I would like to encourage you to make a maze that models thousands of balls
falling down so that one
half the time a ball can fall to the left and the other half it can fall to
the right. This creates a normal curve.
I believe this will help your student allot.
Ron Blue 0
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maxwell Gwynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in Psych list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Visually impaired student in a stats course
> TIPSters:
>
> I will be teaching a stats course in the winter term which a visually
> impaired (sightless) student will be taking. Although I will be working
> closely with our Special Needs Office to assist this student, I'd
> appreciate hearing from anyone who has instructed a blind student in a
> statistics course.
>
> The SNO has arranged to have a copy of the textbook, and all course
> handouts, assignments, and exams brailled, along with another student's
> lecture notes. They will include tactile representations of the graphs
> and figures.
>
> This student has taken a research methods course with me, and did quite
> well. However, I'm anticipating that a stats course with emphases on
> equations and data handling (along with an introduction to SPSS) will be
> quite a different challenge for the student.
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips you may be able to provide which will make
> the course the best learning situation for the student. Please respond
> directly to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and if there is any interest expressed I'll
> summarize the responses and post to the list.
>
> -Max
>
> Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Department of Psychology (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
> Wilfrid Laurier University
> Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada
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