ERIC Number: EJ1238083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Teaching Visually Impaired College Students in Introductory Statistics
Stone, Brian W.; Kay, Donovan; Reynolds, Anthony
Journal of Statistics Education, v27 n3 p225-237 2019
Instructors of postsecondary classes in statistics rely heavily on visuals in their teaching, both within the classroom and in resources like textbooks, handouts, and software, but this information is often inaccessible to students who are blind or visually impaired (BVI). The unique challenges involved in adapting both pedagogy and course materials to accommodate a BVI student may provoke anxiety among instructors teaching a BVI student for the first time, and instructors may end up feeling unprepared or "reinventing the wheel." We discuss a wide variety of accommodations inside and outside of the classroom grounded in the empirical literature on cognition and learning and informed by our own experience teaching a blind student in an introductory statistics course.
Descriptors: College Students, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Statistics, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Short Term Memory, Cooperative Learning, Textbooks, Visual Aids, Assistive Technology, Braille, Manipulative Materials, Computer Software, Homework, Computer Assisted Testing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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