Total and Component Actuarial Scores of the Gesell Copy Form Test as Predictors of Achievement, Intelligence, and Creativity Measures

Abstract

The predictive validities of the five component actuarial scores of the Gesell Copy Form Test—Basic Form, Proportion, Corners and Closures, Size, and Size Range—were investigated to determine whether any sub-scores were able to predict selected achievement, intelligence, and creativity measures more effectively than the Copy Form Total actuarial score over a five-year interval. Criterion measures included the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test, Goodenough-Harris Figure Drawing Test, and Torrance Circle Test. Correlational analysis revealed that the Proportion and Corners and Closures scores yielded a greater number of significant correlation coefficients than did the Copy Form Total actuarial score with achievement scores of the male and female elementary students (N = 60) included in the sample.