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Klingenberg, Oliv G. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: The study presented here investigated the ways in which students who read braille were able to complete geometric tasks and how they constructed mental representations of the shapes of objects. Methods: Data were collected in an educational experiment conducted as a geometry course for students who read braille. A case study approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Visual Impairments, Braille
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Vik, Astrid Kristin; Fellenius, Kerstin – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
Six primary school-aged braille students were taught to name 4 to 10 braille letters as phonemes and another 4 to 10 braille letters as graphemes (Study 1). They were then taught to name 10 braille words as onset-rimes and another 10 braille words as whole words (Study 2). Instruction in phonemes and onset rimes resulted in fewer trials and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Reading Instruction, Mainstreaming