Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems

Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems- Front Cover -- Math Instruction for Students with Learning Problems -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Mathematics in Today's Schools: The Context for Learning Challenges -- Mathematical Dispositions -- Mathematics Reform -- National Mathematics Standards -- Scope of the Mathematics Curriculum -- Today's Mathematics Classrooms: A Case for Collaboration -- Chapter 2: Foundations of Mathematics Learning -- Precursors of Mathematics Learning -- Developmentally Appropriate Mathematics for Young Children -- Mathematics Learning Problems -- Chapter 3: Mathematics Assessment -- Purposes of Mathematics Assessment -- Types of Mathematics Assessments -- Other Assessment Strategies -- Assessment Issues -- Collaboration for Assessment -- Chapter 4: Effective Mathematics Instruction -- Principles of Mathematics Instruction -- Planning and Delivering Instruction -- Intensive Intervention -- Chapter 5: Problem-Solving Instruction -- The Importance of Problem-Solving Skills -- Characteristics of Problem Solvers -- Problem-Solving Sequences -- Teaching Problem-Solving Strategies -- Curriculum Concerns -- Chapter 6: Instruction and Collaboration for General-Education Settings -- Instructional Adaptations -- Mathematics Textbooks -- Models of Collaboration -- Chapter 7: Resources to Support Mathematics Instruction and Integration -- Supplemental Curricula -- Selecting, Creating, and Using Manipulatives -- Technologies for Mathematics -- Integrating Mathematics -- Life-Skills Mathematics -- Introduction to Content Strands -- Strand A: Number Sense, Place Value, and Number Systems -- Number Sense -- Promoting Number-Sense Development -- Place Value -- Negative Integers -- Multicultural Connection -- Strand B: Whole-Number Relationships