A Comprehensive Study on Teaching Methods for Pupils with Low Vision to Cope with Their Visual Function and Impairments

1998年，我们研究了使用个人电脑制作和向低视力学生提供教材的可能性。我们的结论是，不仅在纸上印刷的材料中包含一些放大的内容，而且在计算机显示器上呈现的材料，使低视力学生能够以舒适的尺寸和亮度获得数字化的无数信息，这可能是低视力学生教育的必要条件。根据我们对字母大小，字体，图形和线条大小等对低视力阅读的影响的研究结果，我们出版了一系列适合低视力小学生的数学扩大教材。我们采用22点MARU哥特式字体，并以应用软件（Adobe Illustrator）进行编辑，于2000年进行使用者对该系列教材的印象调查，以探讨低视力学生教材的方向。调查结果表明，该教科书给读者留下了一些积极的印象。另一方面，教科书的使用者希望在书中有一些彩色的数字和插图，以方便他们。使用计算机可能是为低视力学生提供教材的最佳方法之一，因为计算机可以提供科普学生视觉功能和障碍特点的教材。特别是HTML格式，由于其易于操作，应推荐给视力低下的学生。

In 1998, we investigated the possibilities of using personal computers for making and supplying teaching materials to pupils with low vision. We have concluded that not only materials containing some enlarged contents printed on papers, but also materials presented on the computer display, which enables the pupils with low vision to get some digitalized innumerable information in their comfortable size and luminance might be necessaries of education for the pupils with low vision.In 1999, we published a series of enlarged textbook of mathematics for primary school pupils with low vision, based on the findings of our research concerning the effects of letter size, font type, figure and line size, and others in low vision reading. We adopted 22 point MARU gothic font for the text and edited them with an application software (Adobe Illustrator).In 2000, survey of users' impression of the series of textbook took place in order to explore the direction of teaching materials for the pupils with low vision. Some positive impressions to the textbook were obtained from the survey. On the other hand, users of the textbook wanted to have some color figures and illustrations in the books for their comfort.Using computers might be one of the best ways to supply teaching materials to the pupils with low vision, because the computers could offer them to cope with characteristics of the pupils' visual function and impairments. Particularly, HTML format should be recommended for the pupils with low vision, because of its easy-operation.