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Kepes, Gyorgy, Ed. – 1965
The essays in this book concern themselves with the carefully sequenced interplay between sensory, imaginative awareness and disciplined, scientific knowledge. They deal specifically with sharpening visual perception. The opening essays analyze the fundamental characteristics of visual faculties. The next group of essays deal with vision as an…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Sensory Experience, Sensory Training, Visual Learning
KAUFMAN, MAURICE – 1968
INJURY TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CAN RESULT IN DEFECTS OF FIGURE FORMATION SUCH AS LACK OF PRECISION OF FIGURE AND UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHICH IS FIGURE AND WHICH IS GROUND. IMPAIRMENT OF FIGURE GROUND PROCESSES MAY BE LIMITED TO ONE AREA OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION. DISTURBANCE IN FIGURE FORMATION MAY NOT RESULT IN PERCEPTION DISTURBANCES, DEPENDING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Eye Hand Coordination, Learning Problems, Mental Retardation
Oxford, Jacqulinn; Moore, David M. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1979
Outlines a concentrated in-service visual training program which incorporates (1) perceptual effects of visual stimuli, (2) synthetic and natural stimuli, (3) non-verbal stimuli, (4) pictorial communication, (5) visual persuasion, and (6) creative visualization. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Film Study, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Nonverbal Learning
Brown, Donald R.; Ottinger, D. R. – 1970
Four studies with infants and preschool-age children examined various pattern perception tasks considered to be related to the perceptual basis of the development of reading skills. Study 1 used 28 neonates to test the hypothesis that supplemental stimulation (rocking, patting, holding) has measurable effects upon attention to visual patterns.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning, Infants, Perceptual Development
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Amerson, Marie J. – RE:view, 1999
Lists strategies for promoting functional vision use in children with visual and motor impairments, including providing postural stability, presenting visual attention tasks when energy level is the highest, using a slanted work surface, placing target items in varied locations within reach, and determining the most effective visual adaptations.…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Partial Vision
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Kerpelman, Larry C. – Child Development, 1967
Four-, five-, and six-year-old children were used as subjects in this investigation. There were 192 experimental and 96 control children used, divided equally between the three age groups. The experimental children received a 1-minute pretest exposure procedure in which 1/4 of the children observed 4 two-dimensional stimuli (irregular pentagons),…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
Young, Laura N., Ed.; Hayes, Bartlett H., Jr., Ed. – 1967
Visual experiences have an immediacy and directness which can cause an intellectual awakening, clarify an abstract concept, or demonstrate an obscure relationship. Thirty experiments using photographic and art materials are outlined in some detail as to method, material, ways to experiment, and suggested discussion questions. The series is…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Creative Activities, Curriculum Guides