Remedial Techniques in Basic School Subjects (Pro-Ed Classics Series)

Dedicated to the proposition that no child of normal intelligence need become educationally handicapped, nor need remain that way, particularly as regards word-blindness, the book is mainly a summary of the remedial work done by or under the supervision of the author. Primary emphasis is placed on the hand-kinesthetic method in reading, with a chapter each on spelling and arithmetic. Handwriting is dealt with only as incidental to reading and spelling. Two short chapters are devoted to the application of remedial techniques to the mental defective, and one chapter is devoted to case studies in which the chronological ages range from 8 to 26 years. In both, these latter case studies and those cited throughout the book, considerable emphasis is placed upon the emotional aspects of the cases before, during, and after remediation. The book concludes with a brief discussion of individual differences in imagery; short summaries of remedial work done by Gates, Monroe, and Dearborn; and a bibliography on the subject.