This study surveyed the use of laptop computers by 10 college students with visual impairments. Students used the computers about 10 to 15 hours a week to complete assignments as well as to take notes in class. The laptops fostered students' independence and improved their efficiency. (Author/DB)

Explains how writing in notebooks, reading textbooks, and homework assignments can be turned into learning strategies in a mathematics classroom and how the combination of the three reflects a comprehensive method for studying. Includes an example of a learning guide on variables and operations. (MKR)