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Accommodating Math in Higher Ed

Accommodating Math in Higher Ed. Gaeir Dietrich—High Tech Center Training Unit John Gardner—ViewPlus Technologies Neil Soiffer—Design Science. Issues for Students with Disabilities. Getting materials Accessing materials Books Problem sets/worksheets Writing math Doing homework

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Accommodating Math in Higher Ed

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  1. Accommodating Mathin Higher Ed Gaeir Dietrich—High Tech Center Training Unit John Gardner—ViewPlus Technologies Neil Soiffer—Design Science

  2. Issues for Students with Disabilities • Getting materials • Accessing materials • Books • Problem sets/worksheets • Writing math • Doing homework • Taking tests • Graphing math • Getting information in class

  3. Accessible Textbooks • RFB&D • Bookshare (math coming soon) • Open Educational Resources • Accessibility varies • Braille through ATPC/APH • AMX Database • Publishers (Pearson has K-12 math)

  4. Science Materials • American Physical Society (APS) • Making journals accessible • American Chemical Society (ACS) • Chemistry in the Community • Talking book in DAISY (navigable audio) format available from Bedford, Freeman & Worth

  5. Books on the Computer • For individuals who need to read on-screen • Foot pedal mouse • Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to advance pages onscreen • Remove spine and rebind to lay flat • Use hardware page-turning systems

  6. Creating Large Print • Start with PDF • Crop pages • Print to fit page (11 in. x 17 in.) • Can tile pages • Portion of page enlarged to full sheet

  7. Infty Reader for OCR • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for mathematics • Changes pictures of math to actual text • Recognizes math symbols in TIFF or PDF files

  8. Starting with a PDF File… • PDF file • Math is generally inserted as pictures • OCR with Infty Reader

  9. MathML • Math with HTML • Math is text, not a picture • Creating MathML with MathType

  10. Auditory Math on Web Pages • Math books in MathML • Use MathPlayer • Free download from Design Science • Read with MathPlayer and AT • Screen readers • Screen enlargers • Document readers

  11. Starting with Word… • LaTeX in Word • Creating a Web page with MathML • MathType • Enlarging onscreen

  12. Math and DAISY • MathDAISY • ghBraille • ReadHear (for Mac) • Easy Reader

  13. MathTrax • Free from NASA • Verbal description of graph

  14. AGC Software Calculator • Audio Graphing Calculator • Computer software, talks • Graphs can be printed on Tiger or PIAF

  15. Graphics in Dots • Tiger Embosser • Embosses graphics in raised dots

  16. PIAF “Pictures in a Flash” • Uses microcapsule paper • Can start from any computer file • Can draw on the paper

  17. Graphics with IVEO • Pictures that talk

  18. DotsPlus on the Tiger • Requires Word and MathType and a Tiger embosser • Can also print from MathPlayer

  19. Nemeth on the Tiger • Tiger Software Suite (TSS) uses LibLouis • Start with Word and set equations with MathType • The TSS Word plug-in will translate • Print to braille with Tiger embosser

  20. Nemeth with DBT • Can set math equations with Scientific Notebook or MathType in Word • Take into Duxbury Braille Translation Software (DBT) • Not perfect! • Knowledge of Nemeth math braille and proofreading required

  21. Braille Alert! • Not all braille readers can read Nemeth math braille • Make sure you ask! • Students who say they read “Grade One Braille” will not know Nemeth

  22. Backtranslation • Nemeth to print • Nemetex • Not perfect! Will require sighted proofreading.

  23. Writing Math • Keyboard entry • MathType (plug-in for Word) • Chatty Infty • LaTeX with a screenreader • MathTalk allows voice entry • Requires the MathTalk program,Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Scientific Notebook

  24. Free Statistics Software • R Project for Statistical Computing • Use command line to enter statistics

  25. Handheld Calculators • Many handheld calculators available • From basic math to scientific math and statistics

  26. Other Tactile Strategies • Magnet boards • Letters and numbers can be purchased • Symbols can be cut from magnetic sheets • MathWindow • Raised Line Drawing Kit • Corkboard for graphics • Glue thread to make a grid • Push-pins and string for graphing

  27. Be Creative! • Manipulatives • Many standard K-12 manipulatives will work • WikiStixs • Collage • Puff paint • Cut-outs • Real objects

  28. Instructor Suggestions • Face the students • Do not talk facing the board • Repeat student questions • A deaf student may not have been looking at the questioner • Make sure you can be seen clearly • Do not stand and talk in front of a bright window • Use gestures • Pointing to what you’re talking about is helpful • Build in pauses • Deaf students do a lot of multi-tasking, allow some pauses

  29. Use Meaningful Words • Use specific language • Blind students will not know what “this thing here is” • Use concrete terms • Meaningless! • “Here is the equation.” • “We start with the equation and factor.” • “Set both factors equal to zero and solve to get the result.” • Avoid • This, that, here, there, thing

  30. Thank you! • For more information • See our resource list • Available on the CSUN Web site • Please complete evaluation sheet.

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