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Awareness Training and Regulated-Breathing Method in Modification of Stuttering.
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Ladouceur, Robert; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Sixteen adult stutterers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: awareness training plus regulated-breathing or Azrin and Nunn's regulated-breathing method only. Awareness training significantly reduced stuttering compared to the control procedure. But the most significant improvement appeared after introduction of the regulated-breathing…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Feedback, Methods Research
A Sequenced Questioning Paradigm as a General Facilitator of Preschoolers' Associative Fluency.
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Pellegrini, A. D. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
To investigate the extent to which free play versus a sequenced questioning paradigm facilitated preschoolers' associative fluency, 36 children were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: free play, questioning, or control, and asked to articulate novel uses for conventional objects. Responses in the questioning condition were significantly…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Creative Development, Methods Research
Utility of Electromyographic Biological Feedback in Chronic Stuttering: A Clinical Study with Follow-Up.
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Manschreck, Theo C.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Eight chronic adult stutterers underwent an electromyographic (EMG) biological feedback training program to reduce masseter muscle tension in an effort to improve fluency. All subjects mastered the program within 10 30-minute sessions. Measures of muscle tension and fluency indicated improvements that were maintained three to six months later.…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Followup Studies, Methods Research
Effects of a Blacklight Visual Field on Eye-Contact Training of Spastic Cerebral Palsied Children.
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Poland, D. J.; Doebler, L, K. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Four subjects, aged six to seven, identified as visually impaired, were given training in making eye contact with a stimulus under both white and black light visual field. All subjects performed better under the black light condition, even overcoming the expected practice effect when white light training followed black light training. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Eye Fixations, Lighting, Methods Research
Comparison of Remedial Treatments for Cursive Handwriting of Fourth-Grade Students.
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Jackson, Karen A.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Average and poor writers were given taped handwriting lessons in one of four combinations of instructional methods: relaxation-suggestion, traditional instruction (Noble's handwriting series), a combination of the two, and relaxation only. The average and poor writers responded differently to the four methods. (SJL)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Cursive Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Comparison of Comprehension Scores of Learning Disabled High School Students for Content Presented Aurally at Variable Rates of Speech.
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D'Alonzo, Bruno J.; Zucker, Stanley H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Measures of comprehension of the content indicated no significant difference in the amount of information each group of students retained when the historical or biological content was presented to their particular group aurally at an expanded, normal, or compressed rate of speech. (Author)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Biology, High Schools, History Instruction
An Experimental Study of Individualized Learning/Instruction in Copying, Tracking, and Handwriting Based on Feedback Principles.
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Sovik, Nils – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Close relationships between visuo-motor ability, copying, tracing, tracking, and writing performances were hypothesized as were the main effects of the experimental program with concern to the educational, psycho-motor skills in question. In general, predictions were confirmed by data in this study of 36 third graders. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Cursive Writing, Feedback, Grade 3, Handwriting Instruction
Preliminary Investigation of Transfer between Single-Word Decoding Ability and Contextual Reading Comprehension by Poor Readers in Grade Six.
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Blanchard, Jay S. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Sixty poor and very poor readers were given single-word decoding training either related or not related to assigned reading passages with comprehension questions. The group receiving content-related training significantly out-performed the other group on literal and inferential comprehension. There were no main effects for reading achievement.…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Grade 6, Methods Research
College Students' Perception of Lecturers Using Humor.
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Tamborini, Ron; Zillmann, Dolf – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Audio-taped lectures by male or female professors were produced in four versions: no humor; sexual humor; other-disparaging humor; and self-disparaging humor. Male and female students rated lecturers' intelligence and appeal. Intelligence ratings were unaffected by humor variations, but significant lecturer-student sex interactions were found on…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Humor, Lecture Method
Effects of an Integrated Physical Education/Music Program in Changing Early Childhood Perceptual-Motor Performance.
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Brown, Judy; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Two approaches to facilitating perceptual-motor development in children ages 4-6 were investigated. Fifteen children (the experimental group) received integrated physical education/music instruction based on Kodaly and Dalcroze (Eurhythmics) concepts. The control group received movement exploration and self-testing instruction. Significant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Methods Research
Modeling vs. Lecture/Discussion in Training Undergraduates as Teachers.
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King, Karen – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
This pre-post field study compared effects of a coping model (CM) and a lecture/discussion style on use of redirection, general praise, and paraphrasing by 48 undergraduates in an elementary health methods course. Lecture subjects had no significant changes. CM subjects change significantly in use of praise and paraphrasing. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Lecture Size and Students' Ratings of Instructional Effectiveness.
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Meredith, Gerald M.; Ogasawara, Todd H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Study investigated relationship between class size and end-of-semester evaluation ratings. Size was most highly related to Group Intimacy/Interaction ratings. (Author)
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Correlation, Course Evaluation
Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis of Three Rating Formats.
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Waters, L. K.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Multitrait-multimethod analysis was performed on instructors' ratings from behaviorally anchored rating scales, graphic rating scales, and mixed standard scales. Two samples of 100 undergraduate students were distinguished on the basis of whether the statements on the mixed-standard scale were behaviorally specific or more generic descriptions of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability