DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE TEACHING TOOLS TO SUPPORT MEASUREMENT EXPERIMENTS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Tokyo National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: takahashi mitsuo 東京工業高等専門学校, 物質工学科, 教授 (40197182)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 川島 徳道 環太平洋大学, 次世代教育学部, 教授 (90112888)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚障碍者教育 / スマートフォン / 音声化 / カプセルペーパー / 触知化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a teaching tool for visually impaired students that can read aloud the experimental data obtained by a measurement apparatus used in science experiments in real time using an android tablet. In addition, the graphs could be touched with the fingertips by converting the voice data into a three-dimensional graph. Using this technology, every data item on the liquid crystal display of a measurement apparatus (thermometer, thread balance, pH meter, voltmeter, conductivity meter, barometer, etc.) used in science experiments can be converted to a voice and palpable system. Therefore, it is expected that scientific thought and exploratory minds can be stimulated. We will report on an experiment using a pH meter.

Free Research Field

科学教育