Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hand ability and practice in congenitally blind children Subject The topic of the resource Blind; Practice; Proficiency; Self reference; Spatial Description An account of the resource The assumption that blind children will improve in ability with practice in spatial tasks was tested in a group of 90 congenitally blind and blindfolded sighted children between the ages of 5 and 15 years. All the children were tested for hand preference. The children were then pre-tested and post-tested on four tasks that measured various hand skills with their left and right hands. The period of practice between the pre and post-test was four months. Results indicated a percentage gain with practice during development for the left and the right hands of the blind children. The left and right hands of both groups of children did not differ in percentage gain, indicating little or no relationship between hand preference and hand ability. The effects of practice showed gains for the blind children compared to the sighted blindfolded children in the post-test. Results are discussed with a view that use of self- referent cues can improve spatial ability in blind children. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ittyerah M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, Vol-21, No. 5, pp. 329-344. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-009-9146-8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-009-9146-8</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-76149094488&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs10882-009-9146-8&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=258c4b2d26b1487d32e10825b176b6e3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-76149094488&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs10882-009-9146-8&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=258c4b2d26b1487d32e10825b176b6e3</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 1056263X Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ittyerah M., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore-29, India