The Pre-Diagnostic Test of Visual Perception for the Field of Painting Talent in Science and Art Centers: A Pilot Study

The aim of the study was to develop a ‘visual perception test’ that would be utilized in the pre-diagnosis phase of the field of painting talent in science and art centers. A total of 806 elementary school students constituted the sample of the study. An exploratory correlation design was adopted in the study. A series of Bayesian confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the structural validity of the test. Internal consistency of the test was investigated by computing the coefficients of McDonald’s omega, standardized alpha, and the greatest lower bound for each factor and for the test as a whole. Additionally, it was also examined whether the test items showed differential item functioning across gender and date of birth of the students along with the response times on the test items. The findings showed that the test could be described by both the first-order factors entitled visual recall, visual association, visual distinctiveness, visual-spatial perception, and visual pattern recognition, and a second-order factor entitled ‘visual perception’. The findings further demonstrated that the test items showed no significant differential item functioning across gender and date of birth, and that letting the students 60 seconds for each item was unnecessary. © 2023, Milli Egitim. All Rights Reserved.