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Research Reading
Jones, E. D., Wilson, R., & Bhojwani, S. (1997). Mathematics instruction for secondary students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30, 151-163.
Additional Readings
The Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt. (1990). Anchored instruction and its relationship to situated cognition. Educational Researcher, 19 (5), 2-10.
Humphreys, A. H., Post, T. R., & Ellis, A. K. (1988). Developing relationships among mathematics and other subjects: An interdisciplinary approach. In T. R. Post (Ed.), Teaching Mathematics in Grades K-8: Research Based Methods (pp.314-333). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Sites on the Web
Math Demonstration Programs
http://www.aed.org/ndl/_subject.html#Math
This Website, developed by the Academy for Educational Development and the National Demonstration Laboratories of the Smithsonian Institute provides background information and demonstrations of math-oriented videodisc programs.
Effective Videodisc Instruction
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw6/eptw6d.html
Developed by the U.S. Department of Education, this Website summarizes research in videodisc instruction research supported by the Office of Special Education Programs.
SCANS Report
http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/ST1.1/SCANS.html
http://infinia.wpmc.jhu.edu/otherpubs.htm
These Websites describe the SCANS report and provide links to other sites containing pertinent information for teaching math skills that generalize to non-school settings.
Educational Aspects of Math Disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/mathld_mercer.html
This site, supported by LD Online, provides the text of an article by Susan Peterson Miller and Cecil Mercer reviewing math disabilities.
Geometry Forum
http://dune.srhs.k12.nj.us/www/teachers/mscott.html
This Website provides an overview of the Geometry Forum, an electronic learning community supported by the National Science Foundation.
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