Tests the egocentric hypothesis, i.e., if it can be shown that, given spatial cues, an infant searches at a position bearing an invariant relation to these cues, but with a varying egocentric position, then there would be strong evidence that his organization of space is not necessarily egocentric. (Author/RK)

The ATIC is comprised of a series of subtests designed to assess competency in those basic skill areas considered to be prerequisite for further learning. These subtests are organized into levels which are criterion referenced. The test is suitable for Indian children in grades K-5. (NQ)

A review of design criteria for playgrounds that will be used by handicapped children as well as their normal peers. (Author/MLF)

Games must be designed to meet childrens' different developmental needs and potentials. (JD)

Position statements of the Council for Learning Disabilities oppose the following: (1) use of discrepancy formulas in the identification of learning disabled individuals; (2) inclusion of nonhandicapped low achievers and underachievers in learning disability programs; and (3) measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions.…

Beery's Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration was individually administered to 193 school-age children. Four factors were obtained, indicating that the test does not measure a unitary dimension of perceptual-motor development, but rather four distinct levels or stages for the age range of children investigated. (Author/ABB)

Instruction in movement through physical education should be an integral part of the preschool and nursery school. (RC)

In this paper we deal with the problem of the genetic relationship between the sensual and the conceptual in knowledge formation. Transcript and videotape analyses of two small groups of a regular Grade 11 mathematics class shed some light on the dialectics between semiotic activity and artefact-mediated kinesthetic actions. The analyses point to…

Describes how sensory perception and diagnostic performance can be used to provide a rational basis for developing a general theory of vocational competence in the trades and technologies. (GR)