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Direct linkLeslie D. Borton; Tina S. Herzberg – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2023
Some students with visual impairments have not learned to read print or braille due to a variety of factors. The inability to read proficiently affects all areas of a person's life. Thus, it is essential that teachers of students with visual impairments (hereafter called "teachers") are systematic and use research-based practices in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Visual Impairments, Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Download full textMissouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2012
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report pertains to the twelve data elements…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Peer reviewedPotts, Martha – Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes the insights into themselves and the reading process gained by eight sighted students who learned to read braille. (DD)
Descriptors: Braille, Higher Education, Reading, Reading Instruction
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2011
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report pertains to the twelve data elements…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2010
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report pertains to the twelve data elements…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Herzberg, Tina S.; Stough, Laura M.; Clark, Carolyn M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2004
During the past 50 years, teachers have used contracted braille as the preferred method of teaching reading to children and adults. Contracted braille, previously referred to as grade 2 braille, involves the use of the traditional alphabet, along with 189 different characters and contractions that represent a group of letters or whole words.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Educational Strategies
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2009
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Division of Special Education (DSE), per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2008
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Division of Special Education (DSE), per Missouri Revised Statute 162.1136, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Weisgerber, Robert A.; And Others – 1973
Research sought to test the utility of the Optacon (an optical-to-tactile converter, which enables the blind to read ink-print materials), to identify predictors of success with the Optacon, and to observe the Optacon's effect on student attitudes. Matched groups of blind students in grades 4 through 8 and 9 through 12 received instruction…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Research, Electromechanical Aids
American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Washington, DC. – 1966
THE THEME OF THE CONVENTION WAS "RESEARCH--KEY TO PROGRESS," AND PAPERS WERE DELIVERED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS (1) RESEARCH ON THE TEACHING OF READING AND IMPROVING READING SKILLS, (2) RESEARCH ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS AND ORIENTATION, MOBILITY, AND TRAVEL, (3) RESEARCH ON THE CHILD WITH LIMITED BUT USEFUL VISION, (4) RESEARCH ON THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Braille, Children
