Noting that unilateral definitions of motor learning as separate from ideational learning are inadequate, this book identifies and explores certain branches of specific aspects of motor learning. The book is divided into three parts, dealing with curricular motor learning, compensatory motor learning, and cognitive motor learning. Part I is…

How to develop children's awareness of tactile and visual experience is the subject of this book, intended for primary school teachers and parents of young children. The purpose is to present experiences which will stimulate children's curiosity about their world and enrich their perception. Beginning with the first tactile and textural contacts a…

Five experiments were conducted in an attempt to establish whether elementary school children find it difficult to identify certain geometrical shapes when presented in the less usual orientations. (MP)

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effectiveness of verbal and imaginal rehearsal strategies in children's discrimination learning. With verbal materials, imaging the referent of the correct item was more facilitative than vocalizing the correct item, as long as the former strategy was defined in a manner conducive to effective…

Focuses on 181 school children's (aged 5-13) responses to an Awareness of Technology Survey question intended to explore their conceptual knowledge of structural strength. Explores how the framework of the program and professional development opportunities did not help teachers implement the program. (Contains 13 references.) (Author/YDS)

This study examines what children learn about animals. The mental models that children reveal through their talk when they are faced with several different types of representations are reviewed. These representations are provided by robotic models in a museum, preserved animals in a museum, and preserved animals borrowed from a museum and…

Early acquisition of right and left as absolute concepts does not seem to be related to early mastery of right and left as relative concepts among the Hausa. (Author)

A study measured children's attitudes toward and knowledge of older people in American society. Findings indicate that children have little general knowledge of the elderly and very complex, mixed attitudes toward older persons. Ways are suggested in which schools can inculcate positive attitudes toward all people, including the elderly.…

Eight hundred and eighty-two grade 5 students were examined for differences in meaning of ten school-related concepts, using the semantic differential technique. It was concluded that high achievers do not necessarily perceive school-related concepts more positively than do middle and low achievers. (DM)

Basic concepts are often barriers to acquiring easy insight and satisfying understanding in a discipline. The most difficult task in the teaching of science is the recognition of these critical barriers to the student's thinking process. To make the unobvious less so is the responsibility of the teacher. (BC)

Explores cognitive shifts related to political thinking occurring during the period of concrete operational thought among 67 third, fourth, and fifth graders. Findings suggest that, while cognitive change related to political thinking characterizes the period between the grades, it does not always progress steadily. (RH)

Explores theories that underlie thinking concerning art education. Focuses on the importance of the process of children's looking at pictures and reviews critical studies on the topic. Also considers numerous aspects of Rudolph Arnheim's theories about the processes of seeing and thinking. (BG)

Discusses children's ideas about colored objects and colored shadows, with special attention to the organization of these ideas into mental models. The clarification of these models provides instructional tools that serve to assess and confront students' naive conceptions. Subjects were visitors to a science museum who engaged in interactive…

Presented is a curriculum guide for mainstreaming educationally handicapped elementary school children. Activities are provided for the following skill areas: listening skills (including recognizing different types of sounds and understanding oral directions), visual perception (including figure-ground perception and form constancy), general…

A study explored the means by which children apply knowledge of the television medium and of the real world in distinguishing among the levels of reality and fantasy presented on television. Fifty-four second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade children were presented with a series of paired (reality/fantasy) television shows. They were asked to choose…