SLD Math Webinar Series for Struggling Learners - Registration |
About the training
WHAT: A series of five one-hour webinars geared toward increasing the educational effectiveness of K-12 teachers responsible for educating students with disabilities and at-risk concerns in the area of math. This series will be presented by Dr. Brad Witzel.
WHO: Educators, leaders, and coaches who support struggling learners in math including those with SLD and/or dyscalculia.
WHO: Educators, leaders, and coaches who support struggling learners in math including those with SLD and/or dyscalculia.
| February 6, 2017 4-5pm MST |
“Focusing on the NonStrategic Math Learner” | - Why students struggle with math - Explicit and systematic instruction principles in math, including task analysis and formative assessment - Establishing number sense for students with disabilities |
| March 6, 2017 4-5pm MST |
“Learning Whole Number Operations” |
- Introduction to the Concreate-Representational-Abstract Sequence of instruction (CRA) - Strategies for computation of whole numbers - Strategies for fluency and automaticity |
| April 3, 2017 4-5pm MST |
“Let’s be Rational: Learning Integers, Fractions, Decimals” |
- Rational number reasoning and computation -CRA-based Interventions with Rational Numbers - Strategies for embedded fluency and automaticity |
| May 1, 2017 4-5pm MST |
“Mathese: The Language of Mathematics” |
- Language of mathematics - Vocabulary development - Schema-based problem solving |
| June 5, 2017 4-5pm MST |
“Bridging the Arithmetic to Algebra Gap” | - Why students with disabilities should strive to learn advanced algebra - Highlighting key math areas for development - Accessing secondary math concepts |