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Learning Disability Simulation to Foster Awareness and Acceptance of the Disorder
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Rose, Zachary B. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Students with learning disabilities (LD's) in inclusion classrooms often face both academic and social difficulties (Alesi, Rappo, & Pepi, 2014; Clever, Bear, & Jovonen, 1992; Lavoie, 2005; Madge, Affleck, & Lowenbraun, 1990; McIntosh, Vaughn, Schumm, Haager, & Lee, 1993; Mercer & Pullen, 2009; Nowicki, 2003). Research on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Simulation, Short Term Memory, Visual Discrimination
Attentional Capture of Objects Referred to by Spoken Language
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Salverda, Anne Pier; Altmann, Gerry T. M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
Participants saw a small number of objects in a visual display and performed a visual detection or visual-discrimination task in the context of task-irrelevant spoken distractors. In each experiment, a visual cue was presented 400 ms after the onset of a spoken word. In experiments 1 and 2, the cue was an isoluminant color change and participants…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Attention, Eye Movements, Cues
VARIABLES AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN ON A LETTER DISCRIMINATION TASK.
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HALL, VERNON C.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF FIVE VARIABLES (INITIAL INSTRUCTIONS, REWARD, LETTER SIZE, TYPE OF WARM-UP, AND FEEDBACK) ON KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN'S PERFORMANCE OF A LETTER DISCRIMINATION TASK. IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT ATTENTION IS THE KEY FACTOR IN LETTER DISCRIMINATION. THE PRESENT STUDY PROPOSES THAT A…
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Perception
Vision Screening: A Study of 297 Head Start Children.
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Morse, A. R.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
Vision assessments were provided to 297 preschoolers in nine Head Start programs in New York State. The protocol used provided a thorough evaluation and required only seven minutes per child. Sixty-three children (21.2%) were referred for further evaluation. Visual deficits detected included decreased acuity, strabismus, astigmatism, and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Tests, Screening Tests, Strabismus
SEMINAR ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS.
CONANT, HOWARD – 1965
A SEMINAR IN THE VISUAL ARTS WAS HELD AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TO DEFINE PROBLEM AREAS IN AND TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. OVER 40 PERSONS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES, PURSUITS, AND ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED, ALLOWING HALF THEIR TIME TO SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Audiotape Recordings, Curriculum Development
VISUAL AND AUDITORY EFFICIENCY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO READING IN CHILDREN.
DEUTSCH, MARTIN; KATZ, PHYLLIS A. – 1963
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AUDITORY AND VISUAL FUNCTIONING AND READING ACHIEVEMENT WERE EXPLORED. AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS ON THESE VARIABLES. A WIDE RANGE OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL SKILLS WAS SAMPLED IN POOR AND NORMAL READERS AT THREE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS (FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH). DATA…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Concept Formation
A Learning Activity for At-Risk Third Grade Students in Visual Discrimination of the Consonants B, D, and P.
Hicks, Ruby Mereday – 1990
A study was conducted to address the need for the public school system to provide an enriched curriculum for classroom teachers with "at-risk" students. It also examined whether students who had been exposed to a variety of supporting and related techniques of letter recognition through systematic instruction would be able to…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 3, High Risk Students