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Lewis, Sandra; D'Andrea, Frances Mary; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: This research attempted to establish the content validity of several performance statements that are associated with basic knowledge, production, and reading of braille by beginning teachers. Methods: University instructors (n = 21) and new teachers of students with visual impairments (n = 20) who had taught at least 2 braille…
Descriptors: Braille, Teacher Competencies, Content Validity, Performance
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D'Andrea, Frances Mary – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: Students who read braille use assistive technology to engage in literacy tasks and to access the general curriculum. There is little research on the ways in which technology has changed the reading and writing practices and preferences of students who use braille, nor is there much research on how assistive technology is learned by…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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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
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Lewis, Amy L. Micklos; Bodner, George M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
This study examined the understanding of chemical equations developed by three students with blindness who were enrolled in the same secondary-school chemistry class. The students were interviewed while interpreting and balancing chemical equations. During the course of these interviews, the students produced diagrams using Braille symbols that…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
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Emam, Mahmoud M. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2013
The association between attributional style (AS), problem-solving orientation (PSO), and gender on depressive symptoms was investigated in Egyptian adolescents with visual impairment (VI). After being written in Braille, measures of AS, PSO, and depression were administered to 110 adolescents with VI, ages 12-17 years, from a residential school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
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Veispak, Anneli; Boets, Bart; Ghesquiere, Pol – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The relations between reading, auditory, speech, phonological and tactile spatial processing are investigated in a Dutch speaking sample of blind braille readers as compared to sighted print readers. Performance is assessed in blind and sighted children and adults. Regarding phonological ability, braille readers perform equally well compared to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Auditory Perception, Phonological Awareness, Braille
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: The present study evaluated the feasibility of using an iPad application or "app" for algebra-readiness mathematics, with accompanying braille materials and accessible graphics, when used in authentic educational settings. Methods: Twenty-nine students with visual impairments in grades 4-11 used the materials under the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Courseware, Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Grantee Submission, 2015
Introduction: The present study evaluated the feasibility of using an iPad application or "app" for algebra-readiness mathematics, with accompanying braille materials and accessible graphics, when used in authentic educational settings. Methods: Twenty-nine students with visual impairments in grades 4-11 used the materials under the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Assistive Technology, Braille, Computer Graphics
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Adetoro, 'Niran – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
Persons with visual impairment have consistently shown a preference for one alternative reading format over another, often because of factors outside their control. This study adopted survey research design to investigate alternative format preferences among secondary school visually impaired students, focusing on Southwestern Nigeria. Using total…
Descriptors: Research Design, Partial Vision, Blindness, Braille
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Wright, Tessa – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
Power analysis, in its most basic form, is a calculation of the different design characteristics of a study to determine if certain aspects of the study are robust enough to detect a significant difference between groups if a significant difference exists. These characteristics include effect size, the difference between the means of the groups…
Descriptors: Braille, Visual Impairments, Research Design, Statistical Analysis
Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Grantee Submission, 2015
The project was conducted to make an online tutoring program for math word problem solving accessible to students with visual impairments (VI). An online survey of teachers of students with VI (TVIs) guided the decision to provide the math content in the form of an iPad app, accompanied by print and braille materials. The app includes audio…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Imperio Arenas González, Maria – HOW, 2012
This article describes the research project carried out with a blind student, who studied French at a public university. The pedagogical experience over three years began in a classroom when a foreign language teacher and educator felt herself "handicapped," as she had not been prepared for working with blind people. In order to put her…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Blindness
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Kim, Jung Sook – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Arguing the issue of fairness and the additional advantage for test takers with visual impairments, some professionals have expressed negative attitudes toward test accommodation. However, researchers have found that the validity of test accommodations increases when the test scores of students who need a particular accommodation increases, while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing Accommodations, Visual Impairments, Reading Aloud to Others
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Erin, Jane N.; Wright, Tessa S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This article reports the results of data from 114 writing samples of 39 children who read braille and who were included in the Alphabetic Braille and Contracted Braille (ABC) Study between 2002 and 2005. Writing characteristics, miscues, and composition characteristics are analyzed, and two case studies are included. (Contains 1 box and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Braille, Writing Skills, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
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Rosenblum, L. Penny; Smith, Derrick – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: This study gathered data on methods and materials that are used to teach the Nemeth braille code, computer braille, foreign-language braille, and music braille in 26 university programs in the United States and Canada that prepare teachers of students with visual impairments. Information about instruction in the abacus and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education Teachers
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