Impairment and Training of Static Balance Ability in Educationally Handicapped Children. Final Report [microform] / Reuven Kohen-Raz
- Bib ID:
- 5218303
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kohen-Raz, Reuven
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED047483
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970
- 129 p.
- Summary:
-
A sample of 247 Educationally Handicapped (EH) children at ages 6-10 was investigated to determine the role of static balance impairment in learning disabilities and the possibility of improving reading through balance training. Significant correlations between balance ability and reading level were found in only about 40% of the sample, indicating that learning difficulties of EH children may be categorized into balance related and balance unrelated. Three experimental subsamples were given a short term, structured, and programed balance training of equal duration (6 weeks), starting at different dates. One subgroup under the age of 9 and of average intelligence showed significant increase in reading ability after training when compared to controls matched for IQ, age, sex, father's occupation and balance ability. No experimental effects were apparent in the other two E-groups with higher age and lower intelligence. Nonreaders who also manifested low static balance ability did not improve in equilibrium control nor in reading in spite of intensified balance training of 12 weeks. Trainability in balance was significantly correlated with Performance IQ and reading level prior to the training. Length of stay in EH class correlated positively with reading in those experimentals whose reading improved after balance training. (Author)
- Notes:
-
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Bureau of Research.
- Contract Number: OEG-0-70-1263(607).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Stanford Univ., CA. School of Medicine
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Perceptual training in the curriculum [by] George H. Early. Illus. by Carol Sterling; line diagrs. by Lester Davis, Jr
- Varieties of perceptual learning
- Enjoying the journey : a booklet to assist parents with students in their early years at school : an introduction to the perceptual motor program / Judie Bulluss and Peter Coles
- Starter activity cards : starter cards for a perceptual motor program / Judie Bulluss, Peter Coles
- Teaching motor skills