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Lockavitch, Joseph F., Jr. – Academic Therapy, 1983
Activities to help children develop the concept of right-left awareness are presented. Activities touch on lateral awareness (distinguishing between their right and left sides and labeling them) and directionality (using the language of left and right according to someone else's orientation). (CL)
Descriptors: Kinesthetic Perception, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills
Lipson, Alice M. – Academic Therapy, 1984
The following aspects of left-handedness are discussed: etiology and associated learning and developmental disorders; right-brain dominance and how to detect it; adaptations to the physical learning environment; behavior patterns; and teaching techniques. (JW)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities, Left Handed Writer
Burnham, Jon A. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Middle and secondary school students who continue to display reversal problems despite intervention should be taught to compensate. Compensation can be based on the student's common error problems. (CL)
Descriptors: Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities, Letters (Alphabet), Middle Schools
Traynelis-Yurek, Elaine – Academic Therapy, 1985
Five male learning disabled students (eight to 13 years old) learned more words using the nonpreferred hand in tactile processing to remediate reading than with the preferred hand. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction
Kershner, John R.; Kershner, Barbara A. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities
Rosenthal, Joseph H. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Reviewed is research in the neurophysiology of cognitive functions as it related to dyslexia. (DB)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Electroencephalography, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
