Teaching Mathematics to Students with Special Needs

Catalog description

This course prepares pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers to understand and respond to the needs of students with disabilities. The course considers the historical context for special education and the institutional approach to disabilities, and utilizes that context to critically examine and discuss current educational practices, laws, and regulations for students with diverse learning abilities. The inclusion/standards debate, as well as the diagnosis, classification, and assessment of students are addressed. Instructional approaches and strategies for teaching mathematics to students with diverse learning abilities in the typical classroom are introduced. Fifteen hours of fieldwork are required.