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Fast, Danene; Wild, Tiffany – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2018
Instruction in science can be difficult for students with visual impairments due to the use of visual instruction that is often used for conceptual understanding. Pedagogical approaches to teaching science continue to evolve, with inquiry-based science instruction as a primary instructional method used in current classrooms. In teaching students…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments, Visually Impaired Mobility
Koehler, Karen E.; Wild, Tiffany A.; Tikkun, Sean – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2018
This article presents the results of a study on the use of 3-D printed models in a science classroom for students with visual impairments and examines whether the use of these models impacts student conceptual understanding and misconceptions related to geosciences concepts, specifically plate tectonics. Data were collected one week prior to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Visual Impairments, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Robinson, Vicki – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2013
Virtual worlds are used in many educational and business applications. At the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID/RIT), deaf college students are introduced to the virtual world of Second Life, which is a 3-D immersive, interactive environment, accessed through computer software. NTID students use…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Deafness, Teaching Methods
Staples, Kimberly A. – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2013
Within middle school classrooms a diverse body of students require specialized instruction and science teachers with unique abilities to implement a reform-based science curriculum. To achieve the goal of success for all, students who are English language leaners and with exceptionalities, such as learning disabilities, and emotional and…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional Personnel, Science Instruction, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
Wild, Tiffany A. – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2012
This study examines two classroom teachers' of students with visual impairments perceptions of middle school students with visual impairments learning of seasonal change and the teaching methods used in their classrooms. These perceptions were compared to data that documented student learning of the science content of seasonal change. The first…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction