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A COMPUTER‐BASED PROGRAM TO TEACH BRAILLE READING TO SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS
Author(s) -
Scheithauer Mindy C.,
Tiger Jeffrey H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-315
Subject(s) - braille , psychology , reading (process) , assistive technology , computer assisted instruction , partially sighted , visually impaired , multimedia , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , human–computer interaction , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , operating system
Instructors of the visually impaired need efficient braille‐training methods. This study conducted a preliminary evaluation of a computer‐based program intended to teach the relation between braille characters and English letters using a matching‐to‐sample format with 4 sighted college students. Each participant mastered matching visual depictions of the braille alphabet to their printed‐word counterparts. Further, each participant increased the number of words they read in a braille passage following this training. These gains were maintained at variable levels on a maintenance probe conducted 2 to 4 weeks after training.