The author is naturally a kinesthetic learner. As a child she was steeped in the wilds of seashore, fields, and woods in which she was free to roam, explore, and imagine in a deeply sensual, movement-oriented world. Because of these first experiences of freedom of movement and spontaneity in the highly intense natural world, she found the…

A teaching-learning procedure in early instruction in mathematics is anchored in Piagetian and Russian psychology and traces internalization processes that occur between material and mental actions, namely perceptual actions of visualization and imagination, verbal action, symbolization, and generalization. (Author/CL)

Fourteen profiles of students in kindergarten through grade 8 provide information on characteristic behavior of learning disabled or behavior disordered students. Characteristics are matched up with appropriate strategies from a list of 188 in the back of the book. Profiles include hyperactive, withdrawn, clumsy, friendless, bewildered, and…

The author discusses the role of educational "crutches" that help elementary learning disabled children in tasks involving spatial orientation, visual perception, and auditory short-term memory. Teachers are cautioned to observe how children act in different situations and to allow them whatever "crutches" are effective. (CL)

Sixty-two first graders were identified as high-risk learners and randomly assigned to one of three remediation techniques or a control treatment. (Author/DB)

The article reviews techniques which incorporate visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities in developing reading skills of perceptually handicapped students. (CL)

Compared was the effectiveness of two standard methods of teaching reading (perceptual training and phonics training) when used to teach remedial reading to learning disabled students. (KW)

The author discusses the role of perceptual training in the education of young perceptually handicapped children. Distinctions are drawn between perception and awareness, and the necessity of stimulation to encourage infant and child learning is emphasized. Commonalities between perception and learning are underscored. The author stresses that…

The paper deals with the effects of general experiences and specific educational practices on the structure and functioning of the central nervous system. (CL)

One reason students give for attending a community college is that the mathematics requirements appear to be less rigorous. Many of the author's students have told her that they have chosen to seek an associate's degree first because they do not feel confident that they could successfully complete the mathematics requirement at a four-year…

The diagnostic-prescriptive observation checklist is designed to allow the regular classroom teacher to diagnose and prescribe for each child's learning abilities or disabilities in the sensory-motor, perceptual, or language areas. Five to ten observable characteristics and five to eight suggested teaching strategies are listed for each of the…

The volume addresses itself to two basic competencies needed by teachers of the slow learning child: a rationale permitting consistent interpretation of the child's learning behavior and a repertory of techniques for presenting information in a myraid of ways, from which the teacher can select classroom presentation methods most appropriate for…

Compared were three perceptual or language instructional programs with each other and with a direct prescriptive approach to reading problems of 112 learning disabled children (ages 6-10 years). (MH)

Research on hemispheric mode functioning indicates that some connections exist between learning disabilities (LD) and right-mode dominance, which suggests that instruction should be offered to develop right hemispheric (spatial perception) abilities in LD persons. The influence on student drawing of the right-left hemispheric shift during reading…