David,
What the Nemeth Tutorial is a tutorial for the Nemeth code for mathematics
and science Braille. It is divided into 18 chapters with each of them having
a few sections within them. Each lesson has an explanation, reading
excersise, writing exercise, and proofreading exercise. So it really breaks
down the information and drills the lesson in and takes many different
approaches to suit most learning styles. It starts at the basic
introductory information like the numeric indicator down to the symbols used
in Calculus. This is a toll that is meant to either teach students or for
students to self-teach themselves the Nemeth Code for Mathematics and
Science. The target age for this is students between the 5th grade to the
college level. The reason for the 5th grade being the starting time is
because at that age kids will have the ability to use a NoteTaker
perficiently and will have the ability to teach themselves information and
content. You may be wondering when will this Nemeth Tutorial be out exactly,
it will be out the beginning of next month. I will say from being a beta
tester for the last few weeks and also be a math person myself taking
Calculus that it is and will be a wonderful tool for those students who are
wanting a refresher course in the Nemeth Code or wanting to learn the Nemeth
code because they are planning on taking higher level mathematics and
science. Another thing is there are a majority of blind and low vision
students who are not encouraged to take higher level mathematics or science
courses because society feels that they should not enter those courses or it
cannot be done, so with this tool I am hoping that it will encourage
students to not have a fear of math nor science.
If you have any other specific question, please feel free to ask.
Kevin Chao
Senior at Bear Creek High School
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From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] nemeth tutorial
What is the nemeth tutorial for the bn mPower? I don't know much about it.
Any information on that would be greatly apreciated.
David
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