The purpose of this quantitative, comparative study was to examine if and to what extent, there are statistically significant differences in decoding and oral reading fluency scores between at-risk Title I students who receive multisensory phonics-based instruction in first grade and those who do not in the Western United States. Paivio's dual…

The theory that an individual's haptic and kinesthetic senses, coupled with the visual and auditory senses, are more efficient in transmitting meaningful information to the brain than using the visual and auditory senses alone was illustrated with a class of 10 handicapped (including emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and culturally…

A pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of five curricular methods used in a summer Head Start program designed to develop perceptual-motor skills. Three hundred and seventy-three inner-city children in 15 Head Start centers were given the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Brenner Developmental Gestalt Test of School…