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Spatial Concepts and Balance Performance: Motor Learning in Blind and Visually Impaired Children.

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Pereira, 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

The Effect of Creative Dance Movement on Large Muscle Control and Balance in Congenitally Blind Children.

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Duehl, Alice N. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979

An attempt was made to enhance large muscle control and balance in congenitally blind children (ages 5-to-10 years) by exposing them to a program of creative dance movement. (Author/PHR)

Descriptors: Blindness, Congenital Impairments, Creativity, Dance