[Blindmath] Blindmath Digest, Vol 41, Issue 10

Wed Dec 30 16:57:41 UTC 2009

Hello Maria and listers,
I only have general recommendations for the AP statistics student.
The school should provide her a version of matlab from Mathworks.  The program is a mainstream program and with it one can analyze a row or column of numbers from a matrix.
I recommend the student record class lectures for playback at a later time.  Encourage the student to meet with the teacher outside of class time.
What would be most helpful is a committed assistant who would spend several hours a week working with the student.  This assistant, either volunteer or paid, should be familiar with statistics and the use of a graphics calculator.
My best success finding tech savy assistants is by placing fliers on the inside of bathroom stalls at the local university.
I wish the student the best and encourage anyone to contact me off-list for suggestions and help.
I am blind and use statistics regularly in my paid position.
The problems the student are encountering are real and tough.
But if you love the field, they can be overcome.
My sighted brother struggled with the statistics requirement for his masters in psychology, so the course is a stumbling block that needs to be overcome to get a degree in many fields.
Very best,
John Miller

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   1. Re: AP Statistics (Roopakshi Pathania)

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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Roopakshi Pathania <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] AP Statistics
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Hi Maria,

Could you describe which kind of questions is she having problems with?
For example, I remember that doing calculations in questions based on standard deviation was a little difficult because a big table had to be created to show step by step calculation and this table had several columns, so I generally couldn't follow along.
But I came up with a rough solution.

Regards
Roopakshi from India

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--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Maria Aranguren <mariaara at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Maria Aranguren <mariaara at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] AP Statistics
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 5:39 AM Hello Alex and listers, I 
> also have a similar situation.? My student is legally blind and uses 
> zoomtext.? She is barely passing her AP Stats course. Problems are 
> lack of an accessible graphing calculator and difficulty following 
> along in class - she is not? able to see the examples the teacher's 
> calculator?projects onto a screen?using her Clarity CCTV and therefore 
> is having trouble learning how to solve problems correctly on her 
> own.? Have you ever tested your program with Zoomtext to see if it is 
> compatible?? I am hoping this may benefit my student as well.? Thanks 
> for your input.
> Maria
> ?
> --- On Tue, 12/22/09, Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] AP Statistics
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 11:10 PM
> 
> 
> This is not a teaching tool, but tell your student that I have a stats 
> program based in HTML (so any web browser, except the one on the GW 
> Micro Sense notetakers) can run it. It does basic data set info, 
> hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, probability, normal 
> curve/inverse normal lookups, t-score and inverse t lookups, and a 
> couple other things. I can email you or your student a copy if this is 
> something that would be helpful. I wrote it over the course of last 
> semester's data analysis class and it is mainly for my own use, so it 
> is not fool-proof and does not have full documentation, but it gets 
> the job done. Anyway, let me know if you want a copy. Oh, there is no 
> charge for this.
> 
> On 12/22/09, k h <kjholli at live.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello....
> >
> > I'm new to the list serve looking for some resources
> available in teaching
> > higher level math, specifically Advanced Placement
> Statistics, to a high
> > school student who is totally blind.
> >
> > If you have any knowlegde of any research, practice
> reports, best-practice,
> > etc. that is available within the blindness or
> mathematical fields, can you
> > let me know.
> >
> > I'm looking for some background information and/or
> proven strategies and
> > interventions.
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Kevin
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