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Peer reviewedTroster, Heinrich; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reports on a longitudinal study of gross-motor development in 10 congenitally blind children during their first 3 years. Compared to developmental norms for sighted children, five full-term blind children showed slight delays in postural development but greater delays in locomotor development. Five preterm blind children showed major delays in all…
Descriptors: Blindness, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedPereira, L. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The study evaluated positional concepts and balance performance in 67 blind/visually impaired children, age 6-13, to determine the most important conditioning factors. The study also evaluated the effects of 2 pedagogical situations: 1 with more cognitive activity and less motor activity, and the other with more motor activity and less cognitive…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Motor Development
