[blindkid] Braille ReadingRates??

[Chantel Alberhasky]

Teri, are you familiar with the ABC Braille Study?  It found that children who learn contractions earlier in instruction had higher scores in the areas of vocabulary, decoding and comprehension than those who started uncontracted Braille.   The study also found if children are reading contracted Braille - even with contractions they do not know - they will learn it incidentally.

I have attached the study for you.

Chantel
 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille ReadingRates??
 
I began helping three students improve Braille reading speeds toward the end of February. We work together once or twice a week. One 
student is learning Braille, but read a page from Braille in Brief today. Her teacher  sends books home that also have print. When 
the student gets stuck, she looks at the print. I know this even though I am totally blind because I ask her to tell me what dots 
she is feeling, and after struggling for a second, she comes out with the letter without telling me the dots. When I ask if she 
looked, she will usually admit it. She is reversing some letters, such as w and r, and i, and e. She also turns around the d, f, j, 
and H. However, she is improving with time and practice. Another student began at 75 words per minute. Today, he read at 104 words 
per minute. The last student began at 79 words per minute. Today, she read at 107 words per minute. The speeds will improve. When 
would you begin introducing Grade 2 for the new Braille reader? Should I wait until the reversals are resolved, or should I begin 
soon with the single letter words, since she is already well on her way to knowing the alphabet?

Terri Wilcox 


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