[nabs-l] a question about science and tutoring

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Oh, and one other thing that I forgot. Sometimes, diagrams are hard to 
understand, especially if they are trying to depict something in 3D. In 
these cases, it might be better to try to use some kind of model. Models 
don't have to be fancy; they can be constructed out of anything.

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> Sometimes, diagrams are useful and at other times they are not. Do not
> dismiss them always just because they do not always work. Try to see if
> they are helpful first and if not you need to find an alternate way of
> understanding the material.
>
> Some alternate ways of understanding the material include: asking someone
> to explain it to you, reading paragraphs in the textbook, and asking the
> teacher to explain it in a different way that doesn't include diagramming.
>
> Tutoring is never a bad idea as long as the tutor and person being tutored
> are both committed. If blind people can tutor sighted people then sighted
> people can tutor blind people successfully too.
>
> David
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> David Dodge
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>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <
> ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>
>> Some diagrams can help and others don't. If a diagram is too cluttered,
>> then it is no good. Can you explain more about why diagrams don't help 
>> you?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "vejas" <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:14 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] a question about science and tutoring
>>
>>
>>  Hi,
>>> I'm having some trouble in science.  It's biology and genetics.  My
>>> teacher is OK, I guess.
>>> Does it help you to look at diagrams? Usually it doesn't help me, so I
>>> don't bother to look at them because when I have, they have not helped.
>>> Have diagrams ever helped you, because my science teachers loves the way
>>> diagrams explain stuff? Have you ever needed tutoring? How was a sighter
>>> person able to help you, because it's sometimes hard to explain stuff 
>>> you
>>> need? I have a test tomorrow.
>>> Thanks for any input.
>>> Vejas
>>>
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