Preparing for an Inquiry-Based Summer Camp Experience for Students with Visual Impairments: What Do the Campers Think?
Preferred Citation
Wild, T., Hilson, M., & Farrand, K. (2014). Preparing for an Inquiry-Based Summer Camp Experience for Students with Visual Impairments: What Do the Campers Think? Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 4(2). Retrieved from https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir14/jbir040201.html. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5241/4-58
Abstract
Research has shown that students with visual impairments have considered science a difficult subject because of the reliance on visual instruction for the teaching of the concepts (Jones, Minogue, Oppewal, Cook, & Broadwell, 2006; Penrod, Haley, & Matheson, 2005; Sahin & Yorek, 2009). However, when given the opportunity, students with visual impairments learn the same scientific concepts with accommodations as their peers (Jones et al., 2006; Wild & Trundle, 2010b; Wild, Hilson, & Hobson, 2013; Wild, Hilson, & Farrand, 2013). Research has also found that scientific inquiry benefits students with visual impairments (Wild & Trundle, 2010a, 201b; Wild et al., 2013, Wild, Hilson, & Hobson, 2013). This paper will report on survey data collected from students with visual impairment who participated in a week-long Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) camp sponsored by a major consumer organization dedicated to the needs and interests of the blind community.
Keywords
inquiry-based education, science education, students with visual impairments, blind
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5241/4-58
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