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Griffin, Harold C.; Gerber, Paul J. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 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
Direct linkDowning, June E.; Chen, Deborah – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2003
This article suggests ways to use tactile teaching strategies with students who have severe and multiple disabilities including blindness. Guidelines address tactile modeling, tactile mutual attention, presenting tactile information, providing effective tactile representation, hypersensitivity to touch, and a team approach. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
Peer reviewedWheeler, Linda C.; And Others – RE:view, 1997
Reviews the development of spatial organization in children with blindness. Discusses the importance of motor exploration, tactual development, and spatial representation as critical factors in developing spatial and cognitive organizations of their surroundings. Suggests seven specific activities to improve spatial organization in blind children.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedBelcastro, Frank P. – RE:view, 1989
The article suggests that Belcastro rods, which retain the basic properties of Cuisenaire rods but allow instant identification by touch, may be useful in teaching mathematical concepts to blind children. Drawings illustrate use of the rods in teaching such concepts as addition and subtraction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Nickelsburg, Janet – Teachers and Writers, 1979
Describes the activities a teacher used at summer camp to acquaint blind children with nature. Discusses the similarities and differences between blind children and children with sight. (RL)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Blindness, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedWittenstein, Stuart H. – RE:view, 1993
Analysis of completed surveys from 230 teachers of blind and visually impaired learners found that preservice training programs emphasizing the methodology of teaching Braille and the development of tactual perception tended to produce teachers who have positive attitudes toward Braille and feel competent in teaching Braille to children. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedSicilian, S. P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Various counting tasks were presented to 24 congenitally, totally blind children, aged 3-13, to determine the behaviors employed to ensure accurate counting. Three dimensions of tactile strategies were found, including "scanning,""organizing," and "partitioning." A developmental progression in the ontogenesis of each…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Computation
