The Purdue Pegboard is designed to assess which of the following sets of skills?

The Purdue Pegboard is designed to assess which of the following sets of skills?

• A. Fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, grasping, and visual motor
• B. Language development and auditory processing
• C. Gross motor strength and balance
• D. Social-emotional skills

Answer: (A)

Fine motor control and hand–eye coordination are being evaluated. The Purdue Pegboard task requires precise fingertip movements to insert small pins into holes, smooth transfer of pins between hands, and assembling components with both hands. These activities rely on small-muscle strength and dexterity, the ability to coordinate both hands, and visual guidance of movement (visual–motor integration). Because it targets these manual skills rather than language, auditory processing, gross motor strength and balance, or social–emotional abilities, it best corresponds to fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, grasping, and visual motor integration.

Fine motor control and hand–eye coordination are being evaluated. The Purdue Pegboard task requires precise fingertip movements to insert small pins into holes, smooth transfer of pins between hands, and assembling components with both hands. These activities rely on small-muscle strength and dexterity, the ability to coordinate both hands, and visual guidance of movement (visual–motor integration). Because it targets these manual skills rather than language, auditory processing, gross motor strength and balance, or social–emotional abilities, it best corresponds to fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, grasping, and visual motor integration.