[BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for doing braille calculus

[John J. Boyer]

Hi Emily,

This probably won't help, but it's of historical interest. When i was taking math back in 1960 I used a mechanical braillewriter with paper. That made it easy to 
see what 
had been previously written. Multiple lines and spacing were right on the paper. If you can get a braillewriter it might help.

John

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 02:52:06PM -0500, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath wrote:
> Hi, everyone. I am in first semester calculus, and I am really struggling. I
> understand the processes,  but I am having trouble staying organized while
> working problems in braille. I use a braille notetaker with 32 cells, and I
> am having trouble with things like the chain rule that require lines and
> lines of equations. The actual line on my braille sense is not long enough
> to accommodate some of my equations, and I get flustered and lost scrolling
> between so many lines. Ho do those of you who are braille users stay
> organized? Do you have any strategies for keeping parts of the same problem
> organized? I am not opposed to breaking out the Perkins Brailler with wide
> paper, but I am also wondering if there is anything else I can do to be
> successful. I have a great instructor who always goes step by step and
> doesn't mind repeating things, but I always get lost about half way through
> big problems. 
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> 
> Emily 
> 
> 
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