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Peer reviewedFellenius, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
A study of the reading competence of 25 visually impaired pupils in Sweden followed subjects from 1988 to 1991. Neither visual acuity, reading media, optical aids, nor reading distance were clearly related to reading competence. Rather, good readers were students who scored higher on verbal cognitive tests and had a greater interest in reading as…
Descriptors: Braille, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
