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Peer reviewedWhiteaker, Janet; Zolg, Carolyn – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Describes Intermittent Central Suppression (ICS), a treatable eye malfunction that can make reading difficult. Reports that some students with ICS are not diagnosed through standard vision acuity tests and are misdiagnosed as learning disabled. Presents a study that found that students who were treated for ICS stayed in school longer than students…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Eyes, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedKurtz, Daniel – Optometric Education, 1999
The Perfect Eye model simplifies solutions to a wide variety of optometry instructional problems by facilitating student understanding of the interaction among lenses, objects, accommodation, and ametropia. The model is based on the premise that inside every eye is a perfect (emmetropic) eye, and that the physiological eye is a combination of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Ametropia, Anatomy, Concept Formation
