TY - JOUR
AU - Morse, Stephen E.
AB - providing students with low vision with mag- nification devices may be a better alternative Practice Report than providing them with large-print materi- als (Corn et al., 2003; Efron & Lackey, 1974). Project Magnify: Increasing Educational programs throughout the Reading Skills in Students United States constantly make efforts to im- with Low Vision prove the education of students with low vi- sion. Many of these efforts involve modifica- Jeanie Farmer and Stephen E. Morse tions of learning materials, such as the Students with low vision, including those provision of large-print textbooks. In South with multiple disabilities, are entitled to a Carolina, Efron and Lackey (1974) conducted comprehensive educational program that in- a study to compare the use of large-print cludes services from professionals in the field textbooks to the use of small stand magnifiers of visual impairment. This program should by students with low vision. They found that encompass a range of specialists and services the Visolette magnifier was as good as large- that enable the students to complete current print materials for reading and math, but since and future tasks in school, at home, in the the level of magnification was not determined workplace, and in the community. In 
TI - Project Magnify: Increasing Reading Skills in Students with Low Vision
JF - Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
DO - 10.1177/0145482X0710101206
DA - 2007-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/project-magnify-increasing-reading-skills-in-students-with-low-vision-9iz2fDMpt4
SP - 763
EP - 768
VL - 101
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -