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Braille. The Braille Nemeth Code and UEB Math gives students with
visual impairments the opportunity to read, write, and solve Braille numerical
computations. TVIs are not expected to know the meaning of symbols, but
should verify that the symbols have been correctly interpreted by the student
who is blind.
Using both Braille codes and abacus. The majority of respondents
felt a combination of Nemeth Code and abacus should be used to teach math
skills to students who are blind/visually impaired for many reasons. The
following reasons were noted by survey respondents:
• Nemeth is how numbers are written and the abacus teaches number
sense/place value.
• Students need to be able to compute as well as read the math.
• The abacus can be used for learning basic math problems (concepts)
and Nemeth code
helps in learning how to write math (problems,
equations, etc.).
• Students should have a variety of tools to choose
from for math
computation because what works best for one student may not work for
others.
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