Perceptual and Motor Skills
Volume 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 587-594
Environmental influences on perceptual and motor skills of children from immigrant Ethiopian families (Article)
Rosenblum S. ,
Katz N. ,
Hahn-Markowitz J. ,
Mazor-Karsenty T. ,
Parush S.*
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School of Occupational, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 24026, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91240, Israel
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine environmental influences on perceptual and motor skills of children from immigrant Ethiopian families in Israel in comparison with those of Israeli-born children. The subjects were divided into groups based on age (6-to 8-yr.-olds and 10-to 12-yr.-olds) and length of time in Israel. The results of this study show that the perceptual and motor performance of 6-to 8-yr.-old, less recent Ethiopian immigrants is similar to that of the recent Ethiopian immigrants of the same age. A difference exists between those two groups and the Israeli-born children of the same age. In the 10-to 12-yr.-old age group, there is a marked difference between the performance of the two groups of Ethiopian immigrants. The difference between the less recent immigrants and the Israeli-born children is smaller for most tasks; however, the less recent immigrants' performance is still poorer than that of the Israeli children. These results are compatible with those of other studies describing the difficulties encountered by children who had not studied in formal educational settings and those who have had that experience.
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DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.587
ISSN: 00315125
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English