Reported were the results and implications of a study that investigated the role perception and performance of 56 blind adolescents when compared with their own expectations and the expectations of other persons. (CB)

Studied were current academic achievement of students using braille in arithmetic computation as measured by the Stanford Achievement Test, and the benefit of using a computational device. (CB)

A brief review of selected research on tactual perception was reported to reveal a lack of theoretical perspective, definition problems, and emphasis on applied research. (CB)

Seven congenitally blind adolescents participated in a 6-week nonverbal communication skills program which sought to acquaint the subjects with facial expressions and gestures common to daily sighted life and to teach appropriate use of the expressions and gestures. (CB)

Described in the fourth of a series of articles dealing with primary science instructional materials for visually handicapped students, is a field test (with 61 Ss in grades 2 to 4) of a dial thermometer instructional unit. (IM)