instructional strategies
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Strategy to Individualize Instruction
It is difficult to individualize instruction in a whole class or small group setting. I created and taught the curriculum for a Consumer Math course at the high school where I teach. For a class of 10-12 students, all with an IEP, I developed an approach that allowed me to individualize the instruction for each students.…
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Introduction to Equations – (Meaning Making)
This is a meaning making approach to introducing equations. I will walk through the parts shown in the photo in the space below this photo. (A revised edition of this handout will be used in a video on this topic.) First I explain the difference between an expression (no =) and an equation (has =).…
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Visuals Aid Memory
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Post-Secondary Education Goal – Points to Consider!
In special education and in K-12 education in general graduation is viewed as a culmination or the end game. In fact it is just the opposite. Graduation is a STEP towards the future. If the plans for your student is post-secondary education, including vocational training, it is important to understand a couple false assumptions. A…
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Summer Math Intervention Sessions
Overview A graduate level math intervention course at USJ has a practicum component in which graduate students work 1 on 1 with students with special needs over a 5 week period. An experienced math interventionist oversees the work. The focus of the sessions is on an identified math objective selected by the family or teacher…
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CTSPEDMATHDUDE Approach to Teaching Math
The purpose for having this website is to share my approach to teaching math. The approach is the use of special ed principles brought to bear on math. Specifically, I use a task analysis approach to break down a math topic into “bite-sized” pieces and to use a variety of instructional strategies and reinforcement to…
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Functions Introduction Video Lesson
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Relations Introduction Video Lesson
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Math Rulz
Math is challenging for various reasons: It involves numbers and not just words that we use on a regular basis to communicate. It is a language all of its own so students have to learn the language as well as the concepts. We teachers sometimes make learning the math more challenging. I want to elaborate…
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Zone of Proximal Development
