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Peer reviewedLam, Rita C.; Wang, Cecilia – Music Educators Journal, 1982
Discusses teaching methods and instructional aids developed to integrate blind students into a private class for elementary-school-aged piano students. Instructional aids incorporate auditory and tactile stimuli to teach music notation skills. Commercial games, like Bingo, were modified with Braille symbols to teach rhythm concepts. (AM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedNikolic, T. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
The article reviews the literature and presents principles for teaching foreign language in schools for the blind. Among principles are that blindness need not obstruct the process of learning a foreign language, that the best learning environment is a monolingual one, and that tactile and recorded materials can be integrated. (DB)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Download full textAiello, Barbara – 1981
This handbook was developed for teachers who have a visually handicapped child in their regular classroom. Classroom activities designed to prepare students to receive a visually handicapped classmate are described. Recommendations are made on the use of special resources available to the teacher, and descriptions are given of successful…
Descriptors: Blindness, Class Organization, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Margaret G. – Social Studies, 1991
Recounts a college economics professor's attempts to explain macroeconomic concepts to a blind student. Considers how explanations of economics principles often rely on graphic presentations. Describes experimental tactile adaptation, using graphs made out of sandpaper, yarn, spaghetti, and other materials. Recommends developing prefabricated…
Descriptors: Blindness, Concept Teaching, Diagrams, Economics 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
Huebner, Kathleen Mary, Ed.; And Others – 1995
The items in this collection of reprints and an annotated bibliography were selected because of their value to classroom teachers working with deaf-blind students. Reprinted articles, originally published in various periodicals between 1978 and 1993, are grouped into five categories: (1) communication, (2) orientation and mobility, (3) functional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Check Lists
