Access to mathematics by blind students a global problem

WMSCI 2007 - The 11th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Jointly with the 13th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis, ISAS 2007 - Proc.

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 96-100

  Karshmer, Arthur I ^a   Farsi, Daryoush D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Legally blind; Mathematics; Science and technology; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

BLIND; GLOBAL ISSUES; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; LEGALLY BLIND; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STUMBLING BLOCKS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS;

CYBERNETICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VISION AIDS;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84869778541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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