Final Commentary to the Cross-Disciplinary Thematic Special Series: Special Education and Mathematics Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Woodward ◽  
Ron Tzur
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mathematics Intervention ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Math Disability ◽  
Instructional Needs ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Math Difficulties ◽  
Rich History

Four studies into characteristics and instructional needs of students with learning disabilities are summarized in this article. These studies are also reviewed in the wider context of mathematics intervention research in special education. These studies generally rely on qualitative methodology, and they are best understood in light of a constructive approach to learning. Two themes bind the four studies reviewed here. The first is what distinguishes students with math difficulties from those that may be considered as having a math disability. The second is the nature of curriculum and how the work described in this special issue departs from structured approaches to interventions that have a long and rich history in special education.

Implementation Fidelity and the Design of a Fractions Intervention

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindy Crawford ◽  
Barbara Freeman ◽  
Jacqueline Huscroft-D’Angelo ◽  
Sarah Quebec Fuentes ◽  
Kristina N. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Implementation Fidelity ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mathematics Intervention ◽  
Tier Ii ◽  
Higher Order Learning ◽  
And Mathematics

Interventions are implemented with greater fidelity when their core intent is made explicit. The core intent of this intervention was to increase access to higher order learning opportunities for students with learning disabilities or difficulties in mathematics through use of research and practice from the fields of special education and mathematics education. Four steps undertaken in the development of a Tier II fraction-based mathematics intervention designed to improve the conceptual understanding of students with learning disabilities or difficulties are described in this article: (a) articulation of a logic model, (b) delineation of intervention components, (c) analysis of reliability data related to implementation fidelity, and (d) pilot testing to measure implementation fidelity and student outcomes. Results of the pilot study demonstrated no significant effect for the component of technology; however, significant pre–post differences were found in the performance of all groups on their conceptual understanding of fractions as numbers.

Behavioral fluency and mathematics intervention research: A review of the last 20 years

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Stocker ◽  
Rachel Schwartz ◽  
Richard M. Kubina ◽  
Douglas Kostewicz ◽  
Martin Kozloff
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Research ◽  
Mathematics Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Fluency ◽  
And Mathematics

A Study of Planning and Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1343-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack A. Naglieri ◽  
Suzanne H. Gottling
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mathematics Scores ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Mathematics Problems ◽  
Cognitive Education ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Computation

The purpose of this study was to extend research in training the use of cognitive strategies or planning to mathematical computation for 4 students with specific learning disabilities. A cognitive education method utilized in previous research was duplicated. It was expected that students would find the instruction differentially effective based upon their initial scores on a measure of planning. Using the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive model as a base, a cognitive instruction which facilitated planning was provided to two students with low scores on planning, obtained using an experimental version of the Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System, and two students with average planning scores. All students completed three sessions of baseline and seven sessions of cognitive instruction in addition and multiplication. During the cognitive instruction phase, 5-min. sessions of self-reflection and verbalization of strategies about the mathematics problems were conducted after each initial 10-min. session of mathematics. Scores on addition problems showed that all students improved. On multiplication, however, 2 students with low planning scores improved considerably but not 2 with higher planning scores. Implications are provided.

Broken Promises: Reading Instruction in the Resource Room

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Vaughn ◽  
Sally Watson Moody ◽  
Jeanne Shay Schumm
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Resource Room ◽  
School Year ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Reading Abilities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
In The Beginning

Reading instruction and grouping practices provided for students with learning disabilities (LD) by special education teachers in the resource room were examined. Fourteen special education teachers representing 13 schools were observed three times over the course of 1 year and interviewed in the beginning and end of the school year. Results indicated that teachers primarily provided whole group reading instruction to relatively large groups of students (5 to 19), and little differentiated instruction or materials were provided despite the wide range (3 to 5 grade levels) of reading abilities represented. Most teachers identified whole language as their primary approach to reading, and little instruction that addressed word recognition or comprehension was observed.

Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ With Disabilities Ability, Instructional Needs, and Difficulties Using Visual Representations to Solve Mathematics Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188
Author(s):  
Delinda van Garderen ◽  
Amy Scheuermann ◽  
Apryl L. Poch
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Mathematics Problems ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Instructional Needs

In this article, we present findings that examined special education teachers’ perception of students’ with disabilities ability, instructional needs, and difficulties for using visual representations (VRs) as a strategy to solve mathematics problems. In addition, whether these perceptions differed by instructional grade or setting currently teaching was examined. Survey data from 97 in-service teachers revealed, regardless of instructional setting or grade level taught, that they believe students with disabilities have the ability to learn about and use VRs and need to be taught to use VRs. Furthermore, the special education teachers perceived students with disabilities to have difficulty with all aspects related to using VRs in mathematical problem-solving. Implications for teacher training and development are provided.

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