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Perkins, David – 1971
This is the fifth in a series of technical research reports by Harvard Project Zero which study artistic creation and comprehension as a means toward better art education. The three papers in this report all concern the bearing of projective geometry on the perceptual processes by which pictures are "read" for spatial information. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavioral Science Research, Depth Perception, Developmental Psychology
Gamble, Teri Kwal; Gamble, Michael W. – 1975
Since imaginary awareness--as the core of the oral interpreter's art--must be preceded by both an awareness of internal events and an awareness of external events, awareness training can be the most effective means of helping interpreters develop their art. Two models of the awareness development process, a hierarchy of response levels and a…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Imagination, Interpretive Reading
Bechtel, Leland P. – 1975
Reported are the final 2 years of a program which provided identification and remediation services for 60 potentially dyslexic preschool children and 45 dyslexic elementary grade children. Described for the preschool program are materials and evaluative devices and methods of remediation which stressed development of perceptual motor skills,…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Dickerson, LaVerne Thornton, Comp. – 1975
This annotated bibliography focuses on recent publications dealing with factors that influence child growth and development, rather than the developmental processes themselves. Topics include: general sources on child development; physical and perceptual-motor development; cognitive development; social and personality development; and play.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Wood, Alice, Comp. – 1975
Intended for the specialist in low vision rehabilitation, the manual provides information on low vision evaluation, low vision aids, and perceptual learning. A large section of the document is devoted to illustrations and information on (including use, cost, and source) 15 near and 8 distance vision aids such as the Coil Hi-Power Reader, hand…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Educational Media, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines
Pedersen, Frank A. – 1975
This study investigates three types of reciprocal interactions among members of the family unit (father, mother and infant): father-infant interaction affecting child's development, father-infant interaction affecting mother's behavior, and husband-wife interaction affecting mother's behavior. Data from a sample of 39 healthy first-born infants…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family Relationship, Fathers, Infant Behavior
Cooper, Walter E. – 1976
The author considers the importance of evaluating preschoolers' perceptual motor development, the usefulness of various evaluation techniques, and the specific psychomotor abilities that require evaluation. He quotes researchers to underline the difficulty of choosing appropriate evaluative techniques and to stress the importance of taking…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Infants, Measurement Instruments, Motor Development
Fraser, G. M.; Blockley, J. – 1973
Presented are three papers, written over a period of 2 and a half years (1971-72) which describe the evolution of a treatment for language disordered children based on work at the Braidwood Audiology Unit (London). In the first paper results of diagnostic psychological tests administered to approximately 500 language disordered and hearing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Philosophy, Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Research
Lovano, Jessie J. – 1969
The perceptual-developmental research of Kagan and Witkin elicited this study of cognitive style. The work of these two researchers leads to the conclusion that differences between graphic expressions of children of the same age reflect differences in the children's mode of information processing. Specifically, this study sought to test the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Expression, Body Image, Cognitive Development
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1969
The collection of selected convention papers includes discussions of the application of the ITPA for children with learning disabilities, applications of psychoeducational evaluation, factors in severe reading disability, and initiating statewide programs for the educationally handicapped. Articles also deal with the history and future education…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Educational Diagnosis
South Central Region Educational Lab. Corp., Little Rock, AR. – 1969
This manual evaluates and describes an educational day care model after 1 year of development. The model was designed for 3- and 5-year-old disadvantaged youngsters who exhibit low scores on intelligence, linguistic, and perceptual tests. Model objectives were based on the following criteria: (1) effectiveness of the curriculum with children, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Guides, Day Care
LaRocque, Geraldine E. – 1970
Testing Marshall McLuhan's thesis that the educational system favors the visually oriented student and militates against the audile-tactile youngster, this pilot study attempted to discover whether or not academically successful ninth-grade English students have a different sensory response pattern than unsuccessful ninth-grade English students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Perception, English Education, Grade 9
Jones, John Paul; Aaron, Ira E. – 1971
In order to determine if significant relationships exist among intersensory transfer ability, intersensory perceptual shifting ability, modal preference, and reading achievement, a study was conducted using 90 randomly selected Oconee County, Georgia, third graders whose mean IQ was 98 and whose mean reading comprehension was grade 3.…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Intermode Differences, Perception, Perceptual Development
Travers, Robert M. W. – 1969
Beginning with a survey of work previously done on the subject, this study attempts to learn more about how, and to what extent, children benefit from pictorial illustrations, with a view to improving instructional materials. Three areas were investigated with experiments using children from nursery schools and kindergarten to sixth grade. The…
Descriptors: Children, Cues, Educational Research, Instructional Improvement
Bowers, Louis – 1969
A program for neurological organization is explained and its purposes are stated. Hints are given for working with both child and parents; and form for evaluating measures of neuromotor fitness is included. Also provided is a checklist for rating motor exploration, including movements performed lying on the back, on the knees, or standing or on…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Curriculum Guides, Equipment, Exceptional Child Education
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