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Improving Native American Children's Listening Comprehension through Concrete Representations
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Marley, Scott C.; Levin, Joel R.; Glenberg, Arthur M. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
The primary purpose of the present study was to determine whether recent findings documenting the benefits of text-related motor activity on young children's memory for reading passages [Glenberg, A. M., Gutierrez, T., Levin, J. R., Japuntich, S., & Kaschak, M. (2004). Activity and imagined activity can enhance young readers' reading…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Toys, Memory, Learning Problems
A Compilation of Perceptual Motor Activities to Aid in the Development of the Orthopedically Handicapped Child.
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Howell, Michelle; And Others – 1973
Provided is information on games, activities, and resources for enhancing perceptual motor development in the orthopedically handicapped child. Compiled are materials which include the following: an explanation of bilateral, alternating lateral, and integrated lateral games and activities for developing awareness of the two sides of the body; a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Learning Activities
Longitudinal Study of Gross-Motor Development in Blind Infants and Preschoolers.
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Troster, Heinrich; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reports on a longitudinal study of gross-motor development in 10 congenitally blind children during their first 3 years. Compared to developmental norms for sighted children, five full-term blind children showed slight delays in postural development but greater delays in locomotor development. Five preterm blind children showed major delays in all…
Descriptors: Blindness, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Learning Problems