Visual perception plays a fundamental role in a prospective learner’s ability to learn to read
and spell; as well as in the accomplishment of written and numeracy tasks. Aspects of
visual perception are facilitating functions and skills which a learner requires for acquiring
basic literacy and numeracy proficiency. Yet, despite this importance, there exists no test
that is standardised for the South African Foundation Phase population which adequately
measures distinct visual perceptual aspects of individual learners.
The study was undertaken in an attempt to alleviate the dilemma of the South African
Foundation Phase learners who tend to experience visual perceptual challenges that
hamper their level of academic learning, performance and competency. Firstly, the literature
study explored the construct of visual perception and focussed on the relationship between
vision, visual perception and academic learning, performance and competency. Secondly,
in order to adequately measure the South African Foundation Phase population’s visual
perceptual level of proficiency a new test was developed. Based on the literature study and
the empirical investigation recommendations to educational psychologists, teachers,
parents and learners have been made. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/2613 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Clutten, Sylvia Catherine |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vii, 216 leaves) |
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