Visual Perception Ability Among Learning Disabled Elemetary School Students In Relation To Curiosity

Abstract

The present study aims to find out the relationship between visual perception ability among learning disabled elementary school students in relation to their curiosity. A random sample of 100 learning disabled elementary school students studying in 7^th grade were selected from Hoshiarpur district. For data collection Diagnostic Test of Learning Disability (DTLD) by Swarup and Mehta (2011), Behavioural Checklist by Swarup and Mehta (2011), a self-developed Parents’ Checklist, Raven’s Progressive Matrices and Court (2000), Academic Achievement scores from the previous class, adapted version of Visual Perception Ability Test, and Cognitive Abilities Test by Vishal Sood and Pooja Sharma (2022) were employed. Descriptive statistics, t-test and Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation as statistical techniques were used to analyse the data. The finding of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in visual perception ability and curiosity among boys and girls learning disabled elementary school students Further, the study also found a significant and positive relationship between visual perception ability and curiosity among learning disabled elementary school students.

Keywords: Visual Perception Ability, Curiosity, Learning Disability, Elementary School Students