This study investigates the relationship between auditory and visual acuity and the learning of first grade reading and spelling. It was the aim of this study (1) to clarify the relationship between auditory and visual perception; (2) to investigate the ability of subjects to read and spell when, and if, differences exist in the perceptual…

The similarity between the antecedents of listening and the consequences of speaking have long led theorists to believe in their intimate and even natural relationship. A tendency to conflate the two processes is found in articles on speech communication, automatic speech recognition, foreign language learning, and child language. Once this…

This status report on speech research includes 16 essays and extended reports. Included are "Perspectives in Vision: Conception of Perception?""The Perception of Speech,""The Dynamic Use of Prosody in Speech Perception,""Speech and the Problem of Perceptual Constancy,""Coperception,""Dichotic 'Masking' of Voice Onset Time,""The Number Two and the…

False recognition responses of high and low SES kindergarten subjects to associatively and acoustically related words were measured. Acoustic attribute dominance for all subjects, and relatively greater acoustic attribute dominance for low SES subjects was predicted. Results indicated that subjects encoded on both attribute dimensions, with low…

Tests were administered to 209 educable mentally handicapped children (mean age 10.8, mean IQ 77) to determine factors related to speech hearing. Results indicated that mental age, intelligence quotient, physiological age, institutionalization, and organic bases for retardation were not significantly related either to speech reception threshold or…

A 2 x 2 x 4 factorial design was utilized to investigate the effects of sex of perceiver, race of expressor (Negro and White), and mode of presentation of stimuli (audio and visual, visual only, audio only, and still pictures) on perception of emotion (POE). Perception of seven emotions (anger, happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, pain, and…

The manual provides instructions for administering and scoring gross and fine motor assessment procedures for use with trainable mentally handicapped children. It is noted that some assessment items were derived from formal standardized tests. Provided are a program description, general instructions, a list of equipment needed for testing, a…

The purpose of this book is to provide an understanding of both the educational and medical aspects of reading and to show how they are interrelated in reading disabilities. The various aspects of reading disabilities are presented in the following chapters: Introduction to the Reading Problem; Early Predictive Studies; Psychological Evaluation;…

The work described in this report is aimed at understanding the role of cognitive development, especially perceptual development, in the reading process and its acquisition. The papers included describe: (1) a theory of perceptual learning, (2) an investigation of the perception of morphological information, (3) the role of categorical semantic…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. A laboratory approach in which pupils are to develop skill in playing keyboard instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form is used. Course objectives include: (1) The student will select the…

The effects of certain procedures as part of the curriculum in early childhood on the perceptual readiness of children exposed to it are explored. The procedures include: (1) the testing of each child to determine perceptual strengths and weaknesses; (2) the development of "learning print" for each child: a description of integrities and deficits…

Forty-eight grade-three children and 48 grade-eight children were presented respectively with six- and eight-letter sequences for written free recall. The older children, as had adult subjects in previous studies, showed a greater tendency to recall serially with a four-letters-per-second presentation rate than with a half- or…

A study is reported in which pairs of synonyms, antonyms, coordinates, and super super-subordinates were presented dichotically to university students. After each pair the subject reported what he heard. In one condition the two members of a pair were presented simultaneously, and in another they were presented sequentially. (Author/RM)

The Lorge-Thorndike Test of Cognitive Abilities (LTTCA), the Test of Auditory Perception (TAP), and the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), were administered to second grade students. Statistical analysis revealed performance on TAP subtests was significantly correlated with most MAT subtest scores, especially the phonically-oriented MAT Word…