Touching maths+
| Focus | Mathematics teaching materials |
| Funding programme | European Union: Erasmus+ KA201 |
| Project coördinator | Royal Dutch Visio |
| Partners | Netherlands: Royal Dutch Visio Sweden: SPSM (National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools) Norway: Statped (State Special Education Service) |
| Total funding | €250,000 |
| Duration | September 2022 – August 2025 |
| Website | Under construction |
Touching Maths+ aims to develop an extended mathematics core curriculum for braille readers, enabling them to achieve the same academic goals in learning mathematics as their sighted peers.
The project aims to equip mathematics teachers with tools and teaching methods to enhance the inclusion of braille readers in the classroom. The methodology for creating comprehensive core curricula can be further used for other mathematical topics, as well as subjects apart from mathematics.
The extended curriculum focuses on additional knowledge and skills that braille readers need to understand and engage with mathematics. Examples are:
- Reading mathematical symbols in braille
- Interpreting tactile drawings and graphs
- Using specific software accessible to braille readers.
The project is developing a guide for braille professionals on how to teach the knowledge and skills covered in the extended curriculum. It explores adaptations to teaching approaches and instructional materials in mathematics, including reverse adaptations that will also benefit visually impaired and blind students.
The project is also creating a guide for mathematics teachers of braille readers.
The team members from Visio involved in the project are Annemiek van Leendert, Floor Venderbosch, Aukje Snijders, and Biljana Volchevska.