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Peer reviewedKirk, Ursula – Child Development, 1981
A pre- to post-test design was used to evaluate the effects of rule-based instruction on rule observance, copying performance, and discrimination skill. Three ways of imparting rules (demonstration, verbal description, and combined demonstration-verbal description) were examined, and their usefulness was compared to that of copying without…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Handwriting Instruction, Handwriting Skills, Kindergarten Children
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
Peer reviewedErtel, David; Voyat, Gilbert – Teachers College Record, 1982
Jean Piaget's theories about children's cognitive development are applied to the evaluation of childhood psychosis. Problems with the testing of such children are described, and results of a research project that used the Piaget-inspired Uzgiris and Hunt Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development to assess autistic children's cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Download full textDusewicz, Russell A. – 1971
This final report of the Early Childhood Demonstration Program for the Disadvantaged, begun in October 1969 at the Learning Research Center of West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania, contains the evaluative results of 80 children enrolled since 1969. The aim of this compensatory program was to develop an infant education curriculum…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Compensatory Education
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
Sunnyside School District, Tucson, AZ. – 1989
The kindergarten program of Tucson, Arizona's Sunnyside Unified School District aims to provide young children with opportunities to develop strong oral language skills, basic problem-solving abilities, fine and gross motor skills, and feelings of confidence and joy as a learner. In its 10 major sections, this color-coded kindergarten curriculum…
Descriptors: Art Education, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
