Behaviorism cannot adequately explain language processing. A synthesis of the psycholinguistic and information processing approaches of cognitive psychology, however, can provide the basis for a speculative analysis of reading, if this synthesis is tempered by a perceptual learning theory of uncertainty reduction. Theorists of information…

Written by parents and intended for fellow parents of severely/multiply handicapped children, the booklet describes a series of awareness activities to enhance children's sensory experiences. Each section includes a brief rationale, background information, and a list of suggested activities for developing the senses of touch, taste, smell,…

The manual is designed to provide the physical education teacher or the kindergarten teacher with an orderly sequence of experiences for promoting growth in body awareness, dynamic balance, muscular strength, spatial awareness, and temporal awareness in the 5- and 6-year-old learning disabled child. The 33 weeks of lesson plans are designed for…

This report is a collection of five papers emphasizing the significance of the young child's motor development. Each paper addresses at least one of four objectives: (1) to help develop clearer insights concerning the significance of physical activity in the early years of childhood; (2) to examine the existing body of knowledge from research and…

Examines the need for physical education for preschool children, and suggests ways in which physical educators could become involved. (PB)

Adapted from a paper read at the Institute for Post-Graduate Occupational Therapists, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York City, May 10, 1968).

The second of a three volume report on a University of Kansas approach to developing quantitative measures of motor and perceptual motor functioning in nonhandicapped and severely/multiply handicapped infants and young children presents interobserver reliability results from the measures described in volume 1. Some studies also include a limited…

The physical development of the child from birth to the age of three is described. Exercises designed to increase motor coordination and strengthen muscles are outlined and illustrated. (JD)

This is the first in a series of six annotated bibliographies. It has as its general subject the physical aspects of early childhood education and includes three subdivisions: genetics, sensory-motor processes, and growth. Each of the 15 abstracts included has been classified by general and specific subject, by focus of study, and alphabetically…

The effects of maturational lag and innate perceptual-motor language learning disabilities on primary-grade children's school performance are discussed. Early identification of these learning disabilities is emphasized. A pilot study using 280 second- and third-grade children is described in which the feasibility of whole classroom screening to…

The psychological background of the Carabo-Cone Method of teaching music, which is based on the theory that structured subject matter can be assimilated if translated into a concrete explorable environment is discussed. Comparison is made with other methods (Montessori, Dalcroze, Orff, Suzuki, and Kodaly), and the arrangement of the room as a…

Reading diagnosis aims at determining a student's present stage of development and how to help him toward his next stage of development. Reading diagnosis should analyze three things: what the student is expected to read, how the student handles these expectations, and how the student can be helped most effectively. Currently there are five areas…

In an investigation of children's spatial knowledge of a large-scale environment, forty-eight 3- to 6-year-old children (an approximately equal number of boys and girls of each age) were taken through an environment by a specified route. Once the route and landmarks along the route were learned, children were tested on their ability to (1) travel…

Described is a perceptual motor therapy program which offers an interdisciplinary treatment and training approach to boys, ages 9 through 12 years, with perceptual-motor dysfunction and accompanying problems of academic difficulties and social and emotional adjustment. (SBH)

This taxonomy should be read with Mr. Annarino's article, "Physical Education Objective; Traditional vs. Developmental," published in the October 1977 issue of "Journal of Physical Education and Recreation." (PBS)