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Download full textKershman, Susan M. – 1976
A study was initiated with 60 blind children (kindergarten through grade 2) in order to validate the order of a sequence of tactual discrimination tasks leading to the use of braille and the Optacon. Ss were tested with tasks designed for the readiness level (discrimination of large solid geometric shapes, flat puzzle pieces, embossed dot…
Descriptors: Blindness, Developmental Tasks, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
