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Rachid Ed-dali – Cogent Education, 2024
Universities have a mandate to accommodate non-sighted students, but it has been widely reported by a considerable number of visually impaired students that they confront a plethora of difficulties in their pursuit of education. The present study employed a descriptive research design to delineate and record the attributes, viewpoints, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blindness, Partial Vision, Students with Disabilities
Vaughn, Sharon; Alsolami, Abdulaziz; Swanson, Elizabeth – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
To best support students with low vision in the general education classroom, special education teachers can facilitate use of several adaptations including: (a) attention to curriculum access (e.g. text magnifiers), (b) mechanisms for promoting social connectedness, (c) managing physical space, and (d) effective instructional techniques. This…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Partial Vision
Wright, Tessa S.; Wolery, Mark – Journal of Special Education, 2014
A single-participant multiple probe design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of verbal rehearsal and graduated guidance to teach youth who were blind how to cross the street. This study replicated intervention procedures across settings along with the staggered entry of participants. Individuals learned to cross one or two…
Descriptors: Blindness, Partial Vision, Intervention, Adolescents
Rosenblum, L. Penny; Hong, Sunggye; Amato, Sheila – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: This article reports on a study of 196 teachers who shared their experiences and opinions related to how they were taught to use the Cranmer abacus. Methods: In February and March 2012, the participants completed an online survey to gather information about their preparation in using and beliefs about computation with the Cranmer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manipulative Materials, Teacher Education, Blindness
Amato, Sheila; Hong, Sunggye; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: This article, based on a study of 196 teachers of students with visual impairments, reports on the experiences with and opinions related to their decisions about instructing their students who are blind or have low vision in the abacus. Methods: The participants completed an online survey on how they decide which students should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manipulative Materials, Blindness, Partial Vision
Knox, Roger – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1983
The author discusses the advantages and made to measure microcomputer programs for the partially sighted student. Several strategies for using the microcomputer in the classroom are suggested. (SW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Partial Vision, Teaching Methods

O'Donnell, Betsy; Perla, Fabiana – RE:view, 1998
Offers guidelines for systematically planning and teaching visual efficiency to students with low vision, then outlines specific skills that are needed for orientation and mobility, and suggests games and activities that will promote visual efficiency. (DB)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Partial Vision, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments

Hart, Cheri R. – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 1999
Discusses various methods used to teach Braille, beginning with pre-Braille skills that must be developed before children reach school age. Also discusses various techniques used to teach Braille skills to students who have a severe vision loss or low vision and reviews different commercial programs designed to teach Braille reading to various…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Partial Vision

Tobin, Michael – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1985
The author examines research on the reading skills of students with partial vision, noting the educationally handicapping consequences (including problems in rapidly implementing alternative scanning strategies), and suggesting implications for placement and instructional decisions. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Partial Vision, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills

Lopez-Justicia, Maria Dolores; Pichardo, Maria Carmen; Amezcua, Juan Antonio; Fernandez, Eduardo – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
Three studies of Spanish students with low vision, aged 4-7, 8-11, and 12-17, found that, overall, the participants' scores for some dimensions of self-concept were lower than those of comparison groups of sighted students. Teaching strategies such as cooperative learning are suggested to help improve the self-concept and academic performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Williams, Johanna K. – RE:view, 1990
An itinerant teacher of multiply handicapped students with low vision shares learning activities in which students learn to use coins with the aid of a computer program and make a shopping list using advertising flyers. (DB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Daily Living Skills, Learning Activities, Money Management

Koenig, A. J.; Layton, C. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
Evaluation of the use of repeated readings to increase the reading fluency of four elementary students with low vision found the intervention was effective in improving all four students' reading fluency without adversely affecting error rates or comprehension. Students' improved reading rates also generalized to classroom reading. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Partial Vision, Reading Fluency

Wiener, William; Vopata, Alvin – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article describes a sequential training curriculum in the use of telescopic visual aids. The curriculum covers 29 topics, including aid maintenance, holding aid properly, focusing, scanning, target location, tracking, aid use for city bus travel, in a shopping center, and in a fast food type restaurant. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Low Vision Aids, Mobility Aids

Corn, Anne L. – RE:view, 1989
A comprehensive program of instruction in the use of low vision is proposed, including definitions, a philosophy of low vision, theoretical constructs, a flow chart of professional and individual relationships and responsibilities, goals, curriculum, and an evaluation system. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Vision Aids

Ponchillia, P. E.; Durant, P. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
A nationwide survey of braille instructors in adult rehabilitation centers found that: most teachers taught braille to fewer than 20 percent of clients; few taught complex reading skills; instructors' attitudes were influenced by their training site, type of college degree, and degree of vision; and teaching behaviors were affected by teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Blindness, Braille