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Peer reviewedRabin, Annette T. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Contends that improved visual screening techniques can identify gross visual problems, but reading professionals should be aware of their limitations. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedSchubert, Delwyn G. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Discusses the shortcomings of the Snellen eye chart as a vision screeing test and proposes the use of a newer test--the Modified Telebinocular Technique. (MTT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Student Needs
Peer reviewedGeruschat, D. R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This study found that, of 18 children with severe visual and multiple impairments assessed using the Acuity Card Procedure (originally developed for assessing the visual acuity of infants), 42 percent responded. A similar group received a simple instructional intervention prior to testing and that group's response rate was 85 percent. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities
