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Checklist For Making Decisions About A Tactile Graphic

• Why is this picture/map/figure important?
• What are the most important elements to communicate?
• Who will use this material?
  • age group
  • mental and/or physical condition
  • students ability or experience with reading graphics
• How will this figure be used?
  • with or without help from a sighted teacher
  • with other children who are sighted or blind
  • with actual concrete objects
• Where will the material be used?
  • in a classroom setting
  • at home for leisure reading or games
  • as part of a test instrument
  • as an orientation map
• How will the map be produced?
  • to be used for one copy, one time
  • to be used as a master from which many copies can made

Source: American Foundation for the Blind Braille Literacy Mentors in Training: The Next Generation - Teaching Special Codes: Nemeth, CBC, and Tactile Graphics - Workshop in Fremont, California (August 7-9, 1997) and Atlanta, Georgia (September 11-13, 1997). Diane Spence and Susan A. Osterhaus

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