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Brittell, Megen E.; Lobben, Amy K.; Lawrence, Megan M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2018
Introduction: Technological advances have introduced three-dimensional (3-D) printing as an option for creating tactile maps for people with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision), diversifying the types of map products that are available. At the same time, it presents a challenge to map makers to implement designs…
Descriptors: Usability, Manipulative Materials, Maps, Map Skills
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Mukherjee, Anirban; Garain, Utpal; Biswas, Arindam – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Diagram describing texts are integral part of science and engineering subjects including geometry, physics, engineering drawing, etc. In order to understand such text, one, at first, tries to draw or perceive the underlying diagram. For perception of the blind students such diagrams need to be drawn in some non-visual accessible form like tactile…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blindness, Science Education, Maps
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Wright, Tessa; Harris, Beth; Sticken, Eric – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
A review of the literature from 1965 to 2008 on tactile maps and models in orientation and mobility yielded four pre-experimental and three experimental articles. The articles were analyzed via best-evidence synthesis--a combined narrative and statistical approach--allowing for recommendations for the most effective use of tactile maps and models.…
Descriptors: Maps, Literature Reviews, Tactile Adaptation, Evidence
Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2005
Tactile maps are an important means for the education and mobility of people who are visually impaired (that is, are blind or have low vision). Because of the importance of tactile maps, it is essential that they are accessible to people who are visually impaired and correctly interpreted. There has been considerable research on the design of…
Descriptors: Maps, Cartography, Braille, Tactile Adaptation
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Andrews, Sona Karentz – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
More than 60 different tactual maps were created on capsule paper to examine the effectiveness of this process. The medium's composition, steps necessary for map compilation and processing, equipment costs and operations, appropriate symbolization, and advantages and disadvantages of the process are discussed. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Maps, Paper (Material), Tactile Adaptation, Visual Impairments
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Trevelyan, Simon – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1984
Tactile maps for visually impaired persons can be made by drawing lines with an aqueous adhesive solution, dusting with thermoengraving powder, and exposing the card to a source of intense heat (such as a heat gun or microwave oven). A raised line map results. (CL)
Descriptors: Cartography, Maps, Raised Line Drawings, Tactile Adaptation
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Day, Margaret R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
The University of Texas at Austin has developed a modular tactual map of the campus and outlying areas to aid visually impaired students. Construction information is summarized. (CL)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students, Higher Education, Maps
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Luxton, K.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1994
Sixteen people with blindness or visual impairments used three different types of tactual maps of the New York City subway system presenting information at three levels of specificity. Results indicated that the tactual maps improved participants' attitudes toward the subway and benefited blind as well as low vision participants. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Maps, Rail Transportation
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Berla, 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
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Berla, Edward P.; Butterfield, Lawrence H., Jr. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
Two experimental tactile political map designs were evaluated with 72 blind braille reading students (grades 4-12). (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Maps
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Lambert, L. M.; Lederman, S. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
Point and linear symbols that represent certain areas of building interiors are discussed in light of their reliability and discriminability if used on tactual maps. A set of "optimally sized" symbols were evaluated with 21 blind observers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness, Discrimination Learning, Maps
Wiedel, Joseph W.; Groves, Paul A. – 1969
Reported are the findings of a research project conducted to design easily reproducible, large-scale maps for use by the blind to improve their mobility and orientation. The emphasis was on maps varying in scale from general orientation maps of metropolitan areas to mobility maps of neighborhoods or individual buildings. The design, construction,…
Descriptors: Map Skills, Maps, Raised Line Drawings, Research Projects
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Berla, Edward P.; Murr, Marvin J. – Journal of Special Education, 1975
Seventy-two blind braille students in grades 4 through 12 were given map reading tasks on tactile pseudomaps which either contained texture (noisy map) or didn't (noise-free map). (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Maps
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Bentzen, Billie Louise – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Maps, Orientation Materials, Tactile Adaptation
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Ungar, S.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1994
Eighty-eight children (either totally blind or with residual vision) estimated directions between landmarks in a large scale layout of objects. Children experienced the layout either directly by walking around it or indirectly by examining a tactile map. Use of tactile maps considerably facilitated the performance of the blind children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Maps, Partial Vision
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