Creation of ‘macrame knotting’ bas-relief Illustrations book for students with visual impairments

Abstract

This research aims to make a Bas-Relief book about Macreame tying for Career and Technology Level 2 for visual-impaired students of the Bangkok School for the Blind with standard efficiency of 80/80 and to study users’ satisfaction of the book. This sample in this study consisted of 10 blind students from the Bangkok School for the Blind who were purposively selected from level 2 (P.2 - P.6) in academic year 2555. This experimental research used a One - Short Case Study design. Instruments used in this research included Bas-Relief book, observation and assessment skills to perform a visual relief, and satisfaction survey. Statistics used for data analysis were Average ( ), Standard Deviation (S.D.), Percentage and Dependent t-test. It was found from the research that efficiency of Bas-Relief book was 87.93/95.76. Satisfaction with Bas-Relief book was high in every aspect, ranking from the highest to the lowest as: content ( = 4.80, S.D. = .422), Braille character ( = 4.80, S.D. = .334), and material’s surface ( = 4.74, S.D. = .508).