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Clay, Marie M. – Brit J Educ Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Early Reading
Dombrower, Jule; And Others – 1982
Part of a program to increase the academic growth of preschool and primary grade students through the utilization of brain hemisphere research, this volume contains lessons designed to improve basic reading skills. Material is divided into two sections. Section 1 contains 17 activities to develop letter and word recognition. In activities 1-12,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching, Instructional Materials
Download full textMackworth, Jane F. – 1976
Reading requires the synthesis of auditory and visual skills and therefore involves almost all of the brain. Stages of reading include prereading skills (requiring an adequate spoken vocabulary), the ability to name letters and pictures, good memory for spoken sentences, and manual dexterity in copying patterns. Learning to read involves the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
McCoy, Elin – 1975
This teacher's guide is composed of reading readiness activities for kindergarteners designed to: (1) lead from teacher-directed instruction toward independent learning and reinforcement activities; (2) help the teacher build on each child's previous background while teaching new learning strategies; and (3) emphasize six readiness areas…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedFast, Lynette – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 1997
Explores the relationship between drawing pictures and the development of reading skills in preschool and primary grades. Maintains that a definite link exists between the two and briefly notes some of the relevant research. Concludes that further investigation is warranted. Includes an 11-item related bibliography. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Stages
Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1975
This report presents a description and evaluation of the Cognitively Oriented Urban Prekindergarten Program in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a preschool program for children from low income families and/or one-parent families. The program was designed to form a link between the Early Learning Program of the PRIDE Project and public kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Homogeneous Grouping
Smith, Anna Tolman – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
The publication of "Il metodo della pedagogica scientifica," by Dr. Maria Montessori, docent in the University of Rome, giving a full account of the inception and development of the system of education of which she is the author and the simultaneous translation of the work into English and German are events so unusual as to challenge attention.…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Educational History, Educational Development, Educational Methods
