“Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs (Grades 6–8) contains a comprehensive outlook on how to improve the instruction of mathematics for all students. It is well organized and can easily be used as a reference to improving mathematics instructional practices and increasing student performance. “As a special education teacher who has instructed mathematics for seven years, I found that the strategies outlined in this text have a well-supported body of research in their effectiveness. The content spans various components of mathematics to realworld applications of mathematics and problem-solving strategies.” —Michael Humphrey, assistant professor, Department of Special Education and Early Childhood Studies, Boise State University
Students thrive when educators believe that we can teach all children. Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs helps teachers deliver effective and engaging mathematics instruction to students with special needs in grades 6–8. This resource actively involves readers through student case studies, reflective questions, and learning tasks; it can be used as a self-study professional development tool or group book study. It offers solutions to the challenges of mathematics education by:
• Identifying various student needs, such as organizational deficits or abstract reasoning difficulties, and showing how to support each one • Explaining the 5E instructional model—engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate— and providing a sample 5E lesson plan with clear objectives and materials checklists
• Providing reproducible tools and reflective exercises to plan and direct dynamic mathematics lessons for students with special needs in grades 6–8 Visit go.solution-tree.com/specialneeds to download the reproducibles in this book.
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• Analyzing myths and realities regarding mathematics instruction
Grades 6–8
• Exploring federal and state legislation, research-based instructional best practices in mathematics, and accommodations for instruction and assessment
Making Math Accessible to Students with Special Needs
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A Joint Publication