The following article from TEC (Teaching Exceptional Children), is titled "Teaching Math to Students with Disabilities". The whole article is worth reading but I particularly enjoyed an excerpt on creative problem-solving activities, which I have included a piece of.
"Brian Bottge, professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, developed a unique way to bypass reading difficulties and get students enthused about math word problems. He presents word problems on video. Students can hit the remote to get the information they need to solve the problem, and video makes it easier for students to visualize the problem. The second and equally important aspect of video problem solving is that the problems posed are intriguing: building skateboard ramps and hovercrafts. These types of real-life problems embed numerous skills, skills that suddenly become imperative to learn. Students realize they need to know how to add fractions to see if the lumber they are cutting will be the right size."
Link:
http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7015
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Familiarity with the subject is basic to being able to visualize the problem. (It would appear to be similar to activating prior knowledge before reading a selection.) We seem to come back to using relevant situations as the basis for teaching mathematical concepts.
Jessie, high tech. is usually a very inviting/enticing tool for kids. iSucceed program on the computer is also enticing for students to work on Mathematical problems and when I asked them what is their favorite things in the progam in my room, they never fail to say, "the computers."
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