[blindkid] Braille reading speed

Tue Mar 10 02:42:46 UTC 2009

Sally,
Jerry's (Whittle) published things state reading rates as may some other, go
through the NFB site and search for Braille and Braille reading speed. I
know there are some fast NFB readers in Texas. Get ahold of ryan strunk in
Austin. Wrestle him to come in to meet them if you have to, smile.

Robert: ROT (right on target) and GMTA (great minds think alike) and I think
DR. Fred began something on this order last summer.

Carrie Gilmer, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
A Division of the National Federation of the Blind
NFB National Center: 410-659-9314
Home Phone: 763-784-8590
carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
www.nfb.org/nopbc

-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille reading speed

Hello:

     I think it would be good to test reading speeds for braille readers. 
Affiliate and national conventions ought to provide a population to test. It

may take some time to gather enough data, but we have to start somewhere.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. S. Merchant" <smerchant at vetmed.lsu.edu>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)'" 
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille reading speed

> Ok,, very crude bit of information, because it is pretty different from 
> one
> child to the next, but when my son was at buddy camp in Louisiana, at the
> end of 7th grade they wanted him reading 100 words per minute.
>
> Jerry Whittle at the Louisiana Center for the  Blind would be a wealth of
> information on this subject (as would most of the people that work there!)
>
> Sandy Taboada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Craige Snader
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:33 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)'
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille reading speed
>
> The problem I see with not having reasonable expectation values is that 
> our
> VI can get by with no accountability for speed of reading and 
> comprehension.
> They can tell you your kid is doing great and reading 10 words per minute!
>
> So I think we would benefit of some sort of yardstick.
>
> Craige
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:06 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille reading speed
>
> Ultimately, I see no way for any study on braille reading speed to be
> truly statistically valid -- too many problems with controls and not
> enough people for a representative sample.
>
> However, anecdotally, I suspect that anyone from our three NFB training
> centers could show you plenty of people who can read as fast as they can
> speak and quite a number who can read a good deal faster!
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet BlindKid Mailing List"
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:32 AM
> Subject: [blindkid] Braille reading speed
>
>
> Do we have a source or study on Braille reading speeds? That question
> has been posed on another group I'm on and I would like to pass on that
> info. And have it for Winona's school use as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
> www.nfbflorida.org/parents
>
> Please support Braille literacy and programs for our youth by sponsoring
> me in
> the Motor City March for Independence! Better yet, join the team of the
> FL Parents of Blind Children!
> http://www.marchforindependence.org/goto/debbyb
>
>
>
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