The Importance of Using Manipulatives Using Manipulatives During Math Instruction The use of manipulatives during math instruction is instrumental in building conceptual understanding. Children who use manipulatives and pictorial materials to represent a mathematical concept are more likely to understand the concept.Children’s attitudes towards mathematics are also improved when teachers effectively use manipulatives to… Read More Using Manipulatives During Math Instruction
Online Book Studies Are Available
Teaching Inclusive Mathematics for Special Learners K-6 Would you like to: ¨ “See inside the heads” of students needing additional support? ¨ Have access to strategies and instructional techniques to help facilitate learning? ¨ Identify “look-fors” to help understand and observe student strengths and challenges? This book study will provide both general education and special… Read More Online Book Studies Are Available
New Mathematics Library Resources
New Mathematics Resources!! The following resources are now available for checkout in the T-TAC ODU Lending Library! Developing Number Concepts The Developing Number Concepts series by Kathy Richardson is designed to help young children develop important foundational mathematics concepts. Each of the three books in the series includes organized sets of activities and lessons focused… Read More New Mathematics Library Resources
Summer Professional Development Opportunities
As the school year winds down, many of you may be planning to carve out time during the summer for professional development and to earn CEU’s for recertification. Consequently, in this issue of the T-TAC Network News,various professional development opportunities are highlighted. For example, two online book studies are offered by T-TAC ODU: Guided Math: A… Read More Summer Professional Development Opportunities
Giving Students a Choice
Students should be empowered to select their own assistive technology. Even at a basic level, students can learn to exercise choice. User input significantly affects abandonment of assistive technology (Phillips & Zhao, 1993). Develop activities that can help increase capacity of students to self-assess and select their personal assistive technology solutions. Include them in… Read More Giving Students a Choice
Applied Studies Diploma
This spring, some Virginia students will be among the first to receive the Applied Studies Diploma. Like the “Special Diploma”, the newly named Applied Studies diploma will be awarded to 2016 graduates with disabilities who complete the requirements of their Individualized Education Program (IEP) and do not meet the requirements for other diplomas. In an… Read More Applied Studies Diploma
Resources for IEP Season
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