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Segel, Ruth C. – Academic Therapy, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Perception, Learning Disabilities, Tactual Perception
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
Lockavitch, Joseph F., Jr. – Academic Therapy, 1981
A teacher describes ways in which learning disabled students can learn through tactile-kinesthetic approaches devised by the teacher. Examples are given of multiplication instruction by counting on fingers, and grammar and long division instruction through movement. (CL)
Descriptors: Division, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Kinesthetic Methods
Sears, Carol J. – Academic Therapy, 1981
The author defines and describes tactile defensiveness, provides information to assist the special educator in recognizing and coping with the syndrome, and addresses the unique behavioral problems and academic performances characteristic of learning disabled students. (SB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Student Characteristics
Herman, P.J. – Academic Therapy, 1983
The article reviews the role of the vestibular system, tactile system, kinesthetic system, visual system, balance, locomotion, body awareness, spatial system, mildline crossing, bilateral integration, form perception, and eye-food coordination in promoting an integrated motor base on which later learning is built. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Kinesthetic Perception, Motor Development
Segel, Ruth C. – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Kinesthetic Perception
