A hands-on classroom activity to teach science concepts for students with visual impairment

Abstract

Students with visual impairments have the same span of cognitive abilities as their peers, but science instruction typically relies very heavily on vision. The preponderance of visually oriented and visually complex science concepts poses significant challenges to learning among students with visual impairment. This study is engaging, hands-on ideas that can be done to teach thermal insulation concept for students with visual impairment in the classroom. 8 students including 2 blind students participated in the study.

Keywords:

• Students with visual impairment
• science
• activity material
• thermal insulation

Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank the teachers and students who voluntarily participated in this study.

Correction Statement

This article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

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Funding

This study was funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey by Grant #114 K725.