Evaluation of Sensory Skills among Students with Visual Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Saleem, Suhib Saleem; Al-Salahat, Mohammad Mousa
Titel	Evaluation of Sensory Skills among Students with Visual Impairment
Quelle	In: World Journal of Education, 6 (2016) 3, S.66-69 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-0746
Schlagwörter	Visual Impairments; Foreign Countries; Blindness; Sensory Training; Evaluation; Mainstreaming; Likert Scales; Auditory Perception; Tactual Perception; Visual Perception; Olfactory Perception; Sensory Experience; General Education; Special Education; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Ausland; Blindheit; Sensorische Erziehung; Evaluierung; Likert-Skala; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Taktile Wahrnehmung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Sinnerfahrung; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The purpose of the study was to evaluate the sensory skills among students with visual impairment (SVI). The sample contained of 30 students with blind and low vision enrolled in mainstreaming programs at general education schools at Najran in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A sensory skills scale was developed. The scale consisted of 20 items was distributed on four domains related to skills of touch, hearing, taste, and smell. The scale was applied on the sample of study by collaboration with teachers of SVI. The results showed that the degree of possessing sensory skills of visually impaired students was moderate. Moreover, there were significant differences in the skills of touch, taste and smell in favor of low vision students and in the skills of hearing in favor of blind students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01