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- Title
MIDDLE-SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CURRICULA AND STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: IS ONE CURRICULUM BETTER?
- Authors
Bouck, Emily C.; Kulkarni, Gauri
- Abstract
Little is known about how best to teach mathematics to students with learning disabilities. This study explored the performance and self-reported calculator use of 13 sixth-grade and 15 seventh-grade students with learning disabilities educated in either standards-based or traditional mathematics curricula on multiple-choice and open-ended assessments. Across both groups of students: (a) curriculum did not impact the number of problems students answered correctly, (b) students answered more problems correctly on the multiple-choice than on the open-ended assessments, (c) students self-reported low percentages of calculator use, and (d) curriculum did not impact students' self-reported calculator use. Overall, the results suggest that students with learning disabilities are not advantaged or disadvantaged by receiving either a traditional or a standards-based mathematics curriculum.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICS education; MATHEMATICS problems &; exercises; MULTIPLE choice examinations; CURRICULUM; CHILDREN with learning disabilities; TEACHING methods
- Publication
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 4, p228
- ISSN
0731-9487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/27740375