ERIC Number: EJ980652
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 13
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A Computer-Based Program to Teach Braille Reading to Sighted Individuals
Scheithauer, Mindy C.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v45 n2 p315-327 Sum 2012
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.)
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
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
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