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Touw, Kirsten W. J.; Vogelaar, Bart; Thissen, Floor; Resing, Wilma C. M. – Educational & Child Psychology, 2019
Background: Outcomes of static tests provide an indication of what children have learned in the past, up to the moment of testing, and can therefore underestimate the cognitive abilities of atypically developing children, such as children with language difficulties. In contrast, dynamic tests aim to examine children's potential for learning. The…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Prompting, Language Impairments, Language Skills
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Kunda, Maithilee; Goel, Ashok K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
We analyze the hypothesis that some individuals on the autism spectrum may use visual mental representations and processes to perform certain tasks that typically developing individuals perform verbally. We present a framework for interpreting empirical evidence related to this "Thinking in Pictures" hypothesis and then provide…
Descriptors: Semantics, Autism, Cognitive Processes, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kerr, Andrew S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
The effects of grade level, achievement level, and sex were studied in the examination of determinants of visual-motor coordination and visual-perceptual reasoning in elementary school children. (KW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Perceptual Motor Coordination