In the study, one of each of pairs of average and high ability eighth-grade classes was designated, by random means, as the experimental class. Students in the experimental classes viewed projected 2 x 2 colored slides which represented sequences of the same laboratory activities as those performed by the manipulative group. All other instructional procedures were constant for both groups. No s...

Article history: Received date: 11 September, 2016 Review date: 12 October 2016 Accepted date:13 November 2016 Printed on line: 5 January 2017 Abstract Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on Young's areas of manipulative schema in spouses of veterans with Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Materials & Methods: A...

This study aimed to determine the Effect of Bocce Games on Manipulative Movements Mentally Impaired Children at SLB Muhammadiyah ABC Palu. research is a type experimental design using pretest-posttest one-group design. The sample was 10 students selected by purposive sampling technique. data analysis techniques used are Descriptive Analysis, Normality Test, and SPSS. Throw Fun Target Test instr...

Technology is spreading in our everyday world, and digital interaction beyond the screen, with real objects, allows taking advantage of our natural manipulative and communicative skills. Tangible gesture interaction takes advantage of these skills by bridging two popular domains in Human-Computer Interaction, tangible interaction and gestural interaction. In this paper, we present the Tangible ...

This new book has probably been designed and produced to augment Byfield’s earlier text ‘Chiropractic Manipulative Skills’ which impressed me as groundbreaking. I think it satisfies that role. With the exception of the first chapter, which is devoted to identification of the clinical issues and a presentation of current evidence, this is a ‘how to’ book and should be a useful instructional text...

BACKGROUND Graduating family medicine residents report a relative lack of confidence in managing musculoskeletal problems, and many primary care physicians desire more instruction in manual medicine. METHODS We conducted a 1-month osteopathic manipulative treatment elective with five allopathic family medicine residents, utilizing multiple teaching and assessment strategies. RESULTS Residen...

This paper explores Gesture-Based Programming as a paradigm for programming robotic agents. Gesture-Based Programming is a form of programming by human demonstration that focuses the development of robotic systems on task experts rather than programming experts. The technique relies on the existence of previously acquired ro-botic skills (which are called " sensorimotor primitives ") which are ...