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Peer reviewedSimpkins, Katherine E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
Using Jean Piaget's theory of spatial development, a study was undertaken to identify the development of spatial concepts in 48 blind, partially sighted, and sighted 4-to-7-year-old children through the use of tactual recognition of shapes. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Blindness, Concept Formation, Exceptional Child Research, Object Manipulation
Download full textHarper, Ruth Valerie – 1973
This paper examines the developmental stages of haptic perception (the process of recognizing objects by the sense of touch alone), and attempts to clarify some conflicting results of studies of the effects of memory and object type. The paper also presents a specific study of haptic perception in 144 preschool and kindergarten children from…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Imagination, Kindergarten Children
