Paperback : £28.33
Packed with effective instructional strategies, this book explores why certain K-5 students struggle with math and provides a framework for helping these learners succeed. The authors present empirically validated practices for supporting students with disabilities and others experiencing difficulties in specific areas of math, including problem solving, early numeracy, whole number operations, fractions, geometry, and algebra. Concrete examples, easy-to-implement lesson-planning ideas, and connections to state standards, in particular the Common Core standards, enhance the book's utility. Also provided is invaluable guidance on planning and delivering multi-tiered instruction and intervention.
Packed with effective instructional strategies, this book explores why certain K-5 students struggle with math and provides a framework for helping these learners succeed. The authors present empirically validated practices for supporting students with disabilities and others experiencing difficulties in specific areas of math, including problem solving, early numeracy, whole number operations, fractions, geometry, and algebra. Concrete examples, easy-to-implement lesson-planning ideas, and connections to state standards, in particular the Common Core standards, enhance the book's utility. Also provided is invaluable guidance on planning and delivering multi-tiered instruction and intervention.
Introduction
1. Foundations of Mathematics Education
2. The Critical Importance of Instruction
3. The Language of Mathematics
4. Number Sense
5. Whole-Number Operations
6: Rational-Number Concepts and Computation
7. Geometry and Measurement
8. Algebra
9. Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports in Mathematics
Bradley S. Witzel, PhD, is Professor and Special Education
Program Coordinator in the College of Education at Winthrop
University in South Carolina. As a classroom teacher (and before
that as a paraeducator), he worked in multiple settings, teaching
mainly math and science to high-achieving students with
disabilities and learning difficulties. Dr. Witzel has authored
several dozen research and practitioner articles and several books,
including Building Number Sense through the Common Core. He has
developed and presented a dozen educational videos, and he has also
delivered several hundred workshops and conference presentations. A
governing board member of the Southeast Regional Educational
Laboratory and a member of multiple state-level governing boards
for multi-tiered systems of support and response to intervention,
Dr. Witzel currently serves as editor of Focus on Inclusive
Education through the Association of Childhood Education
International.
Mary E. Little, PhD, is Professor and Coordinator of Graduate
Programs in Exceptional Student Education at the University of
Central Florida. She has worked in K-12 schools as a secondary
teacher, co-teacher, program coordinator, and principal. Dr. Little
serves as Principal Investigator for a research and development
project designed to enhance the existing graduate programs at the
university to ensure highly qualified special education teachers in
the content areas of mathematics and science, especially within
diverse urban schools. She is the author of numerous articles,
chapters, and books, including RTI and Mathematics: Practical Tools
for Teachers in K–8 Classrooms.Her interests include evidence-based
instructional practices, interventions, teacher efficacy, and
student learning related to teacher learning.
"This book is a welcome addition to the literature. The authors
include many helpful examples of research-supported assessment and
instructional practices for making mathematics accessible to
students with learning difficulties, and explain why these
difficulties occur. The book provides in-depth discussions of
critical mathematical content and practices that every elementary
school teacher needs to master in order to meet all students'
needs. It would be an excellent text for undergraduate- or
master's-level general or special education courses."--David H.
Allsopp, PhD, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of
South Florida
"Wow! It is nice to go into a new school year with fresh
ideas--this book will definitely influence my teaching. It makes a
lot of eye-opening points, backed by solid research. The book
offers strategies for teaching and reinforcing math vocabulary and
fluency from an early age. It presents a variety of games and
activities for each specific math skill, which I can't wait to
implement in the classroom."--Brooke Niemann, special education
teacher and math coach, The Pathway School, Jeffersonville,
Pennsylvania
"An excellent, timely, teacher-friendly resource. Witzel and Little
do a wonderful job of blending research-based practices with
instructional recommendations that teachers can implement
immediately. This book is a 'must have' in today’s inclusive
mathematics classroom."--Paul J. Riccomini, PhD, Department of
Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, The
Pennsylvania State University
"This book provides essential knowledge for general and special
educators and coaches, guiding them to present simple to complex
mathematical concepts through language-rich instruction. Teachers
will gain a better understanding of what students struggle with, as
well as why. I plan to use this book as a text in my methods course
for teacher candidates in special education. It has great potential
for giving preservice teachers a stronger foundation in math and
helping them make instruction accessible and meaningful to
struggling learners."--Sharlene A. Kiuhara, PhD, Department of
Special Education, The University of Utah
"An ideal guide for educators. The book outlines the progression of
math learning and provides strategies for supporting all students,
particularly at-risk students and those with disabilities. Any
preservice or inservice teacher would benefit from the ideas and
tools that Witzel and Little present."--Mabra H. Wayman, math
instructional coach and interventionist, Rock Hill School District,
South Carolina -It is amazing how much solid information has been
shoehorned into this rather thin volume. Witzel and Little provide
myriad references to research-based studies, unambiguous examples
of mathematical difficulties that students encounter, and a broad
spectrum of instructional strategies and intervention
techniques….The content is appropriate for those instructing
students of all levels of ability and needs….This book will be a
valuable resource for both preservice teachers and seasoned
professionals….Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates,
graduate students, researchers, and practitioners.--Choice Reviews,
10/1/2016
"This book is a welcome addition to the literature. The authors
include many helpful examples of research-supported assessment and
instructional practices for making mathematics accessible to
students with learning difficulties, and explain why these
difficulties occur. The book provides in-depth discussions of
critical mathematical content and practices that every elementary
school teacher needs to master in order to meet all students'
needs. It would be an excellent text for undergraduate- or
master's-level general or special education courses."--David H.
Allsopp, PhD, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of
South Florida
"Wow! It is nice to go into a new school year with fresh
ideas--this book will definitely influence my teaching. It makes a
lot of eye-opening points, backed by solid research. The book
offers strategies for teaching and reinforcing math vocabulary and
fluency from an early age. It presents a variety of games and
activities for each specific math skill, which I can't wait to
implement in the classroom."--Brooke Niemann, special education
teacher and math coach, The Pathway School, Jeffersonville,
Pennsylvania
"An excellent, timely, teacher-friendly resource. Witzel and Little
do a wonderful job of blending research-based practices with
instructional recommendations that teachers can implement
immediately. This book is a 'must have' in today’s inclusive
mathematics classroom."--Paul J. Riccomini, PhD, Department of
Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, The
Pennsylvania State University
"This book provides essential knowledge for general and special
educators and coaches, guiding them to present simple to complex
mathematical concepts through language-rich instruction. Teachers
will gain a better understanding of what students struggle with, as
well as why. I plan to use this book as a text in my methods course
for teacher candidates in special education. It has great potential
for giving preservice teachers a stronger foundation in math and
helping them make instruction accessible and meaningful to
struggling learners."--Sharlene A. Kiuhara, PhD, Department of
Special Education, The University of Utah
"An ideal guide for educators. The book outlines the progression of
math learning and provides strategies for supporting all students,
particularly at-risk students and those with disabilities. Any
preservice or inservice teacher would benefit from the ideas and
tools that Witzel and Little present."--Mabra H. Wayman, math
instructional coach and interventionist, Rock Hill School District,
South Carolina -It is amazing how much solid information has been
shoehorned into this rather thin volume. Witzel and Little provide
myriad references to research-based studies, unambiguous examples
of mathematical difficulties that students encounter, and a broad
spectrum of instructional strategies and intervention
techniques….The content is appropriate for those instructing
students of all levels of ability and needs….This book will be a
valuable resource for both preservice teachers and seasoned
professionals….Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates,
graduate students, researchers, and practitioners.--Choice Reviews,
10/1/2016
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
