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Newmeister, Gayla Hansen – Research Quarterly, 1977
A visually directed sensory motor training program with a 30-day duration did not enhance the depth perception of five-year-old children. (MM)
Descriptors: Children, Depth Perception, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Learning
Singer, Robert N.; Lockhart, Aileene S. – Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1971
Descriptors: Definitions, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Learning, Physical Education
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1982
Ten replication studies based on quantitative procedures developed to measure motor and sensory/motor skill acquisition among handicapped and nonhandicapped infants and children are presented. Each study follows the original assessment procedures, and emphasizes the stability of interobserver reliability across time, consistency in the response…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Infants, Measurement Techniques, Motor Development
Williams, Harriet G.; Helfrich, Janet – Research Quarterly, 1977
Evidence was found to indicate that training to improve the speed of saccadic eye movement (movement from one fixation point to another) also resulted in observable changes in batting performance among a sample group of high school girls. (MJB)
Descriptors: Baseball, Eye Fixations, Females, High School Students
Tidgwell, Lois A. – Acad Therap Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Body Image, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Education, Motor Development
PDF pending restorationPractical Pointers, 1977
Focusing on the development of fundamental rhythm skills involved in music and movement activities, this teaching guide emphasizes activities that will help children express their feelings and communicate with others, develop perceptual and motor skills, and enhance sensory awareness. Suggestions for involving handicapped children and examples of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Childrens Games, Handicapped Students
Rohr, Alice M. – 1968
Perceptual deficits in child development have been found to be very common in the underachiever. Such deficits can be identified and treated with training in coordination skills such as large motor, hand-eye, and auditory-speech. This paper reports an innovative training project in three New York state elementary schools. Subjects were selected…
Descriptors: Coordination, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development
Download full textYoches, Betty; Luera, Margarita – 1990
The purpose of this training manual is to assist parents and professionals in understanding how a child's temperament, sensorimotor system, and communication system support each other in helping the child develop a solid foundation for normal growth and development. Training is based on the premise that awareness of the interaction and integration…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Development, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education
Many children with learning problems have difficulties with perceptual development. This bulletin, reporting the preliminary findings of a Cooperative Curriculum Project funded under Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, discusses Kephart's definition of sensory motor perception. It defines and suggests activities and materials…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Curriculum Development
Cratty, Bryant J. – 1979
Motor behavior, motor performance, and motor learning are discussed at length within the context of infant and child development. Individual chapters focus on the following: the sensory-motor behavior of infants; analysis of selected perceptual-motor programs; beginnings of movement in infants; gross motor attributes in early childhood; visual…
Descriptors: Athletics, Body Image, Child Development, Children
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1982
Three studies that applied quantitative procedures to measure motor and sensory/motor acquisition among handicapped and nonhandicapped infants and children are presented. In addition, a study concerning the replication of the quantitative procedures for assessing rolling behavior is described in a fourth article. The first study, by C. Janssen,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Eye Fixations, Human Posture, Infants
Buist, Charlotte A.; Schulman, Jerome L. – 1969
Commercially available toys and games for children with educational handicaps, from general retardation to disabilities in limited areas of functioning are listed. For each toy, the name, manufacturer, and sex and age interest are stated; a description of the toy is given. All toys are classified according to the intellectual functions involved.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditory Perception, Bibliographies, Concept Formation
VALETT, ROBERT E. – 1967
INTENDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, REMEDIAL SPECIALISTS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE HANDBOOK PRESENTS A SERIES OF CONCRETE ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. FIFTY-THREE BASIC LEARNING ABILITIES OR RESOURCE PROGRAMS ARE GROUPED UNDER SIX MAJOR AREAS--GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SENSORY MOTOR INTEGRATION, PERCEPTUAL…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides
