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Braithwaite, R. J. – Slow Learning Child, 1972
Research is reviewed to determine the value of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception as a predictor of reading performance and whether the Frostig Visual Perception Training Program improves reading performance. (KW)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Development, Predictive Measurement
Download full textCohen, S. Alan – Academic Therapy Quarterly
The findings of several tests are used to describe some learning disabilities and patterns common in lower-class Puerto Rican and Negro children. In particular, perceptual dysfunction is pointed to as a major causal factor in the reading problems of the disadvantaged. In one urban slum school, 40 percent of first graders showed serious dysfunction…
Descriptors: Black Students, Corrective Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Problems
