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It was about a year ago. My understanding is that the BANA Early Literacy Technical Committee is working on certain isssues. And in the meantime, there is the Formats revision, now being reviewed by BANA.
--Joanna
Joanna,
I was surprised to see your reply about BANA no longer using Promising Practices. When did this happen?Promising Practices was withdrawn by BANA and is no longer used, so this is now a non-issue. The BANA Early Literacy Technical Committee continues its work in resolving certain outstanding issues. For formatting, use the rules in the current 1997 Formats for the lower grades. For tactile graphics issues, use the new Tactile Graphic Guidelines.
--Joanna
I submitted the question to the BANA Tactile committee. I will let you know what they say. Thanks for your help.
Aha! Now I see the braille example by clicking on the link at the end of the COUNTING SYMBOLS Section (6.8).
Note that the second bulleted comment says that the open squares should be big enough to include a possible braille answer. Alignment and spacing in a double-spaced context is shown in the example.
Has your question been answered?Yes, according to GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR TACTILE GRAPHICS Section 11.2.4 (copied below), a tactile graphic is required when a square box (or other shape) is shown as a sign of omission in an equation in K-3 materials.
Section 11.2.4 states: "For readers in kindergarten through grade 3, do not use the shape indicator (i.e., edc for circle) to represent objects. Shapes should be shown as tactile graphics."
Note: It is not appropriate to replace the shape with the Nemeth general omission symbol. Not only does this practice break Nemeth Rule X, Sec.57, but in K-3 materials print will often show different shapes as hints to the meaning of the omitted item. For example, a square shape may indicate that a numeral is required, a circle shape may represent a missing comparison sign, etc.
You can determine the number of blank lines to allow for the amount of vertical space needed by using an embossed page as a measuring template.
Also note Section 11.2.1: "Graphics for young readers should be produced using uncomplicated area textures and clean strong lines. Solid shapes are more easily recognized than are outline shapes."
And Section 11.2.5 "In materials for readers in grade 4 and above, a tactile graphic is preferred, but braille dot graphics may be used, including ... shape indicators."
Read GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR TACTILE GRAPHICS UNIT 11 "Graphics for Early Grades" for more information.
--Lindy Walton (Committee Member)
edited by Lindy on 10/5/2011Yes. Replace picture with a simple shape, such as a circle, and place the string on top of the circle with the end's extending beyond the circle. An example is attached.
Betty,
I did see the Tactile Guidelines and they show the line plot done with the braille symbols. Because this is 2nd grade am I supposed to do this as a tactile graphic?It is also important to note that a transcriber's note should be inserted explaining the change from the print X'x to the use of the full cell in braille.
If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, the on-line version of Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics has been posted on the BANA website. In the math section, Unit 6, line plots are discussed and an example is also included.Betty
