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From: Warren.Figueiredo@f6.n3800.z1.fidonet.org (Warren Figueiredo)
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Subject: Re: Reading Rates
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:08:04 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Yes, choice is the ticket here. And one can only make a choice by
experiencing as many techniques as possible.

When I worked with mainstreamed students, I would vary the medium they
received. Sometimes I would give them nothing but braille. At other
times I'd provide the material recorded on tape. And then there were
times I would provide a braille table of contents for a well-indexed
tape. It was difficult to wean a student from his accustomed way of
doing things but it was worth it. Usually the student learned a new
technique or came to a realization of why he perferred one medium to
another.

I had quite a bit of fun demonstrating to students that there was more
than one way to perform a task. My favorite, the one that freaked out
the totally blind kids the most was when I got them to write some
things out in longhand instead of writing a braille sheet. Some of my
students got so they could easily leave a note for others to read.

But no mattre what the technique was, I'd always to get the student to
evaluate what had happened. Why did one thing work or another seem
clumsy?

It was lots of fun and I must admit that I miss it.

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