ERIC Number: ED018805
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1966
Pages: 36
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N.D.E.A. TITLE V, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE REPORT.
Centralia School District, Buena Park, CA.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO IDENTIFY KINDERGARTEN PUPILS WHO, WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER CHILDREN OF THE SAME AGE AND SEX, EVIDENCED PROBLEMS IN THE AREA OF VISUAL PERCEPTION. TESTS USED TO MEASURE SUCH DEFICIENCIES WERE THE BENDER TEST AND THE FROSTIG TEST OF VISUAL PERCEPTION, SUB-TEST I AND III. MATCHED PAIRS WERE SELECTED FROM THE TOTAL GROUP SCREENED AND EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS ESTABLISHED. EMPHASIS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS PLACED UPON THE USE OF FROSTIG AND WINTERHAVEN TRAINING MATERIALS. MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WERE USED WHICH RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EYE-MOTOR COORDINATION, LATERALITY BALANCE, AND VISUAL PERCEPTION. THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH A SIX WEEK IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE TEACHERS. DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE PUPILS WERE TESTED WITH THE BALANCE OF THE FROSTIG BATTERY AND THE KUHLMANN-ANDERSON TEST. A MID-YEAR EVALUATION WAS MADE USING FROSTIG SUB-TEST I AND II. AND END-OF-YEAR EVALUATION USED THE ITEMS WHICH HAD BEEN INITIALLY ADMINISTERED FROM THE BENDER AND FROSTIG TESTS. GAINS IN FAVOR OF THE CONTROL GROUP WERE NOTED ON THE BENDER TEST WHILE GAINS ON THE FROSTIG SUB-TESTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. THE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE RESULTS FROM THE PROJECT ARE ENCOURAGING. PICTURES, FORM COPIES, AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR/PS)
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Authoring Institution: Centralia School District, Buena Park, CA.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception; Bender Gestalt Test
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