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Publication Date: 2012-Sep
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Review of Academic Mathematics Instruction for Students with Mild Intellectual Disability
Hord, Casey; Bouck, Emily C.
Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, v47 n3 p389-400 Sep 2012
Mathematics education--like all education--faced changes in recent years including increasing expectations, and these expectations have impacted all students, including students with mild intellectual disability. To explore the impact of the changes on mathematics education on students with mild intellectual disability, the authors reviewed the literature from 1999-2010 on academic mathematics interventions for students with mild intellectual disability. Of the seven articles found, the majority focused on interventions designed to improve knowledge of mathematical facts and computational procedures. One study included an intervention involving metacognition and diagramming of mathematical relationships to help students solve word problems. Results suggest a dissonance between the mathematics focus of mathematics professional organizations and federal and state policies regarding higher order mathematics and perhaps current practice for students with mild intellectual disability, as reflected in the research literature. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Metacognition, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Word Problems (Mathematics), Literature Reviews, Intervention, Mathematics Skills, State Policy, Public Policy, Visual Aids, Educational Technology, Mathematical Concepts, Prompting
Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://daddcec.org/Publications/ETADDJournal.aspx
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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