The Effects of a Learning Program in Activity upon the Visual Perception of ShapeFootnote

* The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant with the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. This article is based upon “The Results of a Perceptual-Motor-Cognitive Learning Program Designed for Normal Preschool Children,” published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1970, pp. 208–14.

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