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Our camps have benefitted greatly from collaboration with The Ohio
State University and the personnel preparation program for teachers of
students with visual impairments. OSU's student teachers assist throughout
the week and take part in the planning and preparation of materials. This
allows them to learn about the most current technology and methods to adapt
materials and equipment. The student teachers are also extra hands to
assist with direct individual instruction for the students.
Assessments play an important role in both camps. At the end of each
camp, we take time to reevaluate student growth during the week. After the
math pretest, the questions of the different topics are scored separately to
find areas of strength and those needing more work. The braille reading and
writing pretests evaluate each student's use of signs and strengths and
weaknesses of their braille. Throughout the week, we focus on needs of
individual students as much as possible. Results of the week's assessments
show growth in student knowledge from the pretest to posttest as well as
enthusiasm for learning in each of the content areas.
An additional benefit for the students are the new, and sometimes life-
long friendships that form during camp. In many cases, the students have
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