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Math is a Language
The Gutenberg printing press was revolutionary because it provided a faster way to share words. In turn, these words and how they were structured were representations of ideas used to make sense of the world around us. Math is a language with words and other symbols that also makes sense of the world around us.…
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Relations Introduction Video Lesson
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Webinar on Making Math Meaningful (Specifically for students with autism)
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Documents for Webinars on Supporting Students with Autism in Math
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Making Discount Meaningful
Educators teaching math typically start with the “mathy” stuff first. For example, for finding the sales price teachers may start with showing students the steps to calculate (photo below). I start with the concept, either with a pictorial representation or actual objects to represent the underlying concept. In the photo above, I show an object (related to…
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Memory
One model for memory is called the Information Processing Model or Dual Storage Model. Here’s the suggested process in this model in a class instruction context: Our senses receive stimuli. In the classroom students hear the teacher or a classmate talking, see the teacher’s notes or the note being passed to them, smell various things…