Teaching Braille Reading to Students with Low Vision

This article discusses ways to teach low vision students to read braille, including both parallel instruction (the student learns to read print and braille simultaneously) and nonparallel instruction (the print-reading student learns braille). The following approaches are briefly described: basal re...

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Published inJournal of visual impairment & blindness Vol. 86; no. 1; p. 44
Main Authors Holbrook, M. C, Koenig, A. J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1992
Subjects
Adult Education
Basal Reading
Braille
Elementary Secondary Education
Language Experience Approach
Partial Vision
Pattern Recognition
Reading Instruction
Teaching Methods
Visual Impairments
Whole Language Approach
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Summary:This article discusses ways to teach low vision students to read braille, including both parallel instruction (the student learns to read print and braille simultaneously) and nonparallel instruction (the print-reading student learns braille). The following approaches are briefly described: basal reader, language experience, whole language, patterns, and "read again." (DB)
Bibliography:Special Issue on Low Vision.
ISSN:0145-482X
DOI:10.1177/0145482X9208600119