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Psychology in the Schools

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Aliotti, Nicholas C.	1
Leyman, Laretha	1
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Richmond, Bert O.	1

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Developmental Skills of Advantaged and Disadvantaged Children of Perceptual Tasks

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Richmond, Bert O.; Aliotti, Nicholas C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977

A group of perceptual and motor tests were administered to 155 advantaged and disadvantaged student. The results are discussed in terms of differential perceptual-motor and motor growth and need to structure educational experience that will contribute to growth. (Author)

Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Individual Development

Intervention In The Motor Domain: A Training Study With First-And Second-Grade Slow Readers

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Potts, Marion; Leyman, Laretha – Psychology in the Schools, 1977

The present research was undertaken to test the effectiveness of beginning training at the motor level for children having difficulty with the symbolic system of reading. Reading gains of first-grade children were significantly greater than those of second-graders beyond the .01 level, a result not explainable by ceiling effects. (Author)

Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intervention