Abstract

RINCON ALVAREZ, Gerson Adriano; HERNANDEZ SUAREZ, César Augusto  and  PRADA NUNEZ, Raúl. Influence of saccadic movements on elementary students'academic achievement in vulnerable situation from Cucuta (Colombia). Psicogente [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.38, pp.256-267. ISSN 0124-0137.  https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.20.38.2545.

Objective: This paper aims to determine whether saccades influence academic performance of elementary school students. Methodology: 121 vulnerable elementary school students from an educational institution from Cucuta, Colombia were used as non-probabilistic or convenience samples. These students were divided into two groups, as follows: 56 high academic achievers students: 60 % girls and 40 % boys, with an average age of 11.70 years and 65 underperforming average students: 40 % girls and 60 % boys, with an average age of 12.29 years. King & Devick (1976), or K-D test saccades test was applied. Results: The results showed statistically significant differences between the means of reading times of each of the cards and the average total reading time of the three test cards K-D. Also significant differences in the percentage of students who had problems with saccades, showing in the group with high yield a much higher percentage of students without problems in eye movement function at the time that the group with low aca demic performance was found. Conclusion: The results highlight the importance of working eye movements as saccadic issue which seem to influence on their students academic performance.

Keywords : Saccadic movements; Academic performance; Test K-D of King & Devick.

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