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Lydon, Mary C.; Cheffers, John T. F. – 1978
Questions relating to decision making and its relatonship to body coordination and self-concept in the elementary school child are investigated in this study. The independent variable of teacher behavior was manipulated in order to provide two related learning environments. One, termed Vertical Teaching, required the teacher to retain all of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Phillips, John L., Jr. – 1969
Discussed are Piaget's methods, his relation to other theories, and an overview of his theory. Described are the six stages of his sensorimotor period with a summary of imitation and play, and the concrete operations period with the subperiods of changes from sensorimotor in preoperation, differences from the adult in preoperation, and the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
This curriculum is designed primarily for individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. It is designed to test and teach children the basic abilities (readiness skills) assumed by the present primary-grade reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Guides
Hodges, Walter L. – 1970
The Process Oriented Interactive Learning System postulated in this paper starts with the generation of a set of process objectives for children which are based on the principles of development - intellectual and social - and related to the substance of the basic goals which society holds for education: reading, language, number, independence, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Saunders, Minta M. – 1971
Learning in infancy is based on activity, beginnings, and curiosity, the so-called ABC's. Earliest behavior consists of mass activity, the period from birth to 24 months of sensory-motor development which provides the foundation for all future learning. Adults must provide space, toys, and affectionate care to help infants proceed through…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning
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Sigman, Marian; Ungerer, Judy A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Attempts to identify deficits in object knowledge specific to the autistic syndrome. Examines the correspondence between sensorimotor and play behaviors and language in mentally retarded and normal children. Determines whether these correspondences are different for autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children.(Author/AS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Asher, James J. – J Spec Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Educational Research, Experiential Learning, Language Instruction
Ashurst, Donald I. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1981
A sequential-developmental approach to the assessment of individuals from the earliest sensorimotor period through the level of abstract reasoning is discussed. The assessment is hierarchically sequenced and is concerned with how and why individuals process information. The assessment procedures provide practical data on levels of development. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Deaf Blind, Developmental Stages, Educational Diagnosis
Singer, Robert N.; Pease, Dale – Research Quarterly, 1976
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Learning Experience, Learning Processes
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WHITE, BURTON L. – 1966
SEVERAL STUDIES ON SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTIONS IN INFANTS WERE REPORTED. DAY-TO-DAY OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED INFANTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT BASELINE DATA ON ADAPTIVE ABILITIES IN CHILDREN. THE EVOLUTION OF FUNDAMENTAL SENSORIMOTOR SKILLS WAS TRACED TO PROVIDE CLUES FOR THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Lindquist, Edith L. – 1971
This study continues the investigation of the general organizational plan used by good motor learners in acquiring a complex motor skill (tennis serve). The General Serve Problem Solving Model (GSPS), developed in earlier research, was utilized in an effort to improve and broaden it so that other types of learners may be studied and compared. Six…
Descriptors: Child Development, Human Development, Individual Development, Learning
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Bonvillian, John D.; Friedman, Robert J. – Sign Language Studies, 1978
The article gives an example of how, even though an individual's capacity to use or to learn a spoken language may be significantly impaired by brain damage, the ability to acquire a non-oral language system may remain intact. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes
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Davis, Albert J.; Hathaway, Betty K. – Reading Psychology, 1986
Findings imply that while preschool children both enjoy and profit from listening to stories read to them in unelaborated fashion, they gain much more from observing and participating in the actions portrayed in the stories. (FL)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Listening Comprehension, Perceptual Motor Learning
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
This curriculum is designed primarily for use in individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but it has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. Program 1 focuses on the basic abilities children use to analyze and organize graphic and other spatial patterns--skills directly…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Guides
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
This curriculum is designed primarily for use in individualized classrooms where the teacher is working with an assistant, but it has also been proven effective in traditional classrooms and in remedial situations. Program 3 focuses on a variety of gross-and fine-motor functions--basic abilities that affect the way the child physically interacts…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Guides
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