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Soundy, Cathleen S.; Qiu, Yun – Childhood Education, 2006
In this article, the authors designed a study to explore what children's own drawings reveal about their viewing skills and to examine the interplay between visual and verbal literacies. Specifically, the authors wanted to determine how two communication systems--visual and verbal literacies--contribute to children's abilities to extract meaning…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Emergent Literacy, Picture Books, Freehand Drawing
Hartman, Jeanette Allison – 1986
In an attempt to demonstrate the direct relationship of physical play to sensory integration, this descriptive study measured fine and gross motor activities, and the repetition and duration of preferred activities among 179 children between 2 and 8 years of age who participated in 3 early childhood programs in California. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education, Literature Reviews
Berlin, Donna F. – 1987
To examine intra- and interhemispheric communication or the transfer of information within and between the cerebral hemispheres, 32 right-handed learning disabled children aged 8-10 years, 11-13 years, and 14-16 years were presented a tactile discrimination task. Fabrics of the same or different texture were presented to the same hand (uncrossed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Cordoni, Barbara Keene – 1976
This dissertation presents a systematic review of literature published from 1861-1974 and available in English which deals with children who may be classified as learning disabled by current federal law. The purposes of the review were to trace the studies of behaviors related to learning disabilities, to identify key studies on which later…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Failure, History
Schwalb, Eugene; and others – J. Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Identification, Intelligence, Language Ability
Losleben, Jeanne; And Others
Based on the Las Palomita, New Mexico Sensory Training Program, suggestions are offered to parents for activities that can be done at home to improve the sensory motor integration of children with cerebral palsy or other physical or mental handicaps. Included are directions for activities to improve posture, balance and coordination and walking as…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Exceptional Child Education, Individual Activities, Instructional Materials
Williams, Clarence M., Ed.; Debes, John L., Ed. – 1970
The proceedings of the first national conference on visual literacy held in Rochester, New York (March 23-6, 1969) contain papers describing the concept of visual literacy (defined as vision competencies of integrating and interpreting sensory experiences fundamental to learning and communication). Related research is explored in areas such as…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conference Reports, Perceptual Development, Sensory Experience
Kozel, Nicholas J.; Gitter, A. George – 1968
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…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Experience, Perception
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Withrow, Frank – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
Explored are the possibilities of using amplification in three sensory modes (audition, vision, and touch) in the education of the aurally handicapped. (BD)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Aural Learning, Elementary Education, Hearing (Physiology)
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Sawada, Daiyo; Jarman, R. F. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1978
One hundred and eighty fourth-grade boys completed tasks where they were given stimulus patterns in one or two sensory modes (auditory or visual) and asked to identify equivalent patterns in the same or in the other mode. Correlations between mathematics achievement and modality matching ability were significant with "striking" variation…
Descriptors: Achievement, Auditory Tests, Cognitive Development, Educational Research
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Martin, Roy; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
The visual-motor integration of preschool children who varied in terms of race, sex, and socioeconomic status was assessed using the Beery Buktenica Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI). An analysis of covariance revealed that there were significant main effects for race, sex, and socioeconomic status. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Disadvantaged Youth, Motor Development
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Woollacott, Marjorie H.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Examined two aspects of balance control in the older adult: coordination of timing and amplitude of muscle responses to postural perturbations, and ability of the participant to reorganize sensory inputs and subsequently modify postural responses as a consequence of changing environmental conditions. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Motor Reactions
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Volta Review, 1986
The introduction to the monograph on auditory learning summarizes the responses of 13 authorities on the education of the hearing impaired to the question: "What is unique about an auditory approach to spoken language development?" Responses are organized into categories (e.g., use of sense modalities, benefits, integration, parent involvement).…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Aural Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Kaplan, Don – Instructor, 1987
Sensory development, activities in language arts, problem solving, science, health, physical education, and art are listed along with resources for making students more aware of their senses and of visual impairments. (CB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Educational Resources, Health Education
Din, Feng S.; Lodato, Donna M. – 2001
Six children with multiple disabilities (ages 5 to 8) participated in this evaluation of the effect of sensory integration treatment on sensorimotor function and academic learning. The children had cognitive abilities ranging from sub-average to significantly sub-average, three were non-ambulatory, one had severe behavioral problems, and each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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