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Kirk, Edith C. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Braille, Communication Skills, Educational Equipment, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedCraig, C. J.; Harnack, K.; DePriest, L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
Teachers from a residential school (n=30) and a public school district (n=13) that serve children with visual impairments read scenarios of children with various eye conditions and abilities, and chose a primary literacy medium for each child. The teachers differed in their attitudes toward the use of braille. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Braille, Classroom Techniques, Disability Identification, Elementary Education
Wurzbach, Linda – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1988
The reading process and the history of teaching reading to Braille, print, and aural readers are reviewed. Variables in effective reading instruction programs for visually impaired children include teaching methods, assessment methods, qualities and competencies of teachers, other deficits of visually impaired students that exacerbate reading…
Descriptors: Braille, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Partial Vision
Download full textLin, Shang-Ping; Sikka, Anjoo – 1992
This literature review examines and integrates research addressing visual handicap and giftedness and provides suggestions for the identification and education of gifted students with visual handicaps. The review addresses definitions of visual handicap and giftedness, characteristics of the gifted visually handicapped child, the problem of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Braille, Educational Diagnosis
Wormsley, Diane P., Ed.; D'Andrea, Frances Mary, Ed. – 1997
This collection of readings is intended to provide teachers of children who are blind or visually impaired with guidelines and strategies for teaching the reading and writing of braille. The eight chapters are: (1) "Braille as the Primary Literacy Medium: General Guidelines and Strategies" (Diane P. Wormsley); (2) "Fostering Emergent Literacy"…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education
Hurst, Judith – 1997
Gathered from teachers around the country, this collection of teaching ideas and lesson plans is designed to provide teachers with activities and strategies for educating students with visual impairments. Tips and information are provided on: making tactile teddy bears; memory strategies; making tactile books; creating art kits; using magnifiers;…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques
Lowenfeld, Berthold; And Others – 1968
Three hundred sixty-two questionnaires concerning braille reading instruction were completed by teachers in all 50 regular residential schools for the blind in the United States and in 258 local schools. Results revealed a considerable uniformity of methods. Two hundred blind students in grades 4 and 8 of local and residential schools were…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research, Grade 4
