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| BARSCH, RAY H. | 1 |
| BIRCH, HERBERT G., ED. | 1 |
| Bauer, David H. | 1 |
| Kershner, John R. | 1 |
| Morrison, Frederick J. | 1 |
| Sapir, Selma G. | 1 |
| Thorp, Frank K. | 1 |
| VAN WITSEN, BETTY | 1 |
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Peer reviewedThorp, Frank K. – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1975
Author analyzed the learning difficulties suffered by those suffering from malnutrition and suggested a preventive program designed to stimulate learning processes. (RK)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Nutrition, Perception, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedMorrison, Frederick J.; And Others – Science, 1977
In a task designed to separate perceptual processes from memory, reading-disabled 12-year-olds showed no perceptual deficits as compared to their peers. However, they exhibited major deficiencies in memory skills, appearing to suffer from a basic information-processing deficiency. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Information Processing
VAN WITSEN, BETTY – 1967
THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO PERCEPTUAL DISTURBANCES. BEHAVIOR WHICH RESULTS FROM A LACK OF MEANINGFUL ORGANIZATION OF PERCEPTION IS DESCRIBED, AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED. ACTIVITIES ARE PRESENTED UNDER THESE HEADINGS--VISUAL…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities
Download full textKershner, John R.; Bauer, David H. – 1966
Two divergent approaches to the treatment of children with nonprogressive brain injury (the medical or neuropsychological and the educational or perceptual-motor) are discussed and compared by treatment rationale, models of the perceptual process, etiology, and organization theory. A guide to a comprehensive theory of development, based on…
Descriptors: Child Development, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Learning
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1969
The proceedings include addresses by Logan Wright on highlights of human development from birth to age 11, Leonard A. Cohen on development and function of the mechanisms of perception, Eric Denhoff on motor development as a function of perception, and Alan Hein on exposure history in spatial-motor development. Also provided are reports by William…
Descriptors: Child Development, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Programs
BARSCH, RAY H. – 1967
THE FIRST OF A 3-VOLUME PERCEPTUAL MOTOR CURRICULUM, THE BOOK DESCRIBES A PROGRAM BASED ON A THEORY OF MOVEMENT WHICH THE AUTHOR LABELS MOVIGENICS (THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT IN MAN AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE MOVEMENTS TO HIS LEARNING EFFICIENCY). TEN BASIC CONSTRUCTS OF MOVIGENICS ARE OUTLINED, AND THE…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education
Union Township Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
Designed as a perceptual enrichment program for all kindergarten children, the project also emphasizes intensive perceptual training for children manifesting dificiency in this area of development. Screening was done of 869 pre-kindergarten children; those scoring in the lowest 5% on any one or more of the subtests or falling in the lowest 10% of…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten Children
Sapir, Selma G. – 1967
Fifty-four kindergarten children were screened with the Sapir Developmental Scale to highlight deficiencies in bodily schema, perceptual motor skills, and language development, and were matched in groups of three by score, chronological age, and sex with one of the three acting as control. Three first grade classes were organized as follows: one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
BIRCH, HERBERT G., ED. – 1964
PAPERS AND DISCUSSION SUMMARIES ARE PRESENTED FROM A CONFERENCE ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD BRAIN DAMAGE, HELD AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER 1962. A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES IS REPRESENTED, AND THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--(1) "THE PROBLEM OF 'BRAIN DAMAGE' IN CHILDREN" BY HERBERT G. BIRCH, (2)…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Development
