The purposes of this study were to conduct a content validation of braille transcription on the National Literary Braille Competency Test (NLBCT) and investigate the teaching and use of braille-related communication skills. Print questionnaires for teachers and braille questionnaires for consumers were developed, reviewed by teachers or consumers in the field of visual disabilities, field tested, and revised accordingly. Questionnaires were mailed to subjects with follow-up correspondences soliciting completion of the documents for collection of data on the use of braille-related communication skills by teachers of students with visual impairments and blind consumers. Two hundred thirty-three teachers of visually impaired in Florida and 531 consumers in the United States were the pool of participants in the study. / The major findings in this study are: (1) The skill of braille transcription using a braillewriter or a slate and stylus without the use of braille reference materials are not valid requirements of the NLBCT; (2) Teachers spend one to two hours a week teaching use of one or more of the following: braillewriter, computer, tape recorder, and typewriter. Few teachers teach use of the slate and stylus and reader service; (3) Consumers use a variety of braille-related communication devices. The most popular devices include the braillewriter, reader service, writer service, and slate and stylus; and (4) There is a positive association between the braille-related communication skills that teachers teach and consumers use for all skills except the use of slate and stylus and use of reader service. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: A, page: 4347. / Co-Major Professors: Gideon R. Jones; Bruce Menchetti. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77576 |
| Contributors | Allman, Carol Besserer., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 170 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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