Teaching to Standards: MATH

Teaching to Standards: MATH is a systematic, year-long math curriculum for middle and high school students with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities, including autism.

• Shown effective with students with significant developmental disabilities
• Accommodates students who communicate nonverbally
• Appropriate for ages 12–21
• Full-year curriculum
• Scripted lessons
• 5 levels of teacher support
• Aligns to NCTM standards
• Covers Geometry, Algebra, Data Analysis, and Measurement

Details

Two years of ongoing research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have shown the program to be highly effective in teaching math skills aligned to NCTM standards. Each student has his/her own MathWork book. Daily lessons begin with a real-world story illustrated with picture cues, and are taught with fading support levels. Stories are read to the students so no minimum reading level is required. A graphic organizer presents a problem for every story. Students write or place manipulatives to work out the solution.

Teaching to Standards: MATH is a full-year program for children ages 12 to 21 with:

• Autism
• Severe Cognitive disabilities
• Moderate cognitive disabilities
• Multiple disabilities
• Mild disabilities who are English learners

By Katherine Trela, PhD, Bree Jimenez, MEd, and Diane Browder, PhD. MathWork student book is printed in color, spiralbound, 149 pages; Implentation Guide, spiralbound, color, 238 pages, 2008.

Alignments to State Standards are available for California, Florida, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and South Carolina.