DEVELOPING DISTANCE ESTIMATION SKILL AMONG VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS

Authors

  • Selvi .A Ph.D. scholar
  • Victoria Naomi .G Department of Special Education, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043

Abstract

Spatial ability is a collection of cognitive skills which are responsible for the performance of the individual in different walks of life. In spatial ability, Distance Estimation skill is important for the visually impaired persons. Distance Estimation is crucial for judgment of size, weight, and approximately calculates the distance. Distance is a numerical description of how far and near apart from the objects. It helps visually impaired persons to walk through environment judging the distance. A study was conducted among visually impaired students and blindfolded sighted students to examine the distance estimation ability. Here, in this study visually impaired students were considered as Experimental group and blindfolded sighted as Control group.

The main objective of the study was to find out the impact of intervention on developing distance estimation skill.

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15-03-2016

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Selvi .A, & Victoria Naomi .G. (2016). DEVELOPING DISTANCE ESTIMATION SKILL AMONG VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 2(3). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/178

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2016): MARCH ISSUE, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH JOURNAL

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