

The present study examined the relationship of initial qualitative ana lysis of movement scores, disembedding scores, and mental rotation sco res on terminal qualitative analysis of movement scores. The subjects were 19 female and 17 male undergraduate majors in physical education, 14 from Oklahoma State University and 22 from Southern Utah Universit y, with a mean age of 23.0 +/- 4.5 yr.. The test and instructional uni t on qualitative analysis of movement were developed by Morrison and H arrison in 1985. The Group Embedded Figures Test was used to discern d isembedding scores and the Mental Rotations Test scores on mental rota tion. The means and standard deviations for the pretest and posttest m easures on the movement analysis test were 72.08+/-7.06 and 78.30+/-4. 21. Analysis indicated instruction improved scores on the qualitative analysis test. Also, initial movement test scores and those on disembe dding were significant predictors of scores on the posttest qualitativ e analysis of movement but not of mental rotation test scores.