body of work represents hundreds of contributions, large and small from teachers throughout
Asia and to them we owe much thanks.
We hope you will enjoy using this publication. The material is divided into five sections as
detailed below:
- Methodology of Teaching Mathematics
This section deals with the general methods used for teaching mathematics in general
and teaching the subject to visually impaired children, in particular. This section also
enumerates the methods of preparing mathematics text material, learning characteristics
of visually impaired children, and evaluation procedures in mathematics. - Use of Abacus
This section provides detailed self-instructional procedures to learn abacus effectively.
The exercises include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction, decimals,
square roots, and percentages. - Use of Mathematical Braille Code
This section provides illustrations on how to use Nemeth Braille code for all mathematical
notations at the secondary level. Each code is described in detail and accompanied by
illustrations. - Instructional Strategies
This section provides instructions on how to adapt procedures for teaching nearly 500
mathematical concepts at the secondary level. This section is also helps non-mathematics
teachers to understand concepts before teaching them to visually impaired children. - Creative Mathematics
This section deals with a whole range of creative activities such as using paper folding
and the natural environment for teaching and understanding mathematical concepts.
With this background, the project development team invites you to review this new
mathematical package and to start learning mathematical concepts and approaches
that will enable you to teach mathematics effectively to children with visual impairment.
Lawrence F. Campbell
Project Director, Overbrook-Nippon Network on Educational Technology
and President, International Council for Edcuation of
August 1, 2005 People with Visual Impairement