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Capio, Catherine M.; Eguia, Kathlynne F. – SAGE Open, 2021
Children with intellectual disability (ID) tend to have difficulty with mastering fundamental movement skills, associated with cognitive deficits that impair skill acquisition. In this case study, motor learning evidence was transformed into an object control skills training program for children with ID in a school context. An implementation…
Descriptors: Object Manipulation, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Intellectual Disability
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Norton, Anderson; Ulrich, Catherine; Bell, Martha Ann; Cate, Anthony – The Mathematics Educator, 2018
The emerging field of mathematics educational neuroscience provides researchers with new approaches to understanding mathematical development, as well mathematics itself. This paper focuses on the role of the hand in constructing mathematics through activity. We rely on Piaget's distinction of three kinds of activity: sensorimotor activity,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities, Neurosciences, Piagetian Theory
Ryalls, Brigette O.; Harbourne, Regina; Kelly-Vance, Lisa; Wickstrom, Jordan; Stergiou, Nick; Kyvelidou, Anastasia – Grantee Submission, 2016
For children with moderate or severe cerebral palsy (CP), a foundational early goal is independent sitting. Sitting offers additional opportunities for object exploration, play and social engagement. The achievement of sitting coincides with important milestones in other developmental areas, such as social engagement with others, understanding of…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Cerebral Palsy, Perceptual Motor Learning, Perceptual Motor Coordination