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Download full textKaufman, Maurice; And Others – 1981
During the 1980-1981 school year, the Medford, Massachusetts, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program, Project LEAP, provided services in reading and language skills to approximately 400 students in grades kindergarten through six. Additional program components included instruction in perceptual/motor skills, career awareness (for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Language Skills, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedKodman, Frank, Jr. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
A training program was undertaken with 12 cultural-familial and 12 organic institutionalized young adults to determine if organic signs on the Bender-Gestalt visual-motor test could be reversed. Significant improvement was obtained. Results are discussed in relation to perceptual-motor regression and its potential for reversibility. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Institutionalized Persons, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBrown, Judy; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Two approaches to facilitating perceptual-motor development in children ages 4-6 were investigated. Fifteen children (the experimental group) received integrated physical education/music instruction based on Kodaly and Dalcroze (Eurhythmics) concepts. The control group received movement exploration and self-testing instruction. Significant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Methods Research
Peer reviewedDensem, Julie F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study compared the effectiveness of sensory integrative therapy with a parallel physical education program or a no-treatment condition with 55 5- to 10-year-old learning or perceptually motor disabled children. Results indicated no significant differences among groups except that reading progress of children already able to read was improved…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
