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Peer reviewedKavale, Kenneth; Mattson, P. Dennis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The study reports the findings of a meta-analysis, the application of statistical methods of data synthesis from individual studies, reviewing 180 studies assessing the efficacy of perceptual motor training. Perceptual motor training was not found to be an effective intervention technique for improving academic, cognitive, or perceptual motor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Ogletree, Earl J.; Lillie, Marianne – 1976
Past studies in child development have clearly established that motor development is the basis for later, higher-order developmental processes. The motor developmental approach to learning focuses on the acquisition of skills and concepts in various academic subjects through motor activities. It is based partly on the theory that children, being…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Gallahue, David L. – 1984
Perceptual-motor activities are being recognized as possible contributors to the general readiness of children for learning through the development of perceptual-motor abilities. The contribution of perceptual-motor activities to specific perceptual readiness skills is being reexamined. Readiness programs are generally designed to help children to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Llorens, Lela A.; and others – Amer J Occup Therapy, 1969
Research supported by the U.S. Office of Education.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Group Instruction
Download full textMcGilligan, Robert P. – 1970
The School District of Jennings, Missouri, undertook a study of the effectiveness of grouping on academic achievement in kindergarten. It was hypothesized that grouping children according to developmental lags would be beneficial to the subjects in terms of their academic and personal development; that the curricula would be partially responsible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Development, Demography
Vernon, Philip E. – 1969
This book describes recent psychological theories on the nature of intelligence and the influence of environmental factors, and argues that culture and child rearing practices affect the development of abilities (linguistic, sensory motor and perceptual). Studies of intelligence, achievement, and environment in England are discussed, along with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Blacks
United Cerebral Palsy of the Bluegrass, Inc., Lexington, KY. – 1973
The Lexington Development Scale was designed to be used by the teacher as an instrument for assessing developmentally handicapped children, as an aid in helping parents to better understand their child, as a basis for curriculum planning for the total class and especially for the individual child, as a means for evaluating the progress of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Cognitive Development
