Division on Visual Impairments

DVI Quarterly Volume 59(3)

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 19 The results of the surveys emphasized a need to better understand the specific instruction and strategies that will help students with VI benefit from graphics. Figure 1 illustrates the contributing factors, based on survey responses, that seem to influence a student's ability to use graphics effectively: content knowledge, concepts and experiences, strategies (technical skills and thinking skills), the quality of the graphic, and confidence and motivation. Figure 1: contributing factors to graphic interpretation and effective use. The survey findings were the catalyst for a think aloud study (currently on-going) aimed at more specifically investigating the characteristics and strategies of students with VI who use graphics effectively. The preliminary results of this study were shared during a presentation at the 2014 Council for Exceptional Children Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 46

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