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Peer reviewedFletcher, Janet F. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
Studies of the development of spatial representation have led to blind children being characterized as deficient, inefficient, or different when compared to sighted children. The study described involved 68 blind and blindfolded sighted students (7 to 18 years old) who explored a real or model room, either freely or guided along a predetermined…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Perceptual Development, Spatial Ability
