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Analysis of the Developmental Test of Visual Perception and the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test.
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Donovan, G.; Mitchell, M. M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
Twenty-eight kindergarten children (5-6 years old) were tested in order to identify children with learning disabilities and to compare tests results. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Memory
The Effect of Drawing on the Development of Mental Representations.
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Lansing, Kenneth M. – Studies in Art Education, 1981
From this study of kindergarten children, the author concludes that drawing should be recognized as an important educational activity that helps children to learn and remember the visual characteristics of the figures they draw, and that it does so more effectively than does mere observation or tracing of those figures. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Freehand Drawing, Kindergarten Children, Memory
Perceptual Characteristics of Third Grade Conduct Problem Boys
Wright, Lloyd S. – Slow Learning Child, 1974
Forty-seven third grade regular class boys rated as disruptive by teachers were administered three tests to determine incidence of perceptual deficits as well as effects of race and social class on auditory discrimination. (MC)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Memory
Relationships of Preschool Experiences and Reading Readiness Skills: Predicting the Most Efficient Reading Instruction.
Sawyer, Walter E.; Sawyer, Jean C. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between kindergarten children's preschool experiences and their reading readiness skills. A sample of 42 children, randomly selected from a population of incoming kindergarten students at an upstate New York elementary school, was studied. Prior to entering kindergarten, interviews…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cultural Influences, Early Experience, Educational Television
Modality Preference and Word Learning: The Predictive Ability of the Swassing-Barbe Modality Index and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities.
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Kampwirth, Thomas J.; MacKenzie, Karen – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
The relationship between modality styles and reading achievement was studied for 51 first graders given 2 subtests of the Swassing-Barbe Modality Index, 2 subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and 2 tests of nonsense words. There was no significant interaction between modality preference and reading achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Style, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students
Gender Differences that Affect Emerging Literacy in First Grade Children: The U.S., India, and Taiwan.
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Soderman, Anne K.; Chhikara, Sudha; Hsiu-Ching, Chen; Kuo, Elaine – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1999
Examined sex differences in perceptual and cognitive abilities and in reading skills among 922 first graders in the United States, India, and Taiwan. Found that girls scored significantly higher than boys on reading skills, visual memory, directionality, and ability to track nonsymbolic figures. Urban children outscored rural children on four…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy
The Effectiveness of Imagery and Sentence Strategy Instructions as a Function of Visual and Auditory Processing in Young School-Age Children.
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Weed, Keri; Ryan, Ellen Bouchard – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Investigates the relationship between auditory and visual processing modality and strategy instruction in first- and second-grade children. Determines sentence strategy to be effective for both auditory and visual processing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Grade 1, Grade 2, Imagery
Activities for the Early Development of Perceptual Skills.
Watson, Marion, Comp.; And Others – 1972
This curriculum guide provides a variety of activities to develop perceptual skills in young children. Activities in the following areas are provided: (1) motor skills--awareness of self, gross motor, fine motor, orientation in space, eye motor; (2) auditory skills--attention, listening, discrimination, imitation and articulation, auditory…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Class Activities, Cognitive Development