Differentiation
Definitions
Acronym for Math Learning
Learning Disabilities/Questioning Techniques
Instructions and Learning Strategies
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Some students may have difficulty reading on-grade sciecne and social studeis textbooks. For these students, it may be appropriate to use this.
What is adapted textbooks?
100
This relates to abstract numbers and abbreviations that are hard to define and understand (e.g. infinity).
What is symbolic math vocabulary?
100
This strategy is to support students learning how to add and subtract fractions.
What is LAP? (Look at the denominator and sign. Ask yourself, Will the smallest denominator divide into the largest denominator an even number of times? Pick your fraction type.)
100
When students struggle to reach (some of) the following learning goals, they may have this: Counting without fingers; Perceiving and understanding visual spatial relationships; Changing from one operation to another Understanding mathematic language and vocabulary.
What is math difficulties?
100
Instruction can foster the development of this, an interest in and concern for the well-being of others and the environment.
What is social responsibility?
200
In additon to adapted textbooks, this has been developed to address students' unique strengths and challenges.
What is parallel alternative curriculum materials.
200
CRA
What is concrete representational abstract?
200
DRAW
What is Discover the sign, Read the problem, Asnwer the problem or draw, Write the answer
200
Students with intellectual disabilities may need this type of interventions to support their learning of a range of mathematical skills and concepts.
What is specialized interventions?
200
This strategy can help students develope procedural skills.
What is a Demonstration Plus Model?
300
Teaching strategies that help students identify, organize understand and remember important content and genralize their learning to a rnage of situations.
What is content enhancement?
300
This strategy is used to foster word problem type ienditifcaiton.
What is RUN (Read the problem. Underline the questions. Name hte problem type.)
300
This focus on content derived from class presentations and instructional materials and ask students to recall, name, list or describe information presented.
What is literal questions?
300
The problem-solving skills of students can be enhanced by incorporating these tasks into mathematics instruction.
What is speaking and writing?
400
Written or oral statements, activities, technology-based tasks, and/or illustrations that offer students a framework for determining, understanding, and organizign the essential information in a learning activity.
What is an advanced and post organizer.
400
An ordered list of the chapter's main points with key words blanked out.
What is a framed outline?
400
COSMIC is to foster this skill. (COSMIC: Copy the problem. Operation of addition or subtraction needed to isolate the variable. Subtract or add constant from each side of the equation. Multipy or divide to remove coefficient of the variable. Isolate the variable. Cirlce your answer.)
What is solving one-varaible linear algebraic equations.
400
This reqiures students to provide answers that are not explicitly stated in the presentation and instructional materials and ask students to analyze, compare, and synthesize information presented.
What is inferrential questions.
500
A graphic organizer is also called this.
What is a structured overview?
500
STAR is used to folser this skill. (STAR: Search the world problem. Translate the problem. Answer the problem. Review the solution.)
What is foster algebraic word problem solving.
500
This ask students to provide personal judgements and reactions to the content and to apply and extend the information presented to other situations.
What is critical questions.
500
When you simultaneously demonstrate, highlight, and verbally explain the process you use to solve problems and perform procedural operations, you are using this strategy.
What is Think-Alouds?
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