EDUCATION STRATEGY

Teaching strategies for math in special education classes are based on the idea that students with mathematical learning disabilities need additional tools and support when building basic skills. Current research suggests that a lack of number sense, or an innate understanding of the representational meaning of math terms, is a root cause of mathematical learning disabilities. Effective teaching strategies help to develop students' number sense and self-confidence. Build Automaticity of Basic Math Facts The recommended strategy for building number sense in special education is to build automaticity of basic math facts by doing extended practice of basic operations. By making this knowledge automatic rather than procedural, the student can execute these operations without any cognitive effort, allowing him to devote his resources to more complex reasoning. Explicit, Systematic Instructions In its Mathematics Advisory report, the National Dissemination Center for Children wit