special needs students and mat

Special Needs Children and Mathematics The teaching of mathematics to children in primary school classrooms can be seen as challenging for some teachers. This is due to a changing society and the introduction of more complex mathematical skills. Once it was acceptable only to teach the four major mathematical operations, but now machines are available to complete these procedures. Yet now numeracy, communicating and making sense of mathematics in a range of everyday applications, has …

…techniques that are available to allow for the teaching of these exceptional children without the fear of whether or not the student really understands what they are doing and why. References Bley, N. and Thornton, C. (1989). Teaching Mathematics to the Learning Disabled. Austin, Texas: Pro-ed. Bobis, J., Mulligan, J., Lowrie, T., and Taplin, M. (1999). Mathematics for Children. Sydney : Prentice Hall. Giordano, G. (1993). Diagnostic and Remedial Mathematics in Special Education. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas Publishers.