[Blindmath] AP Statistics

Fri Jan 1 23:55:23 UTC 2010

I agree about Excel. My professor last semester had a software package 
called Fathom which the rest of the class used; I used Excel, and found 
(after much googling and reading of tutorials) that I was able to do a lot 
of things with numbers. My professor eventually gave me Excel sheets instead 
of giving me lists of numbers to put into a sheet since trying to get a 
sheet set up right in Excel is very difficult with a screen reader (though 
she may have better luck with magnification).

Have a great day,
Alex
New email address: mehgcap at gmail.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roopakshi Pathania" <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 12:23
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] AP Statistics

>
> Hi Maria,
>
> These are a couple of alternative strategies that I’ve discovered over the 
> years.
>
> While applying any particular formula, or theory, it is always important 
> to remember the formula and the steps that are used to arrive at the final 
> expression. The rest is just a matter of plugging in the values. If 
> possible, your student can use simpler values for finding the standard 
> deviation than the rest of the class in order to understand the method. 
> After all, the object is to grasp the concept, and not to get into 
> complicated calculations.
>
> Although I like to use shortcut methods to reduce my dependency on a 
> calculator, and also to keep my mind focused, this is not always possible.
> If she has access to internet in the class, then she could also use 
> www.wolframalpha.com, which is far more powerful than any regular 
> calculator.
> See this web page for stats specific examples.
> http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Statistics.html
> The Math on the site is accessible with a screen reader, but if she 
> prefers magnification, then it may or may not suit her.
>
> As someone already said, you can also try Accessible Graphing Calculator 
> (AGC) which is capable of evaluating and plotting expressions in Calculus, 
> though I’m not sure if it can handle Statistics.
>
> Excel is a great tool for managing questions that involve creation of huge 
> tables, even if the stats based functions of Excel are not used.
>
> Of course, she needs to know the different screens of whichever calculator 
> is being used in the class in case her writer isn’t aware of the right way 
> of working with one (I’m not sure what procedure is followed in US 
> regarding this). But beyond understanding the basics of the calculator, I 
> don’t think that she should focus too much on conforming to the class’s 
> standard way of working.
>
> Happy New Year
>
> “The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's 
> that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that 
> good.”
> ~ Paul Krugman
>
>
> --- On Mon, 12/28/09, 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: Monday, December 28, 2009, 10:07 AM
>> Hi Roopakshi,
>> Yes, she too has the standard deviation problem you
>> described. Other problems are identifying area under the
>> curve, plugging into y1, pressing the calculator buttons to
>> get to certain screens, and probability. The entire class is
>> calculator dependent which is an issue as you know. I hope
>> I am being specific enough.
>> Regards,
>> Maria
>>
>> --- On Sat, 12/26/09, Roopakshi Pathania <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Roopakshi Pathania <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] AP Statistics
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009, 1:30 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> “The problem isn't that people don't understand how good
>> things are. It's that they know, from personal experience,
>> that things really aren't that good.”
>> ~ Paul Krugman
>>
>>
>> --- 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:
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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>> > Alex
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