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Math Skill Resources
ID # Title Annotation Author Media Category
M1 FOCUS in Mathematics This activity-based program emphasizes the fundamental operations, properties and structure of mathematics. F. L. Franks, S. Albrecht, R.V. Morris, & K.R. Morris kit Curricula, Functional Math, Teaching Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Basic Number Facts and Operations
M58 Science Access Project at Oregon State University  The purpose of this group is to develop methods for making science, math, and engineering information accessible to people with print disabilities. John Gardner, Director website Resource
M9 Mathematics Their Way This book is one of the most popular and important instructional resources for primary teachers and provides a complete range of activities essential for primary students' development of mathematical understanding.  Mary Barrata-Lorton book Instructional Strategies, Tactile Math Displays Graphics, Teaching Mathematical Concepts
M42 ACT (The American College Testing Program) Services for Students with Disabilities  This site provides information on how to register for the ACT and obtain materials in the correct medium. N/A website Assessment
M40 Mathematics. In A.J. Koenig & M.C Holbrook (Eds.), Foundations of Education, Second Edition, Vol. II: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments This chapter provides detailed instructional strategies for teaching mathematics to visually impaired students.
ISBN: 0-89128-339-0		 Gaylen Kapperman, Toni Heinze, & Jodi Sticken book Adaptive Tools/Tech, Instructional Strategies, Resource, Teaching Advanced Mathematics, Teaching Mathematical Concepts
M5 An Introduction to Braille Mathematics This book has been designed as an easily assimilated presentation of the special symbols and complex rules and procedures laid down in the Nemeth Code for Mathematics and Science Notation. The homework exercises in this manual are designed to prepare certified literary braillists for the Library of Congress examination leading to certification in braille mathematics transcribing. Helen Roberts, Bernard M. Krebs, & Barbara Taffet book Learning Nemeth Code
M3 The Abacus Made Easy, 2nd Edition A simplified manual for teaching the Cranmer abacus
ISBN: 5-00220-00		 Mae E. Davidow book Abacus
M45 Using the Cranmer Abacus for the Blind Manual for instructing visually handicapped in use of Cranmer abacus.
ISBN: 6-50100-00		 Fred Gissoni book Abacus
M29 American Printing House for the Blind (Math Skill Products) Vendor of products specifically for the visually impaired and for instructing the visually impaired. N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M43 College Board Services for Students with Disabilities This site provides information about the Advanced Placement (AP), PSAT/NMSQT, and SAT testing for the visually impaired.  N/A website Assessment
M52 Delta Education This is a source for manipulatives for the purpose of math instruction. N/A website Tactile Math Displays and Graphics
M42 Duxbury Systems DBT WIN 10.3+ can be used with Scientific Notebook files to create math materials in Nemeth Code. See MacKichan. MegaMath can also be used to create math materials in Nemeth Code. N/A website Producing Nemeth Code, Resource
M54 Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education  This center acquires and catalogs mathematics and science curriculum resources, creating the most comprehensive collection in the nation.  N/A website Resource
M56 ETA/Cuisenaire  This is a source for manipulatives for the purpose of math instruction. N/A website Resource, Tactile Math Displays & Graphics
M2 The Mangold Developmental Program of Tactile Perception and Nemeth Numeral Recognition This program introduces the braille numerals 0-9 and teaches rapid and accurate braille number recognition. Sally Mangold kit Learning Nemeth Code
M27 Exceptional Teaching Aids This is a catalog of products specifically for teaching the visually impaired. N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M46 The Nemeth Code Self-Study for the Braille Lite Designed to be used by blind individuals to learn to read and write the Nemeth Code for Braille mathematics, or to refresh skills using this code. Gaylen Kapperman and Jodi Sticken website Learning Nemeth Code
M60 gh Braille This is a producer of raised print products, tactile graphics and braille. N/A website Tactile Math Displays & Graphics
M11 Hadley School for the Blind, Courses in Abacus and Nemeth Code This school provides distance course work available to those working with visually impaired students to increase their skills in Abacus and Nemeth code. N/A website Abacus, Nemeth Code
M36 Independent Living Aids This is a vendor of products for those who are visually impaired. Math products include measuring utensils for cooking purposes. N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M53 EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information for Persons with Disabilities)  Premier provider of information and training on access for disabled persons to science, engineering, and math. N/A website Resource
M37 The Lighthouse Catalog This is a vendor of products specifically designed for those who are the visually impaired. N/A website Resource
M38 LS&S Group This is a vendor of products specifically designed for those who are the visually impaired. N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M41 MacKichan The Duxbury Braille Translator, DBT WIN 10.3+,  can convert Scientific Notebook files to Nemeth Code with Scientific Notebook, the Duxbury LaTeX importer, and a Braille embosser. N/A website Producing Nemeth Code
M57 Math Forum  Provides resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning math in an increasingly technological world. N/A website Resource
M39 Maxi Aids This is a vendor of products specifically designed for those who are the visually impaired. N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M24 Metroplex Voice Computing This company sells speech recognition mathematics products. N/A website Adaptive Tools/Tech, Producing Nemeth Code
M23 Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired Students (MAVIS) (now closed) The MAVIS Scientific Notebook to Nemeth Code Converter is only available free via email request. (Be prepared to explain how the output of the converter will be verified for content accuracy, as MAVIS will not support the distribution of erroneous braille to students.) See also MacKichan. Chris Weaver website Producing Nemeth Code
M25 Howe Press This is a supplier of mathematical tools for visual impairments (braille compass and small tracing wheel). N/A website Instructional Aids/Materials
M28 Tactile Vision Inc. Producer of raised print products, tactile graphics and braille. N/A website Tactile Math Displays & Graphics
M59 Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students (TAEVIS) at Purdue University  Mathematical and scientific tactile graphics available on-line. Sue Wilder, Director website Resource
M51 Abacus Information  This collection of articles discusses the following topics: Abacus vs Calculators, Prime Factorization on the Abacus, Using an Abacus and the Counting Method, Courses Available to Learn Abacus, and Abacus Internet Site Packet. Susan Osterhaus, Debra Sewell, & Janice Brown article/periodical Abacus
M64 Student Assessment Division of TEA (Texas Education Agency) Most current order forms for braille release tests and study guides are available in the Math Packet (Texas Only). N/A website Assessment
M62 Calculators This group of documents discuss: Large Type and Talking Five Function Calculators,  Large Display Scientific/Graphing Calculator Solutions, Talking Scientific Calculators,  Back-2-school shopping list for algebra and geometry, Math technology for visually impaired students, and The Accessible Graphing Calculator (AGC) from ViewPlus Software. Susan Osterhaus article/periodical Adaptive Tools/Tech
M48 Producing Math Materials in Nemeth Code  This group of documents discuss: Math Textbooks in Nemeth, and Nemeth Translation Software. Susan Osterhaus article/periodical Producing Nemeth Code
M49 Math Education and Nemeth Code  This group of documents discuss the following: Publications Available to Learn Nemeth Code, Other Ways to Learn Nemeth Code, Nemeth Code Reference Sheets, Teaching Nemeth Code, Nemeth & Adventitiously Blind High School Student, Sighted Math Teacher Needs to Learn Nemeth Code for Algebra II, Nemeth and College Algebra,  Set Notation,  Nemeth and Advanced Math,  Nemeth and GED Students,  and "Moveable" Nemeth. Susan Osterhaus & Gloria Bennett article/periodical Learning Nemeth Code, Teaching Advanced Mathematics
M47 Math Resources This set of articles include: Susan Osterhaus' Math Packet, Publications, Vendors, People and Places, Current Research in Math for VI Students, Nemeth Code Reference Sheets, and the Download(able) Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor. Susan Osterhaus & Gloria Bennett article/periodical Resource
M21 Tactile Math Graphics This group of documents discuss: Student-Generated Math Graphs, Math Graphs Made by Others for Students,Types of Tactile Graphics, TIGER Advantage, Checklist To Determine If a Graphic Should Be Brailled, Checklist For Making Decisions About A Tactile Graphic, Basic Principles For Preparing Tactile Graphics, Explanation-Demonstration of How Foil Graphics are Prepared, Report on Braille Adaptations of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Guidelines for Braille Test Adaptations Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Resources for Preparing Quality Tactile Graphics, and Tactile Graphics, An Overview and Resource Guide. Susan Osterhaus, Diane Spence, & John Gardner article/periodical Tactile Math Displays & Graphics
M50 Teaching Strategies  This group of documents include: Collaborative/Inclusive Strategies, Challenges in Teaching Mathematics to the Visually Impaired, Arithmetic Calculation Using the Braillewriter, Solving Quadratic Equations, Solving Systems of Equations in Three Variables, Linear Measure, Perimeter, and Area,  Transformations, Line Symmetry, and Tessellations, Geometric Constructions, Teaching a blind student how to graph on a coordinate plane and No tech, low tech, and high tech tools. Susan Osterhaus article/periodical Instructional Strategies, Teaching Advanced Math, Teaching Mathematical Concepts
M61 Adaptive Tools and Technology for Accessible Mathematics This document gives suggested adaptive tools and materials for low vision and braille students in Algebra and Geometry. Susan Osterhaus article/periodical Adaptive Tools/Tech
M10 Functional Academic Curriculum for Exceptional Students (F.A.C.E.S.) This curriculum covers math, science, social studies, physical health and vocational skills (elementary to high school) for students with moderate to sever disabilities. (Available to all TVIs in Texas through their regional Education Service Center. For out-of-state consumers, contact: Region 17, ESC, Lubbock, Texas) N/A kit Curricula, Functional Math
M19 Strategies for Developing Mathematics Skills in Students Who Use Braille This book written by experts in the field of math for the visually impaired discusses mathematical concept development, Nemeth Code, using tools and aid and tactual graphics. Gaylen Kapperman, Toni Heinze, & Jodi Sticken book Adaptive Tools/Tech, Nemeth Code, Learning Nemeth Code, Teaching Advanced Math, Teaching Math Concepts
M6 Learning the Nemeth Braille Code:  A Manual for Teachers and Students This manual is a text for learning those parts of the Nemeth Code likely to be used in elementary school, junior high school, and high school mathematics. 
ASIN: 0842517014		 Ruth H. Craig book Learning Nemeth Code
M63 American Printing House for the Blind, Assessment Products Tests that are available in braille are KeyMath, Brigance and Stanford Achievement Tests. N/A website Assessment, Adaptive Tools/Tech, Instructional Aids/Materials
M26 American Thermoform Corp. (ATC) This company sells hardware and consumable products for the production of tactual graphics. N/A website Tactile Math Displays
M14 Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students This is an endless collection of materials, tips and links for teaching math to the visually impaired. Susan Osterhaus website Resource
M18 The Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor Downloadable instruction booklet to provide an effective vehicle through which sighted persons who work with blind students can hone their skills in Nemeth Code Gaylen Kapperman,  Jim Henry, Mario Cortesi, Toni Heinze,  & Jodi Sticken website Learning Nemeth Code
M8 The Counting Method For The Cranmer Abacus Curriculum for teaching the abacus (included when purchased with The Use of the Cranmer Abacus through TSBVI Publications) Debra Sewell, Ed. article/periodical Abacus
M7 Use of the Cranmer Abacus.  2nd Edition This is a manual for how to use the abacus for mathematical computation. Rita Livingston book Abacus
M15 Functional Academics:  A Curriculum for Students with VI This guide addresses what to teach as well as how to teach by discussing strategies, adaptations, and procedures for planning and documentation. Susan Hauser, Lauren Newton, & Nancy Levack, Eds.  book Curricula, Functional Math, Instructional Strategies
M17 Assessment Kit:  Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments This kit brings together informal checklists, suggestions for format; assessment materials that you may want to buy, informal reading inventories, and assessments of compensatory skill areas. Debra Sewell, Ed. kit Assessment
M20 Elementary Math Skills Continuum Math concepts arranged in "clusters" for grades K-5. TSBVI Teachers book Curricula, Instructional Strategies, Teaching Mathematical Concepts
M30 View Plus Technologies This company sells the Tiger Printer which produces high-resolution tactual graphics and braille. It also sells the Accessible Graphing Calculator. N/A website Adaptive Tools/Tech, Tactile Math Displays & Graphics
M70 Using Adaptations for Math and Science

This demonstrative video gives step by step adaptations to use for teaching math and science to visually impaired students. N/A video Adaptive Tools and Technology
M71 Preparing Tactile Adaptations for Math and Science

This video provides instruction to teachers on how to use tactile graphics (with everyday household products) when teaching math and science to visually impaired students. N/A video Adaptive Tools and Technology
M72 American Printing House for the Blind (Basic Nemeth Code Reference Sheet) Reference sheet for teachers and students to use for all functions of using, instructing and learning the Nemeth Code. It is available in print and in braille. N/A website Learning Nemeth Code

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