How Can I Help Students with Learning Disabilities in Algebra?.

Witzel, Brad; Smith, Stephen W.; Brownell, Mary T.

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ERIC Number: EJ635024

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Publication Date: 2001

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How Can I Help Students with Learning Disabilities in Algebra?

Witzel, Brad; Smith, Stephen W.; Brownell, Mary T.

Intervention in School and Clinic, v37 n2 p101-04 Nov 2001

This article first reviews the literature on the algebra performance of students with learning disabilities and provides reasons for their common difficulties. Some specific pedagogical practices are recommended, such as the use of the sequence concrete to representation to abstract. Suggestions for improving textbooks are also offered. (Contains nine references.) (DB)

Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Textbooks

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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