[Pibe-division] Creating Math Timed Speed Tests with Duxbury

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

Creating 
Math Timed Speed Tests with Duxbury 
Math 
timings in elementary school are big: The teacher hands out a math sheet to all 
the students with the math drills they have been working on. The teacher times 
the students to see how fast they can complete a certain number of math problems 
within a given amount of time.

Enter the blind student. The blind student 
has the exact same problems, but his are brailled out on an 11x11 piece of 
braille paper. He reads the problems with his left hand and prints the correct 
answer with his right hand (or vice versa depending on hand dominance). He races 
across the braille page at record speed to finish as high as his peers do, or 
higher depending on his skills. Hence, another reason why it is so important for 
blind students to learn their print letters and numbers also. 

Nemeth 
lessons (braille math) can be created very quickly using Duxbury Nemeth mode. Duxbury is a 
print to braille, braille to print translation program. I have had para 
educators who were just learning braille be able to create the perfect braille 
document using this software program. I have people taking distance education 
classes by 6-key brailling their lessons and emailing it to their teacher. 
Duxbury is truly a gift to the blind world and its power to create a brailled 
lesson quickly for anyone. 
 more instruction at: http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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