Table 2.
Task | Correlations (r) | ||||||||
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Malawi | UK | ||||||||
Split-half reliability | Test-retest reliability | Age | Predictive criterion validitya | Split-half reliability | Age | Predictive criterion validitya | Criterion validity | ||
Block design | Symbol search | ||||||||
Manual processing speed | 0.50** | 0.35** | −0.29** | −0.23** | 0.53** | −0.35** | −0.18 | 0.03 | −0.25* |
Manual coordination | 0.93** | 0.16** | −0.16* | −0.04 | 0.88** | −0.10 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
Short-term memory | – | 0.34** | 0.13 | 0.21** | – | 0.10 | 0.23* | 0.17 | 0.37** |
Visual attention | 0.40** | 0.42** | −0.34** | −0.34** | 0.44** | −0.25* | −0.16 | −0.11 | −0.16 |
Working memory | – | 0.05 | 0.07 | −0.06 | – | 0.04 | 0.29* | 0.24* | 0.36** |
Spatial intelligence | – | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.20** | – | 0.08 | 0.31** | 0.33* | 0.15 |
Mathematics | – | 0.73** | 0.39** | – | – | 0.30* | – | – | – |
(n = 77) |
p < 0.001,
p < 0.05.
Predictive criterion validity: correlation coefficients for each of core cognitive and motor tasks and Mathematics. A reduced sample size of 77 pupils was used for the Malawi test-retest reliability of the Mathematics task.