Teaching Mathematics to Middle School Students with Learning Difficulties

Teaching Mathematics to Middle School Students with Learning Difficulties
Author: Marjorie Montague
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2006-06-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1593853068

A highly practical resource for special educators and classroom teachers, this book provides specific instructional guidance illustrated with vignettes, examples, and sample lesson plans. Every chapter is grounded in research and addresses the nuts and bolts of teaching math to students who are not adequately prepared for the challenging middle school curriculum. Presented are a range of methods for helping struggling learners build their understanding of foundational concepts, master basic skills, and develop self-directed problem-solving strategies. While focusing on classroom instruction, the book also includes guidelines for developing high-quality middle school mathematics programs and evaluating their effectiveness.

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties
Author: Susan Perry Gurganus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2021-11-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000476022

This richly updated third edition of Math Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties presents a research-based approach to mathematics instruction designed to build confidence and competence in preservice and inservice PreK- 12 teachers. Referencing benchmarks of both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, this essential text addresses teacher and student attitudes towards mathematics as well as language issues, specific mathematics disabilities, prior experiences, and cognitive and metacognitive factors. Chapters on assessment and instruction precede strands that focus on critical concepts. Replete with suggestions for class activities and field extensions, the new edition features current research across topics and an innovative thread throughout chapters and strands: multi-tiered systems of support as they apply to mathematics instruction.

Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully

Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully
Author: David H. Allsopp
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Making mathematics concepts understandable is a challenge for any teacher--a challenge that's more complex when a classroom includes students with learning difficulties. With this highly practical resource, educators will have just what they need to teach mathematics with confidence: research-based strategies that really work with students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, or mild cognitive disabilities. This urgently needed guidebook helps teachers Understand why students struggle.Teachers will discover how the common learning characteristics of students with learning difficulties create barriers to understanding mathematics. Review the Big Ideas. Are teachers focusing on the right things? A helpful primer on major NCTM-endorsed mathematical concepts and processes helps them be sure. Directly address students' learning barriers. With the lesson plans, practical strategies, photocopiable information-gathering forms, and online strategies in action, teachers will have concrete ways to help students grasp mathematical concepts, improve their proficiency, and generalize knowledge in multiple contexts. Check their own strengths and needs. Educators will reflect critically on their current practices with a thought-provoking questionnaire. With this timely book--filled with invaluable ideas and strategies adaptable for grades K-12--educators will know just what to teach and how to teach it to students with learning difficulties.

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems
Author: Susan Perry Gurganus
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317409337

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems, Second Edition provides a research-based approach to mathematics instruction designed to build confidence and competence in pre- and in-service PreK–12 teachers. This core textbook addresses teacher and student attitudes toward mathematics, as well as language issues, specific mathematics disabilities, prior experiences, and cognitive and metacognitive factors. The material is rich with opportunities for class activities and field extensions, and the second edition has been fully updated to reference both NCTM and CCSSM standards throughout the text and includes an entirely new chapter on measurement and data analysis.

Humanizing Disability in Mathematics Education

Humanizing Disability in Mathematics Education
Author: Paulo Tan
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre: Learning disabled children
ISBN: 9781680540246

"The authors share their experiences and ideas to support your learning and practices involving persons with disabilities and those "at risk" of being identified. These ideas and experiences often revolve around students we supported as teachers of mathematics, teacher educators, and even our own experiences as learners of mathematics with an identified disability. The main purpose of sharing these stories is to highlight the power of humanizing mathematics of students with disabilities"--

More Language Arts, Math, and Science for Students with Severe Disabilities

More Language Arts, Math, and Science for Students with Severe Disabilities
Author: Diane M. Browder
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781598573176

A followup to the landmark bestseller Teaching Language Arts, Math, and Science to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities, this important text prepares teachers to ensure more inclusion, more advanced academic content, and more meaningful learning for their students.

Mathematics Instruction for Students With Disabilities

Mathematics Instruction for Students With Disabilities
Author: John F. Cawley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135483140

This special issue focuses on mathematics for students with disabilities, particularly on the topic of division. The articles discuss a number of curricula and instructional practices that have direct and meaningful implications for the classroom. They also serve as a foundation for the development of research into effective intervention practices. As a whole this issue provides an opportunity to extract selected features of instruction from the articles found herein and to contrast the effectiveness of two distinct instructional approaches--constructivism and direct/explicit instruction.

Mathematics Instruction for Students With Disabilities

Mathematics Instruction for Students With Disabilities
Author: John F. Cawley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135483213

This special issue focuses on mathematics for students with disabilities, particularly on the topic of division. The articles discuss a number of curricula and instructional practices that have direct and meaningful implications for the classroom. They also serve as a foundation for the development of research into effective intervention practices. As a whole this issue provides an opportunity to extract selected features of instruction from the articles found herein and to contrast the effectiveness of two distinct instructional approaches--constructivism and direct/explicit instruction.

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems
Author: Susan Perry Gurganus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 837
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317409329

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems, Second Edition provides a research-based approach to mathematics instruction designed to build confidence and competence in pre- and in-service PreK–12 teachers. This core textbook addresses teacher and student attitudes toward mathematics, as well as language issues, specific mathematics disabilities, prior experiences, and cognitive and metacognitive factors. The material is rich with opportunities for class activities and field extensions, and the second edition has been fully updated to reference both NCTM and CCSSM standards throughout the text and includes an entirely new chapter on measurement and data analysis.