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Goll, Paulette S. – Education, 2011
"Literacy Strategies: Variations on a Theme" presents pedagogical variations on Robert Marzano's Six Steps to Better Vocabulary Instruction to enhance the acquisition of TOEFL [Test of English as a Foreign Language] vocabulary words by international student instrumentalists. Strategies to integrate proprioceptive [spatial body awareness]…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Students
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Waller, David; Richardson, Adam R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
The tendency to underestimate egocentric distances in immersive virtual environments (VEs) is not well understood. However, previous research (A. R. Richardson & D. Waller, 2007) has demonstrated that a brief period of interaction with the VE prior to making distance judgments can effectively eliminate subsequent underestimation. Here the authors…
Descriptors: Computation, Standards, Spatial Ability, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Schmuckler, Mark A.; Tsang-Tong, Hannah Y. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Three experiments investigated use of visual input and body movement input arising from movement through the world on spatial orientation. Experiments involved infants searching for a toy hidden in one of two containers. Findings indicated that search was best after infant movement in a lit environment prior to searching; all other conditions led…
Descriptors: Cues, Infant Behavior, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception
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Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines 3-month-old infants' perception of "camouflaged" forms that were only visible when moving. Shows infants effectively use kinetic information to organize visual input in higher-order structures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Habituation, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception, Motion