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Peer reviewedVega, Manuel; Powell, Arnold – Journal of Negro Education, 1974
A study of children enrolled in a year-round preschool program for the "culturally disadvantaged" in Tampa, Florida revealed that children with defective vision performed more poorly on both the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and Metropolitan Readiness Test. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Preschool Children, Readiness, Reading Readiness
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
