Interlocking Toy Building Blocks as Hands-On Learning Modules for Blind and Visually Impaired Chemistry Students

Autor/inn/en	Melaku, Samuel; Schreck, James O.; Griffin, Kameron; Dabke, Rajeev B.
Titel	Interlocking Toy Building Blocks as Hands-On Learning Modules for Blind and Visually Impaired Chemistry Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 93 (2016) 6, S.1049-1055 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00252
Schlagwörter	Toys; Hands on Science; Visual Impairments; Blindness; Chemistry; Science Instruction; High School Students; Undergraduate Students; Learning Experience; Teaching Methods; Instructional Materials; Change; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Toy; Spielzeug; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Blindheit; Chemie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lernerfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Wandel; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Interlocking toy building blocks (e.g., Lego) as chemistry learning modules for blind and visually impaired (BVI) students in high school and undergraduate introductory or general chemistry courses are presented. Building blocks were assembled on a baseplate to depict the relative changes in the periodic properties of elements. Modules depicting the electron configuration of an element and molecular orbital theory were also constructed. Modules were presented as a hands-on learning experience for a group of BVI students followed by a survey. Modules were also presented as classroom demonstration for an undergraduate general chemistry class of sighted students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01