Teaching Methods
Factors influencing math abilities
 Psychological factors such as intellectual abilities,
cognitive abilities (including
perception/memory/working memory etc.) and
behavioral factors such as distractibility
 Education factors such as area of mathematics
(computation, problem solving, time, estimation,
perception)
 Personality factors such as persistence, self-concept,
and attitudes towards mathematics
Cognitive factors
 Perceptual skills –visual/auditory perception,
time/estimation, distances
 Perseveration- task shifting/multiple operations
 Language- presenting unnecessary words
 Memory
 Working memory--- also susceptible to distraction
Math Interventions
Elementary grades
 Pre-math skills
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One to one correspondence
Grouping/sorting objects
Seriation-sequencing
Numeration
Math Interventions
Elementary grades
 Math skills
 Number concepts
 Computations
 Time, Money, estimation,
 Functional math
Strategies that work in Elementary
grades
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Manipulatives
Computer assisted programs
Daily activities that include math
Touch math
Peer –assisted programs
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Calculators
Using games
Highlighting
Active response strategies
Combining movement with math
Error Analysis
 Cross age, matched age
Strategies that work in Elementary
grades
 Time
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Sequencing events
Identify which events take longer
Calendar activities with visuals
Hands of a clock
Identifying minutes on the clock
Reading time, both digital and regular clock
Elementary
 Math facts
 http://bridges1.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/blog/2
009/10/addition-and-subtraction-fact-strategy-posters
 Worksheet generators
 http://www.interventioncentral.org/teacherresources/math-fluency-generator-math-for-kids
Strategies of secondary school
 Error analysis in math problem solving
 Cognitive strategies
 Read, paraphrase, visualize, hypothesize, estimate,
compute, and check your answer
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Sequencing steps in math problems
Math vocabulary drills
Functional math
Schema-based instruction