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Peer reviewedSteen, Marcia; Sowell, Virginia – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Twenty-four children (8 to 9 years old) who reversed letters were randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group (15 additional minutes of laterality training per day for 4 weeks). Analysis of results demonstrated that training did not significantly affect the number of reversals. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedCullen, Joy L.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
The Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, the Wide Range Achievement Test, and the Student's Perception of Ability Scale were administreed to 70 learning disabled and 73 normally achieving third-grade children who had been stratified on full scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) IQ scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Learning Disabilities
Download full textGibson, Eleanor J. – 1972
Second and fifth graders were presented with a discrimination learning task in which each of four displays were to be paired with a response button. For one group two of the displays shared a common feature and were paired with the other response button. This common feature condition required a subject to learn only two associations if he…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5
Queensland Dept. of Education, Brisbane (Australia). – 1973
This publication completes the first year experimental language development program which has been devised for use with young aboriginal children in Queensland. Two sections of suggested activities are included featuring two themes, transport and travel, and the world around us. Suggested activities include oral use of language units, reading,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Programs
Wood, Nancy E. – Academic Therapy, 1977
A study involving 8 children (mean age 9.3 years; seven Ss with possible visual-perceptual disability) was conducted to determine if directed art activities could increase visual perception as measured by the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception. (SBH)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Markoff, Annabelle Most – 1976
Two objectives of this book are to provide a rationale for using basic language forms (sounds, letters, and words) in the perceptual-skill training of low-achieving children and to present techniques for teaching reading, spelling, and handwriting to low-achieving children. The first chapter, on the reading/spelling inversion, explains the…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Graphemes, Handwriting
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1978
These 28 interdisciplinary learning activities for elementary children are designed to provide perceptual, cognitive, and personal-social growth experiences. Subject areas included are art, dance, language arts, math, music, science, career education, health, physical education, reading, and social studies. The teaching strategies, which provide…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Auditory Perception, Career Education, Cognitive Processes
