AudioMath: Blind children learning mathematics through audio

Journal of Endocrine Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-316

  Sánchez, Jaime ^a   Flores, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

AudioMath; Chile; Computer application; Mathematics; Visual disability; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMATH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLINDNESS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33751242729     PISSN: 1565012X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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