Descriptor
Adults | 4 |
Braille | 4 |
Blindness | 3 |
Adventitious Impairments | 2 |
Reading Instruction | 2 |
Teaching Methods | 2 |
Age Differences | 1 |
Brain Hemisphere Functions | 1 |
Child Development | 1 |
Children | 1 |
Classroom Techniques | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
RE:view | 4 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Pester, Eleanor J.; And Others – RE:view, 1994
Forty adults with adventitious blindness were administered 12 different Braille discrimination tests representing combinations of standard or enlarged Braille and various amounts of horizontal and vertical spacing. Findings indicated that the most favorable discrimination conditions occurred with standard-sized Braille, with three spaces between…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Braille

Pester, Eleanor – RE:view, 1993
Questionnaires assessed the Braille instructional needs of 200 people who had lost their sight after learning to read and were enrolled in Braille courses. Findings indicated that Braille instructional sessions were often only once or twice a month instead of the recommended daily frequency. Individualized teaching methods and materials are also…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Braille

Kozel, Robert J. – RE:view, 1995
This literature review examines the research on the use of right and left hands in the reading of braille. Results suggest that right-handed people may read braille more accurately with the left hand. Studies have also found differences between girls and boys and changes over the developmental period. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Blindness, Braille

Ashley, Julia R.; Cates, Dennis L. – RE:view, 1992
A survey of teachers of the visually impaired and adults with albinism or parents of children with albinism (total responses=144) found no use of Braille by the adults or children with albinism, awareness of the condition by almost all teachers, support for mainstreaming by all, and specific teaching suggestions from teachers. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Braille, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education