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- Title
In Search of the Zone of Optimum Development for Congenitally Blind Science Learners.
- Authors
Smothers, Sinikka Makela
- Abstract
Rooted in the constructivist, model of pedagogy, inquiry-based science instruction is associated with student-centered investigations, collaborative problem solving, and reflective discussion with the main goal of developing students' critical thinking. Congenitally blind learners who bare lost their sight at or before birth depend on nonvisual sensory avenues to construct their ideas about the physical world. This article offers guidelines for adapting a science classroom environment to scaffold science learning)or congenitally blind students to the optimum level of Success.
- Subjects
SCIENCE education; EDUCATION of blind people; STUDENTS with disabilities; GENETIC disorders; CRITICAL thinking
- Publication
Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 2011, Vol 77, Issue 3, p47
- ISSN
0011-8044
- Publication type
Article