Measurement of Visual Discrimination Ability among Government Elementary School Children Age 4-8

Abstract

This study was carried out to measure the visual discrimination ability of govt. elementary school children in District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The main objectives of study were: (i) to measure visual discrimination ability among elementary school children aged 4-8 years, (ii) to compare visual discrimination ability of rural and urban government elementary school children age 4-8, (iii) to compare visual discrimination ability of male and female Government elementary school children age 4-8 years. For this purpose null hypothesis were developed, (i) there was no significant difference in visual discrimination of age group 4-8 years, (ii) there was no significant difference in rural and urban government school children age 4-8 years, (iii) there was no significant difference in male and female government school children age 4-8 years. Three hundred and twenty students of government elementary schools were taken as sample of the study. An empirical research design was used to conduct the study. For collection of data, worksheets were developed and data were analyzed statistically through SPSS by applying mean, percentage, median, and t-test to get the results of the study. It was observed that visual discrimination ability increased with age, it was highest at age group 7-8 years. The research will be beneficial for elementary school children, teachers, curriculum planners, and future researchers