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Kershman, Susan M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
A study involving 60 blind children (in grades k-2) was conducted to validate the hypothesized order of a series of tactual discrimination tasks and to determine the grade level(s) at which most "normal blind" children successfully perform simple tactual discrimination tasks presented on the Optacon. (SBH)
Descriptors: Blindness, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Kershman, Susan M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
Provided in the second of two articles is further evidence of the validity of the author's sequence of tactual discrimination tasks for partial development of Optacon use readiness in young blind children. (IM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
Rowe, Bobby Louise – 1974
This study established a controlled instructional procedure for visual concept learning in a school setting and investigated the possibility that an ability trait difference could affect visual learning of the concept. A total of 84 high visualizers and 84 low visualizers were selected from 629 fourth grade children according to their scores on…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education