EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MATH TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Modern education requires that teachers educate ALL students using research-based strategies in inclusive classrooms. The following review offers a research-based guidance that explores on the different educational methods and curriculum that are designed to assist students with significant learning difficulties in learning mathematics, including students with disabilities. The paper provides technical assistance for teachers and instructors dealing with students with disabilities reflecting “best strategies” for implementing interventions to enhance educational practices in the process of teaching math. Some of the strategies for teaching students with disabilities that are reviewed in this paper include explicit and direct generative strategy training, reduction of math anxiety, adoption of general instructions, use of appropriate mathematical communication, multistep problem-solving strategy, schema instruction, and cognitive strategy instruction. In addition, peer-assisted learning is reviewed as a strategy that can be used to improve teaching among students with disabilities. This paper will review the various scholarly evidences on strategies that can be used to teach students with disabilities, with a view of identifying the most effective strategies in teaching math and how best they can be utilized.