The peculiarities of the spatial thinking in visually impaired children

Abstract

The content of this paper is research results of spatial thinking in visually impaired children at the age of primary school. The spatial thinking is a kind of mental activity which includes creating spatial images and operating with them in the process of solving different practical and theoretical problems. The spatial thinking forming has very important correctional value for visually impaired schoolchildren as its high level provides children progress in mathematics, geometry and geography etc.