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Spelling Ability of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education

K. Sambathrani*, S. Jeyashree**

*Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

** M.Ed Scholar, Department of Special Education (Visual Impairment), Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Periodicity:November - January'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.12.3.15293

Abstract

The study on “Spelling Ability of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education” was carried out with 30 samples enrolled in higher education. The samples were selected by using stratified sampling method. A standardized tool “Differential Aptitude Test” (1990) developed by George K. Bennett, Harold G. Seashore, and Alexander G. Wesman particularly the spelling test was adapted by the investigator was used for the collection of data. The independent variables of the study were Gender (Male & Female), Type of College (Government & Aided), Locality (Rural & Urban), Type of Family (Nuclear & Joint), Year and Level of Course (UG & PG), and Medium of Instruction (English & Tamil). The dependent variables included in the study were spelling ability. The data was collected by survey method. The result revealed that higher the qualification higher the spelling ability. So this study emphasis that importance need to be given in helping the visual impairment students to learn the concepts with spelling, which will pave the way for them to be independent in terms of learning in future.

Keywords

Spelling Ability, Visual Impairment, Higher Education, Survey, Qualification, Standardized, Investigator, Instruction, Variables.

How to Cite this Article?

Sambathrani, K., and Jayashree, S. (2019). Spelling Ability of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 12(3), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.12.3.15293

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