Learn how to help K–8 students who struggle in math. This book provides a variety of clear, practical strategies that can be implemented right away to boost student achievement. You will find out how to design lessons that work with struggling learners, implement the recommendations for math intervention from the What Works Clearinghouse, use praise and self-motivation more effectively, develop number sense and computational fluency, teach whole numbers and fractions, increase students’ problem-solving abilities, and more! Extensive examples are provided for each strategy, as well as lesson plans, games, and resources.
Provides educators with instructions on applying response-to-intervention (RTI) while teaching and planning curriculum for students with learning disabilities.
This is the definitive volume on RTI in math: what we know about it; why it works, and how to use it to ensure high-quality math instruction and higher student acheivement.
RTI and Mathematics for the Middle School, by Mary E. Little, is a practical and concise resource packed with critical information on CCSS for math and the RTI model.
With this book, you’ll discover an RTI model that provides the mathematics instruction, assessment, and intervention strategies necessary to meet the complex, diverse needs of students.
This book specifically addresses the fundamentals of math including the number system, computation, problem solving and the all important language and vocabulary of math. The important topic of motivation is also included.
Readers get specific action items and suggestions to use in their classrooms at the end of each chapter in the Teacher's Corner features. "This text is phenomenal.
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