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Pettit, Milton – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1971
Goals and activities for a motor development program for the mentally retarded are suggested. (KW)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Motor Development, Physical Activities
Peer reviewedLoo, Chalsa; Wenar, Charles – Child Development, 1971
Forty middle class kindergarten children's activity level was not found to be correlated with motor inhibition, impulsivity, or IA, while motor inhibition was significantly correlated with IQ but not with impulsivity. (WY)
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Kindergarten Children, Motor Development, Motor Reactions
O'Donnell, Patrick A. – J Learning Disabilities, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Lateral Dominance, Motor Development, Neurological Organization
Peer reviewedFreedman, David A.; Cannady, Cay – Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Exceptional Child Research, Growth Patterns, Mental Retardation
Gross, Ruth B.; Marsh, Marion – Develop Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Correlation, Creativity, Motor Development, Perception
Peer reviewedJoos, Sandra K.; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Examines the effect of nutritional supplementation provided to mothers during pregnancy and lactation on the mental and motor development of their infants. While neither sex nor mental differences could be attributed to supplementation, motor development in infants was affected. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior, Mothers
Peer reviewedMajeres, Raymond L.; Timmer, Therese – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Sixty children, ages 2-4, observed videotaped, same-sex models perform sequences of skills requiring different levels of motor development. When asked to imitate one act from each sequence, children tended to imitate skills at their own developmental level rather than skills above or below their current level of competence. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Competence, Correlation, Developmental Stages, Imitation
Cassell, Dana K. – Day Care and Early Education, 1979
Describes a program developed to improve three- and four-year-old children's motor skills. (MP)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Motor Development, Preschool Children
Miller, Sue Ellen – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
In view of the All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142) it seems just and logical that all children, not only the handicapped, are entitled to an individualized treatment by sports and physical education personnel. (LH)
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Individualized Instruction, Motor Development, Opinions
Klesius, Stephen E. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Descriptions of three games appropriate for elementary school and handicapped children in physical education are provided. (JMF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Games, Handicapped Children, Motor Development
Peer reviewedSchworm, Ronald W. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Motor Development, Task Analysis
Peer reviewedFitzpatrick, Paula; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Studied developmental changes in rhythmic motor skills by observing the hand clapping of 3- through 7-year olds. Found that a variable measuring coordination of children's arms while clapping changed from a nonconstant magnitude in younger clappers to a constant magnitude in older clappers. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Psychomotor Skills
Peer reviewedPick, Herbert L., Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Discusses the history of the study of motor behavior. Briefly reviews the contents of the November 1989 issue of "Developmental Psychology." (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, History, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedBeilin, Harry – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Describes Jean Piaget's transformation of society's conception of childhood thought. Emphasizes the enduring contribution to developmental psychology of Piaget's constructivism, his description of developmental mechanisms, his cognitivism, his explication of structural and functional analysis, and his addressing of epistemological issues and…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Epistemology
Peer reviewedDouret, L. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1993
Full-term infants who had slept in the prone position since birth were followed to detect early postural abnormalities and differentiate potential peripheral abnormality from abnormalities of a central origin. Results showed that disappearance of initial signs of abnormality appeared to be muscular, and symptoms disappeared faster when a motor…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Human Posture, Infants, Motor Development
