Hands-on Long Division with Skittles for Students with Learning Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Peggy; Rule, Audrey C.
Titel	Hands-on Long Division with Skittles for Students with Learning Disabilities
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 1 (2005) 5, Artikel 2 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1553-9318
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Learning Disabilities; Number Concepts; Word Problems (Mathematics); Teaching Methods; Arithmetic; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Education; Comparative Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Academic Achievement; Montessori Schools; Montessori Method; Subtraction; Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Textaufgabe; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematische Bildung; Schulleistung; Montessori-Schule; Montessori pedagogics; Montessori-Pädagogik; Subtraktion
Abstract	This article explains how to teach long division using hands-on materials (skittles, base ten blocks, colored counters, numeral cards) and investigates reviewing division word problems with middle school students (N=27) with learning disabilities in mathematics by this approach compared to spending the same amount of time on the typical practices of computerized drill and paper/pencil work. Student performance related to division was assessed by an identical pretest/posttest. Both groups participated in ten thirty-minute lessons during which the experimental group used place value color-coded numeral cards, counters and skittles, and the control group reviewed division with computerized practice and worksheet activities. A significant difference was found between the average gain scores of the two groups, favoring the experimental (17.1% versus 4.5%). The experimental group scored as well or better than the control group on all test sections. (Contains 15 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10