● Author: Nancy A. Martin, PhD
● Publisher: ATP


● Visual-Motor Skill s
● Individual or Group Administration 
● Ages 3-0 through 90+ 
● Nationally Norm-Referenced on 2610 Individuals 

[ Description ]
● This brand-new revision of the TVMS assesses how well a person can coordinate visually guided fine-motor movements to copy a design while it is in sight. 
● The TVMS-3 is used to determine whether there are any systematic distortions or gross inaccuracies in the copied design that could be the result of deficits in visual perception, motor planning, and/or execution.


● New to this revision:


● A simplified scoring system (no ruler or protractor needed!)
● Lower and upper levels have been combined
● No alternate scoring method
● National norms
● Age-range extended to 90 


● Administration and Scoring


● The TVMS-3 is untimed; it can be administered completely in about 30-45 minutes. 
● The test-taker is given a booklet containing a series of 39 geometric designs of increasing complexity. 
● The individual is asked to reproduce each design as closely as possible but may not sketch or trace the designs, nor attempt more than one copy for each design.


● Results are expressed as a general accuracy standard score and an analysis of errors seen in the copied design. 
● The manual contains detailed descriptions and exemplars of actual test results obtained during the norming study, showing the error types and scoring guidelines. 
● The scoring sheet has a built-in guide to the types of errors possible on each design.


● Nine types of errors are identified:


● Incorrect Closures
● Incorrect Angles
● Line Quality
● Line Lengths
● Line Connections
● Modification of Size or Part
● Addition or Deletion of a Part 
● Rotation or Reversal
● Shape Overlap Error


● Analysis of the types of errors made provides a detailed evaluation of visual-motor skills. 
● Results can be reported as standard scores, percentile ranks, or age equivalents. 
● When used along with a test of visual perception, the tests can differentiate between a primarily visual-motor impairment and a perceptual difficulty.


● The TVMS-3 Scoring Tutorial (provided in the manual) details the scoring process using annotated exemplars for all error types and includes practice exercises.