[nabs-l] a question about science and tutoring

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Vejas,
I'm not very good spatially either, and I usually didn't get much out
of tactile diagrams. I do think attempting to understand tactile
diagrams is a good way to try to improve your spatial skills. But if
you don't find them useful for learning the concepts, then see if you
can get verbal descriptions instead. I also found in my experience
that knowing what things look like (like the shape of cells etc.) is
not super-important for understanding the functional concepts you are
learning about.
You could talk to your guidance counselor to find out if there is any
free tutoring available at your school. I'm sure you are not the only
student having difficulty following science concepts. If your school
has an honor society for seniors, some of their members might be
available to tutor you for free or for a small fee if your parents are
willing and able to pay them. I tutored a few chem students when I was
in high school.
A good tutor (sighted or blind) should be able to figure out how to
best explain the ideas to you.
Arielle

On 3/8/12, vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm just not very good spacially.  Also some of the diagrams have
> lots of abbreviations and I find myself looking at the key a lot,
> so it's tricky to study the diagram when you're not sure what it
> stands for.
> But next science chapter, I'm going to pay lots more attention to
> the diagrams.
> Vejas
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicole B.  Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com
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> Date sent: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 21:52:15 -0800
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>
> 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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