I’m a senior in high school tasked with helping a blind student in Precalculus by 3D printing various tools to aid in learning. Does anyone have suggestions for which topics or concepts in Precalculus would be most beneficial to make physical copy’s of.
changeneverhappens4 points3y ago
I'm not trying to be obvious or obnoxious, but have you asked the teacher and the student? The teacher can probably tell you what things need models and the student can talk through the model planning process with you to determine what will work best for them.
RoneBro [OP]7 points3y ago
Thanks for the input, sadly the teacher is not the most proactive person and this is the first visually impaired person, that I’m aware of, that has gone this far in math at our school. The students on the other hand has given a decent amount of input, I’m just looking for some 3rd party opinions.
Carnith4 points3y ago
Math teacher working with students with visual impairments currently as an aide.
Any graphs that will come up will be helpful, though if the student has a book in braille, will likely have some graph examples, but perhaps a tactile graph that the student could plot points or graphs. Perhaps a tactile circle with discernable spots for any trigonometry that might show up.
Also this student very likely has a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) working with them that should be in charge of adapting materials. I would ask to speak to them and find out what materials would be best supplemental in this endeavor. I say this as I have had several projects to help our students in math just not go as planned as it was too busy and the studnet wouldn't get far without a lot of help from the TVI or an aide.
If the TVI is not available to help, due to time constraints, sit down with the student and go through the book. Ask the math teacher if they have a plan of what material will be covered, and go through the students braille books to see what might be challenging. Sometimes the visuals are reduced to just usable lines that gets rid of the clutter and so the student can get the core issue the problem presents and nothing should have to be printed.
TheBlindBookLover3 points3y ago
I only made it to Algebra 2, and I am now taking stats. My teacher got me a 3D printed Unit Circle that another teacher made using a 3D printer. He used an image of a brailled unit circle that he found online.
HegemoneMilo3 points3y ago
I did a little googling and found this resource on the $1. It has some suggestions for three-D models.
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