20 Geoscience Innovation: Fostering the Achievement of Students with Disabilities

Friday, 14 March 2003
8:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 9:00 AM
  UNIVERSAL DESIGN: ENHANCING EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS
  Melanie Thornton, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Susan Queller, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Heidi Lefebure, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  48068 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:20 AM
  A TEAM APPROACH: FACULTY, DISABILITY SERVICES, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE EQUAL ACCESS TO EARTH SCIENCE COURSES
  Susan L. Queller, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Melanie P. Thornton, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  49464 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  REVISING THE WAY WE TEACH TO REACH: START BY UNDERSTANDING LEARNING DISABILITIES AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MODIFY INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
  Tiffaney L. Robinson, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Wendi J.W. Williams, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  49941 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  PROGRAM DESIGN TO ENHANCE GEOSCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT OR BLINDNESS: A MAJOR’S INFLUENCE
  Wade M. Bailey, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Wendi J.W. Williams, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  50068 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:20 AM
  ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN GEOSCIENCE
  Susan A. Lambert, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Wade M. Bailey, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  49882 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:40 AM
  SIMPLE MODELS FOR TEACHING AND TESTING VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY COURSE
  Margaret E. McMillan, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Don R. Owens, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  50012 (THEME SESSIONS)