ELCL 6260 Adapting Mathematics Instruction for the Inclusive Classroom

This course provides general and special education mathematics teachers with an opportunity to explore techniques for adapting mainstream mathematics curricula, instruction, and assessment strategies to meet the learning needs of all students. The course is designed to clearly delineate the role that specific learning difficulties play in meeting expectations for mathematics success in terms of current curricular standards and inclusive educational practices. Students focus on identifying the learning difficulties their own students have in particular mathematics curricular content and collaborative planning of specific methods for adapting instruction for these learners. After implementing the plan, they report on outcomes. There is also an in-class collaborative project for the course in which students develop a chart with adaptations for specific learning difficulties in the major strands of mathematics content outlined in state and national standards. The chart serves as a curriculum and assessment guide for subsequent classroom practices. This course is a prerequisite for ELCL 6200 Math Clinic. Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in an M. Ed. program, post-master’s status or permission of the TCM con centration coordinator is required.
Credits: 3.0