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Gallahue, David L. – 1975
This book's main objective is to help teachers and parents deal more knowledgeably and effectively with children through the medium of movement. The book has been written in such a manner that current theory, research, and practical application are merged into a workable whole. The first five chapters provide the reader with a basis of knowledge…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Childrens Games, Cognitive Objectives
Krantz, Murray; Sauerberg, Vilia – 1975
The bibliography contains 75 annotations of empirical studies (1958-1974) on the psychomotor training and development of young handicapped children (1-19 years old). Studies are organized in two ways: alphabetically by author, and diagrammatically according to research thrust. The research thrusts (followed by the number of studies in each area)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Bibliographies
Currie, Robert J.; And Others – 1976
The Project for Facilitating Educational Achievement Through Telecommunications (Project FEATT) attempted to demonstrate the efficacy of televised instruction in a home-based early childhood education program for handicapped children. In cooperation with community and medical services, an early childhood education program screened and provided…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Exceptional Child Education
Ferguson-Florissant School District, Ferguson, MO. – 1974
The developmental curriculum of the Parent-Child Early Education Saturday School for 4-year-olds is presented, and the specific skill competencies and curriculum activities used in the program are described under three major behavioral categories: language skills, gross and fine motor coordination, and math and science concepts. (Some attention is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Troutt, George, Jr.
Presented in the second volume on the Home-Oriented Preschool Education project are responses of a National Panel of Child Development scholars to a "prime competency list" for normal children up to 6-years-old. The competencies, drawn from a literature search, include behaviors in five categories: classification, communication,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Classification
Mann, Marlis E.; And Others – 1974
This monograph describes the curriculum of the child development center of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The center provides a model preschool program in which teacher trainees work with children, ages 2-6, (several of whom have developmental deficiencies). The curriculum is designed to help teacher trainees…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
Castle, Kathryn – 1974
This monograph describes the individuation module (concerning the perceptions, cognitions, feelings, attitudes and beliefs a person develops towards himself), which is part of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. This module deals with six aspects of the emerging self: body image, self-image, self-concept,…
Descriptors: Body Image, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Egocentrism
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1969
The proceedings include addresses by Logan Wright on highlights of human development from birth to age 11, Leonard A. Cohen on development and function of the mechanisms of perception, Eric Denhoff on motor development as a function of perception, and Alan Hein on exposure history in spatial-motor development. Also provided are reports by William…
Descriptors: Child Development, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Programs
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
Three studies were conducted to develop and evaluate a diagnostically based curriculum for disadvantaged preschool children. The population consisted of 139 white and 4 Negro Appalachian 5-year-olds from the lowest socioeconomic class, who scored from 50 to 85 on the 1960 Stanford-Binet L-M Intelligence Scale. One of the 3 groups organized…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Concept Formation
Kirchner, Elizabeth P. – 1973
This is the second of a two volume report of a Day Care Inventory. The author presents an evaluation of the Inventory and make recommendations for changes, deletions and additions so that more satisfactory measures will be available for use in the study of the impact of day care on child development. The evaluations are based upon the findings…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Rating Scales, Creative Development, Day Care
Phatak, Pramila – 1970
This paper describes the collecting of normative data concerning the development of East Indian babies and analyzes the information in terms of: (1) the influences of socioeconomic class; (2) urban-rural environmental differences; (3) sex differences; and (4) comparisons with children from the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom. The…
Descriptors: Charts, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Sectional Studies
Chaplan, Abraham A.; Platoff, Joan – 1967
This program evaluation of the 1967 summer Head Start Program examines data in these areas: (1) program functioning; (2) student gains and school readiness; (3) parent involvement; and (4) ancillary services. The report evaluates 720 classrooms which contained 23,000 children and utilized 51 supervisors, 260 head teachers, 728 group teachers, and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Ancillary Services, Compensatory Education, Educational Strategies
Mayer, Colleen A. – 1974
This booklet offers practical, easy-to-read suggestions for teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to help them understand language development and language disabilities. The first section highlights some of the factors involved in language development. The second section deals with some of the common causes for language disabilities and…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Watson, Marion, Comp.; And Others – 1972
This curriculum guide provides a variety of activities to develop perceptual skills in young children. Activities in the following areas are provided: (1) motor skills--awareness of self, gross motor, fine motor, orientation in space, eye motor; (2) auditory skills--attention, listening, discrimination, imitation and articulation, auditory…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Class Activities, Cognitive Development
Doyle, Michael
It is not possible to outline a "system" of education which could be applied to all children with language handicaps. Each child with a language deviation will provide his own model and his own system of educational needs based upon the extent to which he is atypical in his language development. The disadvantaged child lacks the language facility…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Children, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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