Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD), a poorly understood and often-overlooked disorder that causes problems with visual-spatial processing, may affect nearly 3 million children in the United ...

The study digs into why students would be better at a lesson based on when they get visual assistance.

For example, if a teacher believes a student to be a visual learner, he or she might introduce the concept of addition using pictures or groups of objects, assuming that child will learn better ...

In our study, it was the comparison groups of children who showed a visual learning style, not the children with autism.