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GAETH, JOHN H. – 1963
AN EXTENSIVE STUDY WAS MADE OF PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING IN CHILDREN WITH NORMAL HEARING AND WITH SEVERE HEARING LOSSES IN WHICH THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN PRESENTED AUDITORILY, VISUALLY AND AUDIOVISUALLY AND IN WHICH MEANINGFULNESS AND VERBALNESS HAVE BEEN VARIED. THE CONCLUSION WHICH EMERGES IS THAT "MEANINGFULNESS" IS THE MOST IMPORTANT…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning, Deafness, Handicapped Children
Mulholland, Thomas B. – Academic Therapy, 1974
The effects of brain waves and alpha rhythms on attentiveness to visual stimuli are discussed, and preliminary research findings and research needs are considered in connection with measuring and training for attention. (LH)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Electroencephalography, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Download full textRAWLS, RACHEL F. – 1967
TWENTY-TWO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE BEGINNING CLASSES FOR THE DEAF AT THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN A VISUAL TRAINING PROGRAM. ONE GROUP OF 11 CHILDREN RECEIVED 20 INDIVIDUAL TRAINING SESSIONS DURING 10 WEEKS. AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING, THE SECOND GROUP OF 11 CHILDREN RECEIVED THE SAME TRAINING PROGRAM. THE TWO GROUPS…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Handicapped Children, Hearing Impairments
McLaughlin, John A.; And Others – 1971
Two studies are reported. The first is based on Piaget's assertion that the child's representation of his world is dependent on the level of cognitive development at which he is currently functioning. Forty-eight normals and 48 retardates were given a visual memory task. They were asked to recall a configural presentation in a number of ways,…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
Krippner, Stanley – 1968
Studies of the etiological factors in reading disability and approaches, generally visual-perceptual, to the problem are presented. Krippner's study presents 15 causes of reading disability and reveals poor visual-perceptual skills as the most common cause. The Olson-Mitchell-Westberg study attempts to determine the effects of visual training upon…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Etiology, Experimental Programs
Wood, Penelope – 1973
After an interview procedure used with educable mentally retarded children is described, the findings of an examination of some collected interview data are reported in this study of the Computer Based Project for the Evaluation of Media for the Handicapped. An ex post facto analysis revealed a moderately high correlation between interviewer…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Luyben, Paul D. – 1973
Utilizing a "shotgun" instructional approach with feedback, a linear instructional program, and an IBM 1500 computer system, this study investigated the effects of pictorial representations of words on the acquisition of a sight vocabulary by rural emotionally and mentally retarded (EMR) students. Twenty-seven students were involved in the study.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Low Ability Students
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23, Blue Bell, PA. – 1976
The second of nine volumes in the SER-LARS (Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System) series, a diagnostic-prescriptive instructional data bank for teachers of handicapped children, presents learning objectives organized by content descriptions. The volume is explained to give a history of the use of each objective along…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Databases, Diagnostic Teaching
