Module 2 Strand F3
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Math Skills: Sequential Context and Instructional Systems (Continued)Concept of "Automaticity" (speed of math facts recall)
- cognitive processing capacity is a finite quality
-if less capacity is used for fact-recall, more capacity available for use in other aspects of problem-solving
- regarding learning of math facts/rote memory materials
Retention depends on:
1) frequency of use
2) complexity
3) availability of practice in memory techniques
- LD students must routinely devise effective methods of remembering material
Practice Strategies:
1) linking
2) count-by
3) counting-all
4) count-ons
5) near doubles (Bender p. 205)
Instructional Systems:
- Multi-sensory Basics Fact Program
- Demonstration Plus Model
- Touch Math
If you have used any of these, how much success
have your students experienced? Why, why not? Post comments for discussion in ITEM # 41 in
Caucus as M2SF3.
Eight Key Areas -Problematic for LD
Students 
1) spatial organization
problems aligning numbers in columns, numbers reversed (9 backwards or 25 as 52); subtract from top number from bottom
2) alertness to visual detail
misread mathematical signs; forget to use $ and decimals
3) procedural errors
miss a step in solving a problem
4) difficulty forming numbers correctly
numbers too large or poorly formed, making solving computational problems awkward, especially when unable to read own numbers
5) failure to shift mind set from one problem type to another
solve problems of one type but when required to solve another type, inappropriately solve the succeeding problems like the first type done.6) difficulty with memory
unable to recall basic math facts
7) problems with mathematical judgment and reasoning
unaware when their responses are unreasonable; trouble solving word problems
8) problems with mathematical language
difficulty with mathematical term such as regroup, place value, minus; trouble participating in oral drills or verbalizing steps in solving word or computational problems
(Friend and Bursuck, p. 164)
M2 "Light"er Side
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