Reviewed is research on laterality and its relationship with reading in normal and learning disabled children. (CL)

Shows that a perceptual-motor curriculum in body image and in space and directionality produces significant effects for kindergarteners identified as potentially perceptual-motor disabled. (RL)

The differing functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain are discussed and means of developing interaction between the two are described. (JD)

Investigated was the effect on the sensory integration of 24 aphasic students, of a 7-month sensorimotor program-designed to stimulate the tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems; motor planning ability; bilateral integration; postural and equilibrium responses; visual form and space perception; and motor development. ( DLS)

Compared were three perceptual or language instructional programs with each other and with a direct prescriptive approach to reading problems of 112 learning disabled children (ages 6-10 years). (MH)

Adequate improvement of education depends to some extent upon understanding behavior and learning within a social context. (JD)

Investigates the belief that caregivers' sensitive and contingent behavior is closely related to children's perceived control by analyzing the interactions between mothers and their 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-year-old children during a problem-solving task. (HOD)

Describes two studies investigating the development of recursive thinking in 60 Dutch children five, seven, and nine years of age. The first study replicated earlier research employing a verbal production procedure. The second study used verbal comprehension procedures and concluded that development appears two years earlier than indicated by the…

Twenty-six deaf adolescents received instruction in a structured program of cognitive education called "Instrumental Enrichment." The program addresses, among other processes, comparison, classification, logical progression, spatial orientation, analysis and synthesis, and syllogistic thinking. Following training, the subjects showed…

Seventeen visually impaired children, aged 7-11 years, were compared with sighted children on a test of facial recognition and a test of expression identification. The visually impaired children were less able to recognize faces successfully but showed no disadvantage in discerning facial expressions such as happiness, anger, surprise, or fear.…

Examines the roles of age of rater and age of children rated in grade-related shifts in children's perceptions of aggression and withdrawal. Shows that differences across grade level reported in children's peer rating largely reflect differences in the child raters' view of behavior. (HOD)

Investigates the relative influence of speech and pointing gesture information in the interpretation of referential acts among children averaging three and five years of age and adults. (HOD)

A survey of 120 fifth- and sixth-grade children indicates that the number of hours spent viewing TV is significantly related to perceptual passivity; that a negative correlation between perceptual passivity and reading achievement is not indicated; and that a negative correlation between the number of TV viewing hours and reading achievement does…

Seven sequential ordinal scales of sensorimotor development are briefly described. These scales permit modification in the strategy for assessing infant development, investigating its structure and investigating infant-environment interaction. (GO)