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Garris, Raymond P. – 1975
Using a developmental model, the author explains a hierarchy which describes how a young child learns to respond to various types of environmental stimuli and discusses some educational consequences of a reinforcement stimuli deficit. Development is seen to take place in succession beginning with the primary level, proceeding to the social,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conceptual Schemes, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities

Mecham, Merlin J. – 1973
Fifty-two institutionalized mentally handicapped children (average CA of 12 years) were engaged in a study attempting to determine whether there are ordinal dependencies in various scales of developmental milestones or supra-structural behaviors in language, and if so, the degree to which hierarchical levels within given categories serve as…
Descriptors: Child Development, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Language Acquisition
Langley, Beth – 1976
Covered in the paper on the psychoeducational assessment of the multihandicapped child are the importance of the learning accomplished in the sensory motor period and the effects of evaluation media and sequence on child performance. Described are the six stages of sensory motor development measured by a Piagetian-based instrument developed by J.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Vida, Louisa Kramer – 1980
Using Jean Piaget's theory of thinking as a structuring mechanism, this paper presents a theoretical framework for the development of remedial, corrective, and developmental reading programs geared toward teaching reading comprehension. The four stages of intellectual development that Piaget has proposed (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Corrective Reading