KOPPITZ-2

Koppitz Developmental Scoring System for the Bender® Gestalt Test, Second Edition

Purpose: Measures visual-motor integration skills

Format: Paper and pencil

Age range: 5 years to 85 years

Time: 5-10 minutes

DETAILS:

The KOPPITZ-2 is a highly reliable, valid measure of visual-motor integration skills that applies the developmental approach to scoring made so popular by its originator, Dr. Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz.

Features and Benefits

• True to original conceptualization but updated to meet current psychometric standards.

• Requires the examinee to draw increasingly complex figures from a model (the Bender designs, derived from theories of Gestalt psychology) on a plain sheet of white paper and to organize the task independently, effectively assessing the ability to relate visual stimuli accurately to motor responses.

• Uses a less structured task than other tests of visual-motor integration, thereby providing a more ecologically sound approach to this type of assessment.

• Extended age range allows for the evaluation of special education students through age 21 years and the evaluation of the visual-motor integration deficits of the growing population of seniors.

• For older children and adults, both 2- and 3-dimensional drawings are now required that reveal subtle deficits in visual–motor integration processes.