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Download full textTucker, Jamie, Comp.; And Others – 1976
Presented are descriptions of 245 activities for use with young handicapped children. The activities, compiled by teachers in the Austin Early Childhood Special Education Program, are grouped according to the following 12 areas: pre-academic, language, science, perceptual, motor, games, music and creative expression, social-emotional, arts and…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Creative Expression, Early Childhood Education
Papert, Seymour A. – 1981
The paper describes the successful use of the LOGO System (an interactive graphics, computer based learning environment) with 12 severely physically handicapped adolescents with cerebral palsy. Five goals were set forth concerning the opportunity to work with microcomputers in interesting ways, the assessment of the students' spatial competence,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cerebral Palsy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Diagnosis
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1973
Directions and materials for approximately 200 kindergarten-level safety learning activities, intended to develop the perceptual skills of young pedestrians and to train kindergarten children in safe conduct on the school bus, on bicycles, in an auto, and in the school environment are provided. Concepts and skills are taught through activities…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sorrell, Howard M. – Practical Pointers, 1978
A circuit approach and station techniques are used to depict perceptual motor games for handicapped and nonhandicapped children. Twenty activities are described in terms of objectives, materials, and procedures, and their focus on visual tracking, visual discrimination and copying of forms, spatial body perception, fine motor coordination, tactile…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Depth Perception, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Holtzman, Elsa Hernandez; And Others – 1979
An overview of cognitve styles and research in the field of field dependence/field independence within the context of the special needs of Hispanic students is presented. Various studies by Witkin et al. on the dimension of field dependence/field independence required the subject to perceive an item independently of the field or context that…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Hispanic Americans
Jensen, Marvin D. – Iowa Journal of Speech Communication, 1980
The connectionist theory of brain functioning, which holds that specialization exists within the brain, has three implications for teachers of nonverbal communication. One implication involves the relative emphasis to be placed on linguistic/linear versus nonlinguistic/nonlinear mental processing. Teachers can shift emphasis to nonlinguistic…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cerebral Dominance, Change Strategies, Higher Education
HOLMES, DAVID S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THREE STUDIES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION REPORT. (1) "'NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY' AND ACHIEVEMENT IN CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS." NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY WAS INFERRED FROM A CORRELATION BETWEEN PUPILLARY RESPONSE AND CHILDREN'S PRESCHOOL PERFORMANCE. COMPLICATIONS IN ACQUIRING AND USING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT RESULTED…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Individual Characteristics
O'Connor, William J. – 1968
The relationship between the Bender-Gesalt Test was studied using the Koppitz Developmental Scoring System and the Marianne Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception in terms of age, sex, IQ, and socioeconomic status. A relationship to the Harrison Reading Readiness Test was also explored. Subjects were 89 first- and second-grade children…
Descriptors: Age, Grade 1, Grade 2, Intelligence Differences
Eisner, Elliot W., Ed. – 1978
The seven papers that comprise this book were presented at the 1977 National Art Education Association Conference on Reading, the Arts, and the Creation of Meaning held to bring together people in the arts and the fields of reading, psychology, and philosophy to explore the relationships that exist between these fields of study. Topics discussed…
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Art
Noval, Lorraine K. – 1974
This paper reviews some of the cognitive and linguistic functions which develop during the period of concrete operational thought (ages 4-9) as defined in Piaget's developmental theory. Discussion centers on the formation of classes and relations and the development of the language associated with these operations. Also discussed are conservation…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Bamberger, Jeanne – 1974
Research in the development of musical perception is described. It is crucial to students' experience that they learn to bring to the surface those "invisible" ideas inherent in music development such as clapping a rhythm or singing a tune. In this way they learn to bridge the gap between intuitive knowledge and the representation of this…
Descriptors: Audiences, Auditory Perception, Behavioral Science Research, Creative Expression
Klapper, Hope Lunin – 1974
Using open-ended questions to elicit responses from 77 kindergarteners, 24 second graders, and 25 fifth graders in New York, an attempt was made to determine how children perceive the accuracy and the reality of television programs. The kindergarteners and second graders tended to restrict their observations to specific visual traits, while the…
Descriptors: Credibility, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Taylor, Martin – 1974
In the first part of the paper the idea of the cognitive network is developed. The network consists of concepts linked together by relationships which are themselves concepts. Concepts are learned according to simple rules, and the network grows as new concepts are learned. Part II considers the growth and structure of language. The growth of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Nickelsburg, Janet – 1976
This manual contains 44 separate projects which are designed to help teachers and parents provide young children (in kindergarten through second grade) with experiences in observing natural phenomena, plants, and animals. Each project centers around an activities section prefaced with scientific information meant to provide the teaching adult with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials
Baltimore County Board of Education, Towson, MD. – 1974
One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program is designed to help primary level children achieve success in language development before a pattern of failure is established. The program began in 1969 and serves 219 first, second, and third graders. The program employs diagnostic measures to identify each…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Individualized Reading, Language Acquisition, Learning Modalities
