Abstract :The aim of the study is to propose a new Clock Drawing Test scoring system that classifies planning
and organizing strategies of clock drawing construction. Seventy seven healthy older adults (60-
90 years), participants of a community center in Rio de Janeiro were evaluated. The construction
sequences processes of drawing the clock were analyzed. Then, strategies for the CDT were classified
and categorized. The results showed diversity in the patterns adopted by the elderly. The strategies
circle-number-center-pointer (general sequence) and quadrant (numerical sequence) associated
with measures that evaluate planning. This new classification is a possible method that complements
the previous existing quantitative and qualitative scoring systems.