Table 4

Examiners’ scores of 214 children performing the rectangle-matching tests with either closed or open spacing

Age (years)nClosedOpen
Major difficulties
N (%)
Minor difficulties
N (%)
No difficulties
N (%)
Major difficulties
N (%)
Minor difficulties
N (%)
No difficulties
N (%)
<5155 (33.3)5 (33.3)5 (33.3)4 (26.7)8 (53.3)3 (20.0)
5–6263 (11.5)9 (34.6)14 (53.8)4 (15.4)5 (19.2)17 (65.4)
6–7420 (0)11 (26.2)31 (73.8)2 (4.8)10 (23.8)30 (71.4)
7–8471 (2.0)10 (20.4)36 (77.6)2 (4.3)6 (12.8)39 (83.0)
8–9400 (0)6 (14.6)34 (85.4)1 (2.5)6 (14.6)33 (82.9)
9–10220 (0)4 (18.2)18 (81.8)0 (0)5 (22.7)17 (77.3)
11+220 (0)2 (9.1)20 (90.9)0 (0)2 (9.1)20 (90.9)
Total2149 (4.2)47 (22.0)158 (73.8)13 (6.1)42 (19.6)159 (74.3)