The study's objective was to test ways of predicting how efficiently visually impaired children will learn travel skills. A criteria checklist of spatial skills was developed for close-body space, local space, and geographical/travel space Interrelationships between these skills were studied. A comparison was made between predictors of efficient learning including subjective ratings of teachers, personal qualities and factors of children studied, and ratings of individual spatial skills.
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