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 23 Table 3 Emerging results of the contributing factors to tactile graphics users' performance for each graphics task. Role of Strategies Role of Content Knowledge and Experience Role of graphic type and quality Bar Graph Variations in how well students could follow guidelines to y-axis and find horizontal key Some missed answers were due to technical skills in following guidelines Third question involved calculations- there was variation in student skill and motivation on this item Considered good overall by students; horizontal key was a challenge for some with vertical key considered easier Venn Diagram Students with faster times were able to find intersections of the circles quickly; often with the two hands working independently Faster students knew where to look for overlap (experience); most students were familiar with Venn Diagrams Most students liked that the rings had different textures, a couple found this confusing. A suggestion was made to have a key for the circles vs. labels on the outside of the rings Shape Rotation Use of the pivot point in relation to the pointed part of the shape was the predominant strategy; one student physically turned the page, most did it mentally The only student missing the question forgot the direction of clockwise saying, "It has been awhile since I have looked at a clock." (content knowledge) Students considered this a good graphic overall. Main suggestion was to put the letter choices for the options closer to the option 50

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