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participants and responses are described.
Preparation of TVIs
Sixty-percent of TVIs felt confident in teaching the abacus to students
with visual impairments. In addition, only half of the survey respondents felt
that they received adequate instruction in Nemeth Code and teaching
mathematics to students with visual impairments in their TVI programs.
However, 74% of respondents felt confident in teaching the Nemeth Code to
students with visual impairments out in the field. TVI preparation programs
are now including Nemeth as well as Unified English Braille (UEB) math
codes.
Most Effective Methods
Abacus. The abacus is a useful calculation tool whether used alone or
in conjunction with other devices because of speed, accuracy, portability, and
flexibility. The abacus allows for concrete manipulation, leading to a more
meaningful understanding of numbers than the use of talking calculators
(Project Math, 2006).
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