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Peer reviewedMcCune, Lorraine; Ruff, Holly A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1985
Research on object exploration by infants addresses milestones in the process by normally developing infants, including spontaneous manipulation strategies. Implications for developmentalists working with high-risk preterm infants are noted, including the need for direct assistance in manipulation and for selection of materials. (CL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Infants
Peer reviewedSicilian, S. P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Various counting tasks were presented to 24 congenitally, totally blind children, aged 3-13, to determine the behaviors employed to ensure accurate counting. Three dimensions of tactile strategies were found, including "scanning,""organizing," and "partitioning." A developmental progression in the ontogenesis of each…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Computation
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Margaret, Ed. – Science and Children, 1982
Describes eight learning centers/activities designed to promote tactile/sensory experiences in younger children. (JN)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Kinesthetic Methods
Download full textGoodrich, Judy A.; Kinney, Patricia G. – 1985
Intended to assist teachers as they assess, plan for, and teach deaf blind students, this manual describes a process for adapting curricula for students who function within the 0-24 month developmental period, also known as the sensorimotor period. The manual's first section provides an overview of project activities including the literature…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Deaf Blind
