It is well known that visually impaired children have limited opportunities in learning new things compared to normal sighted children as visually impaired children do not have one of the important senses of human being. Computer simulated virtual reality environment can provide better opportunities for visually impaired children especially in learning the shapes of new objects. An application ...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to examine the lifetime prevalence of learning disability by sociodemographic and family-functioning characteristics in US children, with particular attention paid to the children with special health care needs. METHODS By using data from the National Survey of Children's Health, we calculated lifetime prevalence of learning disability using a question that asked whethe...

This research was aimed to develop and evaluate the activity based learning kits for children in a disadvantaged community according to the project “Vocational Teachers Teach Children to Create Virtuous Robots from Garbage”, to examine the learning achievement, to measure the satisfaction and to do an authentic assessment of children as regards the learning kits. The researchers chose the sampl...

BACKGROUND Parenting children with learning disabilities requires a high level of knowledge and access to resources, information and services. In developing countries, however, these resources and services are not always available. Parents in Namibia, a developing country, therefore face challenges addressing children's learning and other developmental disabilities, including challenges related...

play provides opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and manipulation that are essential for constructing knowledge and contributes to the development of representational thought. during play, children examine and refine their learning in light of the feedback they receive from the environment and other people. it is through play that children develop their imaginations and creativity....

UNLABELLED Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) struggle to learn new motor skills. It is unknown whether children with DCD learn motor skills more effectively with an external focus of attention (focusing on impact of movement on the environment) or an internal focus of attention (focusing on one's body movements) during implicit (unconscious) and explicit (conscious) motor ...

Background: Learning disabilities (LDs) are diagnosed in children impaired in the academic skills of reading, writing, and/or mathematics. Children with LDs usually exhibit a slower resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG), corresponding to a neurodevelopmental lag. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of neurofeedback treatment on working memory and processing speed among g...