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Peer reviewedCurry, Rebecca Gavurin – Reading Teacher, 1975
Argues that the Learning Experience Approach (LEA) is superior to other methods of teaching reading when used with blind children. (RB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedBerla, Edward P.; Butterfield, Lawrence H., Jr. – Journal of Special Education, 1977
Two experiments with a total of 92 elementary grade blind students were conducted to determine the effects of training blind students in shape recognition accuracy and speed and accuracy of locating shapes on a tactile map by using a distinctive features analysis strategy and line tracing. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Kuipers, Joan – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
Describes an education professor's efforts to equalize opportunities for a blind student teacher in her reading instruction class. The class was better for sighted students because of the blind student's presence and the modifications made to accommodate her lack of sight. Accommodation challenges are even greater for elementary teachers with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Disabilities, Elementary Education
