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Download full textMartin, Clessen J.; Alonso, Lou – 1967
To test the assumption that conventional textbook prose contains words and word sequences unnecessary for comprehension, 210 blind children, all braille readers in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9, were divided into three groups and tested on a fictional story written in one of three different forms. Those forms included a traditional style (1620 words), a…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research, Fiction
