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Coleman, Jeremy M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2016
In 2011, a collaborative effort began between the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and Austin Classical Guitar (ACG), a local 501(c) nonprofit music organization. The idea behind this collaboration was to start a small guitar program that would provide TSBVI students with quality classroom guitar instruction. At that time,…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Music Education, Music, Musical Instruments
Rosenblum, L. Penny; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: Data were collected from youths with visual impairment about their experiences with tactile graphics and braille materials used in mathematics and science classes. Methods: Youths answered questions and explored four tactile graphics made using different production methods. They located specific information on each graphic and shared…
Descriptors: Youth, Secondary School Students, Visual Impairments, Braille
Herzberg, Tina – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
In this study, a detailed error analysis was performed to determine if patterns of errors existed in braille transcriptions. The most frequently occurring errors were the insertion of letters or words that were not contained in the original print material; the incorrect usage of the emphasis indicator; and the incorrect formatting of titles,…
Descriptors: Braille, Instructional Materials, Error Patterns, School Personnel
Herzberg, Tina S.; Stough, Laura M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
This study analyzed the quality of brailled instructional materials transcribed by 40 public school personnel. The authors calculated the correlation of the certification status of the personnel and the average amount of time spent transcribing per week with the total number of transcription errors. The findings suggest that students who read…
Descriptors: Braille, Teacher Developed Materials, Public Schools, School Personnel
Herzberg, Tina S.; Stough, Laura M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This study investigated the background of personnel who are responsible for transcribing braille in Texas. Most respondents were not certified by the Library of Congress and believed that they had begun their careers less than adequately prepared, yet they rated the quality of the materials that they produced as either excellent or good. (Contains…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Braille, Certification, Tactile Adaptation
Cooper, Holly L.; Nichols, Sharon K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This article describes the Early Braille Readers Project, which provided a Mountbatten Pro Brailler and peripheral equipment to 20 kindergarteners, first-, and second graders in Texas. The project included training and support in the form of site visits and teacher training for both teachers of students with visual impairments and classroom…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Teachers