Sunday, July 27, 2014

Low-Tech and Mid-Tech Adaptations for Math

Below I will list and describe low-tech and mid-tech adaptations for teaching math:

1) Manipulatives- standard instructional materials for years.

2) Onion Mountain Technology makes fraction rubber stamps, a manipulative number line, laminated addition and multiplication tables, and a special ruler that has many transparent overlays to help students understand the relationships between the different units of measure.

3) Large calculators with oversized buttons are helpful for students who have poor fine motor control.

4) Talking calculators can help students with learning disabilities check their work by reading aloud every button that the student presses and they help students with visual impairments.

5) "Coin abacus" and "coin-u-lator" have keys that look just like coins to help students learn basic money counting.

Reference:
 Dell, A., Newtown, D., & Petroff, J. (2012). Assistive Technology in the Classroom.

               Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Education Inc.

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