Aim-Math: a ubiquitous mathematics learning tool for blind and visually impaired students

The following study presents an overview of career development needs of blind and visually impaired individuals and discusses results of a 1983–84 survey of school teachers (grades K, 3, 6, 9 and 12), rehabilitation counselors, management staff of rehabilitation agencies and agency administrators that assessed career development needs of severely visually impaired persons and resources available to meet those needs. Individuals surveyed felt that their students or clients need greater accessibility to career development tasks, experiences, and resources, and that none of the resources listed in the survey are readily accessible now, and many are inaccessible. Four basic conclusions are discussed.

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3D Literacy Aids Introduced in Classroom for Blind and Visually Impaired Students

Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research ◽

10.5241/6-100 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Jang Hee I ◽

Rachel Ananda Harianto ◽

Emily Chen ◽

Yeon Soo Lim ◽

Wonjin Jo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Visually Impaired ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired Students

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Sonified Infrared Spectra and Their Interpretation by Blind and Visually Impaired Students

Journal of Chemical Education ◽

10.1021/ed4000124 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 90 (8) ◽

pp. 1028-1031 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Florbela Pereira ◽

João C. Ponte-e-Sousa ◽

Rui P. S. Fartaria ◽

Vasco D. B. Bonifácio ◽

Paulina Mata ◽

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Keyword(s):

Infrared Spectra ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired Students

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Assistive Technology in Mathematics Learning for Visually Impaired Students

Tadris Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Tarbiyah ◽

10.24042/tadris.v3i1.2406 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gangsar Ali Daroni ◽

Gunarhadi Gunarhadi ◽

Edy Legowo

Keyword(s):

Assistive Technology ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Mathematical Concept ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Learning Mathematics ◽

Visually Impaired Students ◽

Math Problems ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Visually Impaired Children

Mathematics is an important subject to be learned by all children. Visually impaired children experience obstacles in following the process of mathematics learning caused by abnormalities. Visually impaired students experience obstacles in the process of thinking at the disequilibrium stage and low understanding of concepts when studying mathematics. It caused them to experience difficulties when doing math problems. Assistive technology is a technology created specifically to improve or maintain the functional ability of children with special needs in order to accomplish tasks that hard for them to do. Assistive technology for visually impaired children is made by maximizing the abilities that the children still possess and helping them to get a clearer mathematical concept. This article is a literary study which aims to provide information about the difficulty for the visually impaired students in mathematics learning and assistive technologies that have been developed to support the learning. This article can be used as the basis for developing new assistive technology in mathematics learning. Assistive technology is needed to help children with visual impairment in following the learning of mathematics and to optimize the ability of the children in learning mathematics.

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