Students with special needs often require additional assistance in order to learn at the university level. This article documents a professor’s efforts in teaching a visually impaired prospective elementary school teacher geometry content knowledge.  The goal of this article is to shed light upon the iterative process of accommodating for individual needs of students.  The author highlights the persistence and creative problem solving required for helping this student, with the hope that other faculty members will provide the due help to their special needs students with the same persistence.

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An example of a visually impaired student’s learning geometry

Diana Cheng*
Assistant Professor, Towson University, Maryland, USA.
Periodicity:February - April'2013
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2181

Abstract

Students with special needs often require additional assistance in order to learn at the university level. This article documents a professor’s efforts in teaching a visually impaired prospective elementary school teacher geometry content knowledge.  The goal of this article is to shed light upon the iterative process of accommodating for individual needs of students.  The author highlights the persistence and creative problem solving required for helping this student, with the hope that other faculty members will provide the due help to their special needs students with the same persistence.

Keywords

Preservice Teacher Education, Geometry, Special Needs.

How to Cite this Article?

Diana Cheng (2013). An Example Of A Visually Impaired Student's Learning Geometry. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 6(4), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2181

References

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[4]. Hollenbrands, K., & Lee, H. (2012). Preparing to teach mathematics with technology: An integrated approach to geometry. Kendall Hunt Publishing: Dubuque, IA.
[5]. Rouzier, S., et al. (2004). Touching geometry for visually impaired pupils. In the Proceedings of EuroHaptics, Munich, Figure 1. Part 1 Solutions Germany, 104-109
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