A Computer-Based Program to Teach Braille Reading to Sighted Individuals
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| Title: | A Computer-Based Program to Teach Braille Reading to Sighted Individuals |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Scheithauer, Mindy C., Tiger, Jeffrey H. |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Sum 2012 45(2):315-327. |
| Availability: | Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Available from: Department of Applied Behavioral Science. Kansas University, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-2133. Tel: 785-841-4425; Fax: 785-841-4425; e-mail: behavior@mail.ku.edu; Web site: http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/index.html |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Training Methods, Blindness, Braille, College Students, Reading, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Feedback (Response), Pretests Posttests, Reading Ability, Stimuli |
| Geographic Terms: | Louisiana |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) |
| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
| Abstract: | Instructors of the visually impaired need efficient braille-training methods. This study conducted a preliminary evaluation of a computer-based program intended to teach the relation between braille characters and English letters using a matching-to-sample format with 4 sighted college students. Each participant mastered matching visual depictions of the braille alphabet to their printed-word counterparts. Further, each participant increased the number of words they read in a braille passage following this training. These gains were maintained at variable levels on a maintenance probe conducted 2 to 4 weeks after training. (Contains 6 figures and 1 footnote.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 30 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Access URL: | https://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/toc/2012/jabaSummer12.php |
| Accession Number: | EJ980652 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Instructors of the visually impaired need efficient braille-training methods. This study conducted a preliminary evaluation of a computer-based program intended to teach the relation between braille characters and English letters using a matching-to-sample format with 4 sighted college students. Each participant mastered matching visual depictions of the braille alphabet to their printed-word counterparts. Further, each participant increased the number of words they read in a braille passage following this training. These gains were maintained at variable levels on a maintenance probe conducted 2 to 4 weeks after training. (Contains 6 figures and 1 footnote.) |
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| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
