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Rarick, G. Lawrence – Research Quarterly, 1980
The impact of movement experiences on cognitive functions and academic achievement on students, in particular the learning-disabled, is described. Cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of motor skills and intellectual abilities are detailed. (CJ)
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Motor Development
Download full textRarick, G. Lawrence; Dobbins, D. Alan – 1974
A motor performance typology of boys and girls (ages 6-10 years) was developed, based on four factors extracted by factor analysis from data on 47 physical growth and motor performance variables. Nineteen variables which best described the four factor-defined components were used in formulating the person-clusters (typologies) following Tryon's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Dobbins, D. Alan; Rarick, G. Lawrence – Research Quarterly, 1976
While overwhelming evidence exists suggesting substantial differences between the motor skills of educably retarded and intellectually normal children, data from this study warn against the universal generalization of depressed motor performance to all educable retardates. (MB)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Education, Intelligence, Measurement Techniques
Rarick, G. Lawrence; and others – Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Rarick, G. Lawrence – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
The shaping of human motor development is demonstrated by the orderly sequence of events which occur throughout the individual's development process. Muscular strength and proficiency in gross motor skills improve with advancing chronological age throughout childhood and adolescence, with sex differences in performance tending to favor males. (JN)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Body Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Eckert, Helen M.; Rarick, G. Lawrence – Research Quarterly, 1976
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Motor Development
Broadhead, Geoffrey D.; Rarick, G. Lawrence – Research Quarterly, 1978
This study examined the association between selected family characteristics and some gross motor traits of children diagnosed as either educable mentally retarded or minimally brain-injured. (MM)
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Family Status
Rarick, G. Lawrence; And Others – 1976
This monograph is an account of two related investigations of the motor domain and its correlates in educationally handicapped children. Part I describes an investigation primarily concerned with the identification of the basic components of the motor behavior of educable mentally retarded children through the use of factor analysis techniques.…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Art Activities, Factor Analysis, Handicapped Children
Rarick, G. Lawrence; Broadhead, Geoffrey A. – 1968
The investigation examined the role of physical activity programs in the modification of the motor, intellectual, social, and emotional development of educable mentally retarded children and minimally brain injured children. Forty nine classes of children (275 educable mentally retarded and 206 minimally brain injured) participated in 20 weeks of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art, Behavior Change, Elementary School Students
