Research and Teaching: Methods for Creating and Evaluating 3D Tactile Images to Teach STEM Courses to the Visually Impaired

by: Eric Hasper, Rogier Windhorst, Terri Hedgpeth, Leanne Van Tuyl, Ashleigh Gonzales, Britta Martinez, Hongyu Yu, Zoltan Farkas, and Debra P. Baluch

Project 3D IMAGINE or 3D Image Arrays to Graphically Implement New Education is a pilot study that researches the effectiveness of incorporating 3D tactile images, which are critical for learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, into entry-level lab courses. The focus of this project is to increase the participation and performance of blind or visually impaired (BVI) students by providing a multimodal tactile approach to learning image-rich material. This study explored the use of various tactile image formats and activity sets to evaluate their ability to assist students in lab exercise.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2015Stock # jcst15_044_06_92Volume 044Issue 06

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