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ERIC Number: EJ600346
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
Teaching Statistics to a Student Who Is Blind.
Gibson, William E.; Darron Chris
Teaching of Psychology, v26 n2 p130-31 1999
Explains that in order for students to understand statistics, they must develop their spatial and visual skills for manipulating numerical data. Describes the use of an inexpensive, low-tech teaching device that is constructed of modeling clay and cardboard in order to overcome this visual barrier when teaching a blind student statistical concepts. (CMK)
Descriptors: Blindness, Disabilities, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Sensory Aids, Skill Development, Spatial Ability, Statistics, Student Experience, Teaching Methods, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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