Assessing the Influence of the Teaching Method on Cognitive Aspects in the Process of Mathematical Education Among Blind People

Abstract

Teaching math to blind people is a significant challenge for modern education, due to the structural information contained in mathematical formulas. Computer methods through the effective use of an alternative description of structural information, presented in sound form, can help the blind person to become more independent in the process of learning mathematics. Evaluation of the influence of the teaching method on cognitive aspects in the process of mathematical education among blind people was conducted based on a survey prepared by psychologists. Three detailed sub-categories of the assessment of the cognitive aspects were developed: knowledge operationalization, ability of self-correction during the learning process and strategy for solving exercises based on gradation. Two different teaching methods were compared: classic method and proposed alternative multimedia method. The proposed alternative method in two of the three defined sub-categories achieved a statistically significant improvement in results: knowledge operationalization, strategy for solving exercises based on gradation.