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
Highlights
Visual discrimination includes distinguishing objectives from surrounding stimuli
The results shows a gradual increase in visual discrimination ability with age
As the age group increased the visual discrimination ability increased among all the elementary school children
Summary
Visual discrimination includes distinguishing objectives from surrounding stimuli. According to Gibson (1969), the technique by means of which an infant learns to make a difference in objects and symbols is through visual discrimination ability. Young students must be able to grasp the differences in similarities and differences of objects in addition to of alphabets so that children may develop their reading abilities as per their age and grade. Children who face difficulty in visual discrimination of identifying the accurate orientation of numbers and letters often show poor performance as compared to their associates at educational level, have lower reading capabilities, and have poor handwriting than their friends ( Venter, et al, 2018). Individuals require certain level of visible discrimination ability for successful operation of the ADL. The perfect manner to shape humans’ action and behavior in a desirable way and put together humans in coping with international problems is education
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