A teaching-learning procedure in early instruction in mathematics is anchored in Piagetian and Russian psychology and traces internalization processes that occur between material and mental actions, namely perceptual actions of visualization and imagination, verbal action, symbolization, and generalization. (Author/CL)

The paper reviews research efforts directed at identifying perceptual and cognitive components in reading and their dysfunction in disabled readers. Disruption in the processing sequence is identified, and a compensatory training technique for the reading disabled is described. (Author)

This article critically examines issues of whether children with learning disabilities differentially exhibit concomitant problems in sensory integration (SI) and whether such children are helped by SI therapy. It concludes that research findings indicate that SI therapy is not merely unproven but a demonstrably ineffective remedial treatment for…

Twenty-four gifted children with learning disabilities and a control group of nondisabled gifted children were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. The 8- to 12-year-old subjects were found to be more reliant on verbal conceptualization and reasoning than controls and demonstrated deficiencies in short-term auditory…