Teaching Visually Impaired College Students in Introductory Statistics

Introductory Programming Education for Visually Impaired

Recurring problems that are present in introductory and other programming courses have created a negative and pessimistic opinion among programming novices that enroll these courses. These problems have also created a fear about programming among programming novices which is passing from one generation to another. This fact is also supported by many researches which report that programming cour...

Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training in Reducing Depression in Visually Impaired Male Students

Objectives: According to the prevalence of psychological problems, especially depression in people with visual impairment, this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of group training of cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing depression in visually impaired male students.  Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test and control group. T...

Digital Systems Laboratory for Visually Impaired Students

This paper describes how the practical sessions of the Digital Systems Laboratory within the Computer Science Degree have been adapted to allow a visually impaired student to take part in the practical sessions. Regular students use a computer--aided design tool (OrCAD) for digital design in their practical assignments. This work shows how the use of special instrumentation allows visually impa...

Examining compressed speech listening measure with college students who are visually impaired or blind

The Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Teaching Introductory Statistics

The focus of this study is to demonstrate and discuss the educational advantages of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI). A quasi-experimental design compared learning outcomes of participants in an introductory statistics course that integrated CAI to participants in a Lecture-only introductory statistics course. Reviews of participants’ identical midterm and final exams scores demonstrated tha...