[Blindmath] Looking for a particular type of person to ask questions

[Sabra Ewing]

When I say benefit fully, I mean you as a blind student got at least what one average cited student would get out of the class. If you were in a higher level math course, for example algebra two and beyond or college algebra and beyond, with other blind students,I would also be curious to know what the format of those classes are and how they work. What do they do instead of just making everybody look at a board because they can't.or if you were a teacher and you would be expected to teach a higher level math course two blind students, how would you do it or how did you do it in the past?I am curious because when I work one-on-one with a tutor, I can learn a lot, but in the class, I can't, and I really want to learn more from being in a classroom setting.I have had teachers verbalize what is on the board and give me problems and graphs to look at in class, but it hasn't helped and I don't know why.I know it is not a problem with my learning because I can learn it if someone teaches it to me outside of class.I want to actually learn from being inside my classroom instead of wishing it would be over and just learning everything outside of class at tutoring. I know this is possible, but I don't know what it would take for it to happen. So I have to figure out what it would take, and then how that could work within the confines of the educational system that my college has.

Sabra Ewing

> On Feb 5, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Sabra Ewing <sabra1023 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am looking for someone who was successful at learning higher level math courses in a high school or college settingwith in the confines of the class. If you got tutoring outside of class, that is fine, but I am looking for someone who actually went to a math class and benefited fully from it rather than solely relying on outside help.if you taught a blind student who you felt benefited fully from your class, I am interested in hearing from you as well.I want to know what happened inside the class to make you benefit from it. What strategies did you use as the teacher for the teacher use that you found effective as the student?did the structure of the class change to be more interactive for all of the students? If so, how? Is it possible for a blind student to fully benefit from a math class the way decided student would without changing the inherent structure of the way the school teaches?let's assume a traditional lecture teaching style here.also, what is it about a math class that makes it hard for you to get things from it?apart from verbalizing things on the boardis there anything you ask a teacher to do when you weren't getting something out of a class that was successful?also, could you please provide specific concrete examples rather then abstract statements? Thank you.
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> Sabra Ewing