Alignment of Mathematical Skills to Instructional Tools for Students with Visual Impairments

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS 

• Counting
• Concepts of “sets” and place value
• Operations of addition and subtraction
• Beginning problem solving and literate problem-solving skills

• iPad Application: UAbacus: practice tool  to teach how to compute on the abacus

• APH: Abacus / instructional book

• Number sense
• Multiplication and division of fractions

• Base Ten Blocks
• APH: Blocks
• Brannan Cubarithm Slate and Cubes

• Multiplication and division of fractions
• Geometry Shapes
• Graphs / Charts

• APH flash cards, rulers, protractors, hundreds charts
• etc. Braille / Lg. Print
• Perkins Braille Writer / Braille Note Taker

• Operations with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

• Brannan Cubarithm Slate and Cubes
• Perkins Braille Writer / Braille Sense U2

• Addition and subtraction of fractions
• Charts and graphs

• Flash cards, teacher made materials

• Matching, sorting, and making patterns
• Data Collection, graphing & probability / statistics
• Geometry
• Measurement and estimation
• Fractions, mixed Numbers, and decimals

• APH: All available in Braille and Large Print
• iPad App: Math Robot; Drill & Practice for Basic Math

• Basic math skills
• Alegbra
• Geometry

• https://mathwindow.com/
• Available large print / braille

• Multiplication with multiple digits
• Computing of fractions

• APH
• Braille Note

• Graphs and fuctions

• APH