[nobe-l] tutoring math

[Princess]

Hello, 
I am a TVI and am vision impaired myself.  I have taught geometry. Yes, you need the figures. At the very beginning of the geometry course students are engaged in recognizing types of angles and relationships among/between angles in order to solve problems and write proofs.  Depending on the actual course materials (texts) there may or may not be a significant amount of hands-on work engaging students in producing examples of geometric concepts.  Pre geometry activities might not necessitate you having the figures.  This would be something such as: Given the triangle above, determine its area, or determine the length of side A.  In these situations a GOOD description will suffice.  


Short Answer: You need the figures.  



-----Original Message-----
From: Kelsey Nicolay via nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
To: nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, Aug 25, 2014 2:50 pm
Subject: [nobe-l] tutoring math


Hello,
My name is Kelsey Nicolay and I am new to the list as well as the 
Federation in general.  I am a part of wyzant, which is a website 
used by students and tutors to connect to one another.  I 
received an inquiry from a mother requesting tutoring for her son 
in geometry.  I took geometry in high school and did well in it, 
but I'm not sure whether I could tutor it.  I'm completely blind 
and therefore use JAWS and an apex and sometimes a Perkins 
brailler.  I am a member of Bookshare, so if necessary, I could 
go on there and access the textbooks they have.  Therefore, do 
you think a blind person could feasibly tutor a geometry student 
or any math for that matter? If so, how could I help the student 
if I don't have access to the figures? Would they have to 
describe the diagram and give me the dimensions and I could help 
them that way? Or is there another way that would work? I welcome 
any suggestions anyone might have.
Thanks,
Kelsey Nicolay

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