ERIC Number: EJ281113
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Tactual Development and Its Implications for the Education of Blind Children.
Griffin, Harold C.; Gerber, Paul J.
Education of the Visually Handicapped, v13 n4 p116-23 Win 1982
Four stages in the development of tactual perception are described (awareness of tactual quality, shape conception and recognition, graphic representation, and symbology systems). Educational applications for blind infants and children are given for each stage. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Developmental Stages, Educational Needs, Infants, Tactual Perception, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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