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Effects of Training in Directionality on Reversals in Reading and Writing.
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Steen, 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
Does Perceptual Training Improve Reading?
Pitcher-Baker, Georgia – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development, Perceptual Handicaps
Visual-Haptic Aptitude: Effect on Student Achievement in Reading
Erickson, Richard C. – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development, Reading
Characteristics of Third-Grade Learning Disabled Children.
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Cullen, 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
Neurological Organization and Reading.
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Consilia, Sister Mary – 1970
The structure and function of the nervous system as it puts us into contact with our environment is described. Section 1 presents a detailed discussion of the structure of the brain, drawing an analogy to a computer, and discusses the sensory input function. The transport system is then explained in a description of the transmission of sensory…
Descriptors: Child Development, Growth Patterns, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments
Perceptual Versus Phonics Training
Newman, David – Academic Therapy Quarterly, 1972
Compared was the effectiveness of two standard methods of teaching reading (perceptual training and phonics training) when used to teach remedial reading to learning disabled students. (KW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development
The Effects of a Supplemental Perceptual Training Program on Reading Achievement
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Halliwell, Joseph W.; Solan, Harold A. – Exceptional Children, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development
A Longitudinal Study of Auditory Perception and Reading Instruction with First-Grade Negro Children
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Oakland, Thomas D.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1973
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research
Directed Art, Visual Perception, and Learning Disabilities
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
Reading and Laterality Revisited
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Kershner, John R. – Journal of Special Education, 1975
Reviewed is research on laterality and its relationship with reading in normal and learning disabled children. (CL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Exceptional Child Research, General Education, Lateral Dominance
The Relationship Between Reading and Selected Characteristics of Children with Learning Disabilities and Advantages and Disadvantages of Four Reading Approaches As They Relate to Learning Disabled Children: A Review of the Literature.
Hoover, John J. – 1978
The thesis presents a literature review of selected characteristics of learning disabled children and the relationship between these characteristics and reading. Thirty-three characteristics are discussed, divided into three categories: selected cognitive abilities, speech and language development, and selected behavioral and emotional-social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Ability, Language Acquisition
EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES--SELECTED READINGS.
FRIERSON, EDWARD C., ED.; BARBE, WALTER B., ED. – 1967
INTENDED FOR GENERAL EDUCATORS WAS WELL AS SPECIALISTS, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS SELECTED ARTICLES BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD IS PROVIDED BY AN OVERVIEW (FIVE ARTICLES) AND A CONSIDERATION OF BRAIN DYSFUNCTIONS (FOUR ARTICLES). SPECIALIZED APPROACHES TO LEARNING DISORDERS ARE EXPLAINED FROM THE…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis