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This collections includes resources for teaching chemistry to visually impaired and blind students.
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The following article is based on a speech Mr. Supalo gave to the 2002 Washington, D.C., Student Seminar sponsored by the National Association of Blind Students. Cary Supalo, a former NFB Scholarship winner, is a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at Penn State University. He is, so he tells me, ?working on a heterogeneous catalysis synthesis project in an attempt to optimize energy outputs with hydrogen fuel cell technologies.? Right. But don?t skip to the next article yet! You really don?t have to u
The primarv- p.ur p- ose of this article is to create an awareness of pos&bilities for the visually impaired to participate in chemistry. The goal is to better educate handicapped persons in the science ofchemistry and its relation to theother physical and natural sciences.
Students who are blind or have low vision are entering main-stream science classrooms at a greater rate than in decades past, requiring teachers to devise strategies for making their lessons more accessible.
Techniques To Enhance Instructors’ Teaching Effectiveness with Chemistry Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired