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Learn how to help K–8 students who struggle in maths. This book provides a variety of clear, practical strategies that can be implemented right away to boost student achievement. You will find out how to design lessons that work with struggling learners, implement the recommendations for math intervention from the What Works Clearinghouse, use praise and self-motivation more effectively, develop number sense and computational fluency, teach whole numbers and fractions, increase students’ problem-solving abilities, and more! Extensive examples are provided for each strategy, as well as lesson plans, games, and resources.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of Response to Intervention
Chapter 2: Using Assessment to Make Instructional Decisions
Chapter 3: Overview of Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Mathematics
Chapter 4: Setting the Stage: Increasing Motivation
Chapter 5: Explicit Instruction
Chapter 6: Concrete and Visual Representation
Chapter 7: Representing Whole Numbers
Chapter 8: Developing Computational Fluency with Basic Facts
Chapter 9: Representing Rational Numbers
Chapter 10: Problem Solving
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Using RtI to Improve Achievement in Mathematics
Appendix A: Lesson Plans
Appendix B: Games to Practice Basic Facts
Appendix C: Additional Resources to Practice Basic Facts
References
"Forbinger and Fuchs’ RtI in Math: Evidence-Based Interventions for Struggling Students is a detailed resource for beginning teachers, in general and special education, in K-12 and university settings. It offers clear definitions, thorough instructional rationales, recommended procedures, and examples as well as an extensive list of print and on-line resource materials and suggestions of games that can support student learning."
- Frances Loose, Middleweb
