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

[Sabra Ewing]

I'm not expecting a 100% grass. I'm expecting a good enough grass though to get started learning outside of class. Sometimes I leave class with a 0% grasp on the material. Somehow, I was paying attention, but I didn't learn anything.this even happens when I ask questions. Even though I remember the answers to my questions,and I remember what went on in the class, I can't do the problems. I don't know why this is though. I can literally played back the entire class in my head.I even tried recording a class before and listening again, but it didn't help because I already remembered everything that happened anyways. I didn't get anything off of the recording that I didn't remember.so if I pay attention, remember everything that happens, and ask questions, why can't I do the problems until I go to tutoring?it would be good if in tutoring I could ask questions about what I already learned instead of having to learn everything from scratch.

Sabra Ewing

> On Feb 5, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Sean Whalen <nabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sabra
> Ewing via Blindmath
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> 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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