Effects of Four Different Perceptual Training Programs on Iq and Reading Readiness in the Lower

Segal, Marilyn Effects of Four Different Perceptual Training Programs on IQ and Reading Readiness in the Lower Socio-Fcononic Level Ksindergarten Child. Feb 71 /Up.: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, 7ebruary 1971 EDPS Price Mr-$0.65 Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Behavioral Obleotives, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Planning, Day Care Programs, 7conomically Disadvantaged, *Intelligence Quotient, *Kindergarten Children, *Lower Class Students, Negro Students. *Perceptual Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Program Yffectiver5,ss, *Peadino Readiness, Sensory Training, Skill Development, Socially Disadvantaged, Training Techniques, Visual Perception The effects of four different kinds of perceptual training programs on TQ ard Reading Readiness in a population of lower socio-economic level kindergarten children were explored to provide useful information for curriculum Planning. Pate. was gathered on 54 disadvantaoed olds in an ORO day care center. During the afternoon session, children were randomly assigned to treatment groups for formal learning activities. The same general curriculum was followed in all treatment. groups, bait each treatment stressed a different kind of perceptual training: Tre,itment 1 stressed "general readiness," non-alphabet, and visual skills; Treatment 2 stressed alphabet perceptual skills in a primarily visual mode; Treatment stressed alphabet perceptual skills in a Primarily auditory mode: are 'rPatment a placed equal stress on auditory and visual alphabet perceptual skills. At the end of the treatment period (3. days), all four groups improved one or more stanine points on reading readiness measures. Group a scored significantly better than the other three groups pooled in terms of TO gain, and significantly better than the auditory group on reading readiness in suhtpsts measuring visual perceptual abilities. Data is reported anr, analyzed in complete detail. (Author/PF) ! EFFECTS OF FOUR DIFFERENT PERCEPTUAL TRAINING PROGRAMS ON IQ AND READING READINESS IN THE LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL KINDERGARTEN CHILI)