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

[Sean Whalen]

In my experience, and I think this is broadly true, much of the learning of
these concepts comes with practice and discussion outside of class. I view
the class as a first pass at the information, but I don't think most sighted
students are walking out of the classroom with a 100% grasp on the material.
In various economics and statistics classes that I have taken, when the
professor has done well to read the board and describe key graphical
concepts, I have left the room understanding the material better than many
of the other students in the class. I haven't used tutors, but sitting down
with classmates to work through problem sets has been when I really felt
that I was gaining a firm handle on the content.

Sean

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sabra
Ewing via Blindmath
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 7:40 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Looking for a particular type of person to ask
questions

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:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Sabra Ewing

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