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Aging Effect on Manipulative Skills in Individuals with Down Syndrome
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Chen, Chih-Chia; Ringenbach, Shannon D. R.; Arnold, Nathaniel E.; Nam, Kahyun – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
Deficits in motor performance have been well documented in individuals with Down syndrome (DS). However, only a few studies have focused on manipulative skills and older adults in this population. Given the associations between manipulative skills and daily living activities, more work is needed to examine the aging effect on individuals with DS.…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Psychomotor Skills, Aging (Individuals), Adults
Examination of Participation and Performance of Dancing Movement in Individuals with Down Syndrome
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Chen, C. -C.; Bellama, T. J.; Ryuh, Y. J.; Ringenbach, S. D. R. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Purpose: Many observations and anecdotes have suggested that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) love music, specifically moving to music. The purpose of this study, with the assumption that the music makes people with DS dance showing more movement than general public's, is to observe the change in movement patterns of people with DS while they…
Descriptors: Participation, Performance, Down Syndrome, Dance
Handwriting in Adults with Down Syndrome
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Tsao, Raphaele; Fartoukh, Mickael; Barbier, Marie-Laure – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Although there is growing awareness about the potential for people with Down syndrome (DS) to become literate, we know little about the characteristics of handwriting within this population. Methods: Thirty-three participants took part in this experiment. Eleven adults with DS and 22 typically developing individuals (11 children…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Age, Handwriting, Down Syndrome
On the Law of Intelligence
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Lichten, William – Developmental Review, 2004
The law of intelligence is presented in test independent form. Mental abilities, physical brain size, and infant motor capacity follow the same law of growth from birth to adolescence. Mental growth is independent of race, "SES" or the Flynn effect. The vitality of the mental age scale calls for a reexamination of Wechsler's deviation IQ. This…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence Quotient, Brain
Prediction of Out-of-Sequence Development by BSID Scores.
Richards, Ruth C.; And Others – 1986
The primary purpose of this study was to examine uneven early development in premature infants. A multiple regression analysis was performed in which birth weight, length of gestation, length of assisted feeding, and length of ventilation were used to predict the descrepancy between a child's Psychomotor and Mental Scale scores on the Bayley…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Correlation, Developmental Stages
The Validity of Mental and Motor Scores from the New Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II: A Second-Order Factor Analysis.
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Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1994
The original "Bayley Scales of Infant Development" (BSID) (Bayley 1969) have been among the most popular measures of performance and aptitude of infants. In the present study the reliability and construct validity of mental and motor scores on the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) were investigated. A national…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development