الذكاء اللغوي وقدرته في التنبؤ بمهارات التوجه والحركة لدى الأطفال المكفوفين

Abstract EN

This research aimed to identify the level of orientation and mobility skills (OMS) and the level of linguistic intelligence (LI) among blind children.

It, also, aimed to identify the predictive ability of LI in OMS, and the differences in LI and OMS with respect to gender and grade.

Descriptive method was adopted to attain the research objectives.

The research sample consisted of forty three (43) blind children of the first four grades of elementary schools in the capital of Yemen.

The sample was distributed into thirteen (13) males and thirty (30) females aged (7-11) years, with an age average (9.51).

For the purpose of data collection, the researchers developed two tools which are the inventory of OMS and the test of LI.

The results revealed that there was a high level of OMS and average LI among blind children.

Moreover, the results showed the ability of LI to predict the OMS, as it estimated 17.1% of the total variance of OMS.

The results, also, indicated that there were no differences between male and female blind children in OMS and in LI.

With respect to grade variable