Abstract

ROLE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS

Ayeni Adeniyi Abimbola

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Mathematics is an important subject to be learned by all children because of its relevance in everyday activities. Visually impaired children experience obstacles in following the process of Mathematics learning, thinking and low understanding of concepts when studying Mathematics. In an attempt to lower the burden placed on this category of students, assistive technology was introduced to bridge the gap between the visually impaired students and learning Mathematics. This work is a literary study which aimed at providing information about visual impairment, difficulty being experienced by the visually impaired students in learning Mathematics and assistive technologies that have been developed to support students? learning. Additionally, level of awareness and usage of the available assistive technologies. Assistive technology is needed to help children with visual impairment in following the learning of Mathematics and to optimize the ability of the children in learning Mathematics.

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