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Dinnan, James A.; Ulmer, Curtis, Ed. – 1971
This manual is designed to assess the background of the individual and to bring him to the stage of unlocking the symbolic codes called Reading and Mathematics. The manual begins with Introduction to a Symbolic Code (The Thinking Process and The Key to Learning Basis), and continues with Basic Reading Skills (Readiness, Visual Discrimination,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Auditory Discrimination, Bibliographies, Comprehension
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1972
This abbreviated form of the report of Florida's Statewide Assessment Program summarizes the key results and recommendations of the State's performance on the 1971-72 assessment of selected reading-related skills in grades 2 and 4. Topics discussed are: (1) why test? (2) what is statewide assessment? (3) what do 1971-72 assessment results show?…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Grade 4, Listening Comprehension
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Livingstone, Margaret; Hubel, David – Science, 1988
Summarizes the anatomical, physiological, and psychological evidence related to the primate visual system. States that comparison of perceptual abilities with the electrophysiological properties of neurons may help deduce functions of visual areas. (RT)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biological Sciences, Biology, Color
Wheldall, Kevin – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
The influence of visual and auditory factors and intonational emphasis on sentence comprehension skills of young normal and mentally handicapped children was studied, using the Sentence Comprehension Test. (Sample items are appended). (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Intonation
Fleer, Marilyn – 1989
This booklet examines the educational value of jigsaw puzzles and gives practical suggestions on how to select and make them for use by children ages 1 through 8. It asserts that jigsaw puzzles provide children with the opportunity to develop problem-solving strategies, and discusses a theory of adult-child interaction that encourages the…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Eye Hand Coordination
LOMBARD, AVIMA; STERN, CAROLYN – 1967
THE LITERATURE ON LANGUAGE ABILITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS INCREASINGLY VOICES ALARM THAT THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED ARE SERIOUSLY DEFICIENT IN LANGUAGE ABILITY. INTERVENTION PROGRAMS CREATED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM ALL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TOOLS FOR INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING. ESSENTIAL TO SUCH PROGRAMS, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Williams, Catharine M. – 1968
Well prepared, carefully chosen, two-dimensional visual aids are valuable in the learning process as a source of information and as a stimulator of student response. A student's visual perception and his degree of self-awareness can be evaluated by his reaction to pictures. At the instructional level, pictures can expand an experience, dramatize a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Illustrations, Instructional Materials
Brooks, Jeanne – 1974
This paper presents two studies of the development of social competencies in infancy. In the first experiment, the central issue investigated was whether facial configuration or height is utilized by infants to respond differentially to children and adults. Five different strangers, a male and a female child, a male and a female adult, and a small…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Body Height, Children
Dawson, Mildred A., Comp. – 1971
A series of articles with the chief emphasis on phonics as a means of analyzing words is presented. Various articles pertain to elementary, secondary, and college level instruction. The first of the five parts into which the volume is divided is comprised of a single article which gives an excellent overview of the field of word recognition. Part…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, College Students, Context Clues, Elementary School Students
Tindal, Gerald; Deno, Stanley – 1983
The focus of this study was on the relationship between visual and statistical analyses of time series data and the degree to which characteristics of the data influenced this relationship. A total of 52 teachers took part in evaluating a series of graphs having prespecified characteristics. The independent variables manipulated included: slope,…
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Data Analysis, Elementary School Teachers
AYERS, DOROTHY; AND OTHERS – 1962
OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP VISUAL AND AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION, MOTOR COORDINATION, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS, LANGUAGE FACILITY, FAMILIARITY WITH AND ACCEPTANCE OF CLASSROOM PROCEDURE, INTEREST IN READING, INDEPENDENT THINKING, NUMBER AWARENESS, AND APPRECIATION OF ART AND MUSIC. UNIT AREAS FOLLOW THE OUTLINE OF OBJECTIVES AND ARE TAUGHT AS PART OF THE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Art Appreciation, Auditory Discrimination, Bibliographies
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
This guide provides group activities for teachers to aid in planning a multicultural curriculum for developing sensory perception in children. The guide emphasizes the cognitive processes involved in sorting out sensory data and the use of multicultural materials as resources for sensory experience. Activities are presented in six sections.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
Ball, John, Ed.; Byrnes, Francis C., Ed. – 1960
Under the sponsorship of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a series of 14 lessons by various authors has been compiled to serve as a reader or training manual in the field of visual communications. Several models of communications are outlined and evaluated. Many studies which concern themselves with the concepts of source,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
White, Sheldon H. – 1972
This appendix includes seven papers which focus on various aspects of the learning processes of children ages 5-7: (1) S. Thompson, "Transitions to concrete operations: A survey of Piaget's writings" (in outline form); (2) S. H. White, "Changes in learning processes in the late preschool years," an examination of cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Development
Williams, Joanna P. – 1974
In the first experiment, the development of the ability to copy alphabet letters by black males aged 3-9 (middle and low S.E.S.) was studied, using a newly-developed scoring system. In the second experiment, kindergarteners learned to associate letter names with six lower-case printed letters by the anticipation method. The addition of an…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Kinesthetic Methods
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