This is a resource page that I compiled for a presentation in one of my special education classes.  

 

Helpful Links for Teaching Mathematics to Learning Disabled Students

Compiled March 2001

On-line articles    

Mathematical Disabilities: What We Know and Don't Know

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/geary_math_dis.html 

Educational Aspects of Mathematics Disabilities

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/mathld_mercer.html 

Using Cooperative Learning
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/coopmath.html 

Adapting Mathematics Instruction in the Classroom for
Students with Mathematics Disabilities

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/adapt_cld.html 

Mathematics Instruction for Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities
 http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/math_jld.html
 

Developing Fluency with Basic Number Facts: Intervention for Students with
Learning Disabilities

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/garnett_ldrp.html
 

Visual and Auditory Processing Disorders

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/visual_auditory.html 

Learning styles

http://members.aol.com/susans29/lsa.html 

Math Learning Disabilities

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/garnett.html 

Dyscalculia

http://www.ldinfo.com/dyscalculia.htm#top  

            

 Great sites to check out!                      

Alternative Assessment terms                                    

http://www.aurbach.com/alt_assess.html 

Examples of Math rubrics

http://www.exemplars.com/samples.html 

The Math Page

-Focuses on Math Learning Differences and related material.  

Includes research, strategies, learning materials, resources, and math links.

http://www.conknet.com/~p_bliss/math.htm

Multi-cultural math lessons

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/alejandre/mathfair/mmf.html 

Fun activities to promote math skills

-Activities for physical, visual, and auditory learning styles
http://www.parentcenter.com/refcap/9233.html#0 

Linking Math with Literature       

-List of good books to use when teaching Math

http://www.nctm.org/tcm/Indexes/subjects/literature.html 

Touch Math (interactive example)

http://www.touchmath.com/information/information_frame.html 

i-Math investigations

-Ready-to-use, online, interactive, multimedia math investigations.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/

Math Links

-A lot of fun activities to do on-line with students.

http://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom/math/index.html

Math songs and poems

-Check out the words to Mathematical Pi!

http://chci.wrdsb.edu.on.ca/math/songs.htm

http://www.geocities.com/teachingwithheart/mathpands.html 

Huge list of Math sites

-Very good site with tons of information and activities!

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/math.htm

 

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