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Peer reviewedGottlieb, Gilbert – Psychological Review, 1976
Describes recent progress in research on prenatal behavioral development and in a systematic fashion the various ways in which prenatal experience can affect the development of behavior in the neonate as well as in the embryo and fetus. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Charts, Embryology, Motor Development
Peer reviewedSmith, Noel W. – Human Development, 1976
Naturalistic observation of a set of identical twins revealed many differences in personality and motor development. (MS)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Heredity, Individual Differences, Motor Development
Anderson, Elizabeth – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1976
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Eye Hand Coordination, Handwriting, Motor Development
Peer reviewedStrauss, Milton E.; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1976
Studied were the behavioral characteristics of 60 methadone addicted infants and 53 nonaddicted infants during the first year of life (neonatal period, and at 3, 6, and 12 months of age). (PT)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Drug Abuse, Infants
Peer reviewedKrahenbuhl, Gary S. – Educational Perspectives, 1973
Author believes schools must make the physical aspects of education a significant, meaningful experience so each individual can become more keenly aware of, and intelligently plan for, his or her biological need for vigorous physical activity. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Human Development, Motor Development, Motor Reactions
Peer reviewedChasey, William C. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Caldwell, Bettye M. – Instructor, 1973
From his kindergarten year Billy should receive his full measure of growth in cognitive, social, emotional, and psychomotor functioning. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedWilson, Ronald S.; Harpring, Eileen B. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The conclusion from these results is that while prenatal anomalies or an impoverished home environment may retard development, in the majority of cases the environmental conditions fall within the limits of sufficiency that permit the genetic blueprint to determine the course of infant development. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Infants, Motor Development
Mills, Jan C. – Teacher, 1972
Describes an all-volunteer preschool screening program to identify problems of speech and motor control.'' (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Motor Development, Preschool Children, Screening Tests
Knight, John J. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1972
The author examines the effect of blindness on a child's acquisition of reaching, grasping, and crawling skills which are said to be necessary for coping effectively with the environment. (GW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Exceptional Child Education, Infant Behavior
Laycoe, Robert R.; Marteniuk, Ronald G. – Research Quarterly of the AAHPER, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Exercise (Physiology), Motor Development
Moore, George C.; Falls, Harold B. – Research Quarterly of the AAHPER, 1970
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Motor Development, Performance Factors, Physical Education
Low, Merritt B. – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Children, Motor Development
Peer reviewedPerecman, Ellen; Kellar, Lucia A. – Language Sciences, 1983
Examines the relationship between the development of fine motor control for articulation and the development of fine motor control in other muscle systems. Discusses whether the late appearance of /r/ and /1/ is due to the fact that their articulation requires finer motor coordination than other classes of sounds. (EKN)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Motor Development
Jansma, Paul – Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped (JASH), 1980
The article summarizes selected physical, motor, and fitness tests for severely and profoundly handicapped students with particular stress upon developmental age. Terminology clarification, recommendations related to selection and use of priority tests, plus comments related to an accompanying table of selected tests are included. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Motor Development, Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills
