Using Gestures and Diagrams to Support Students with Learning Disabilities Enrolled in Algebra II

Autor/inn/en	Walsh, Jennifer B.; Hord, Casey
Titel	Using Gestures and Diagrams to Support Students with Learning Disabilities Enrolled in Algebra II
Quelle	In: Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 17 (2019) 1, S.59-75 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-6928
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Algebra; Learning Disabilities; Teaching Methods; Nonverbal Communication; Visual Aids; Outcomes of Education; Learning Strategies; Intervention; Problem Solving + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Anschauungsmaterial; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Problemlösen
Abstract	In this exploratory case study, the researchers conducted a qualitative analysis of six teaching sessions to describe the use of gestures and diagrams by a teacher and her students with learning disabilities when engaging in secondary level algebra (e.g., Algebra I & II content). The teacher and her students used gestures, such as pointing and moving a pen in an arching motion to demonstrate mathematical relationships within equations (e.g., distributive property), and diagrams, such as circling and drawing arrows to facilitate students' progress with logarithms. The teacher used gestures and diagrams to support her students with learning disabilities to organize their thinking processes and understand relationships between problem elements. The findings from this study describe the procedural and conceptual progress made by two students with LD when their teacher utilized gestures and diagrams to teach logarithms, reciprocals, and functions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01