Assistive Technology to Support Math

Assisting students to use all three – Automaticity, fluency, and conceptual understanding –to become effective problem

solvers

MATH SONG

Desirable Features of Educational Applications

Simplified screens and instructions

Consistent placement of menus and control features

Graphics along with text to support non-readers and early readers

Audio output

Accessibility by a variety of methods

Ability to set pace and level of difficulty

Appropriate and unambiguous feedback

Easy error correction

Simply displaying or speaking the message “WRONG” delivers feedback that may be perceived as harsh. It may diminish students’ interest and motivation over time.

Explanatory Feedback

Definitions

Automaticity: the fast accurate, and effortless processing of

content information”

Computational Fluency: being able to efficiently and accurately carry out

procedures to solve computation problems relies on basic number facts

Educational applications are particularly promising for helping these students master needed skills because they can be customized to meet individual needs, provide sufficient repetition, and systematically present materials.

Achieving fluency and automaticity with important; visual-spatial organization (e.g., aligning digits for computation); understanding math concepts such as number sense, time, measurement, and money; and solving word problems are all difficult for students with math disabilities to master.

Low and Mid Tech

Low and Mid Teach tools such as; Addition and multiplication charts Calculators Manipulatives Raised # Rulers Stamps Flash Cards See and solve

Visual calculator

Graph Paper

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Ability to choose type, size and measuring units

Create your own graph paper

Onion Mountain Technology

Fraction rubber stamps

Manipulative number line

Laminated addition and multiplication tables

Special ruler with transparent overlays

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FASTT Math

Watch Fastt Math Demo

Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology

Math intervention program that helps students acquire Math Fact Fluency

Visual Spatial or Motor Control Difficulties

Students with disabilities may experience difficulty with writing numbers, aligning digits in computation problems, and creating visual representations (e.g. shapes or angles) for a number of reasons

Students may have difficulty copying math problems from books, whiteboards, or blackborads

Students unable to read their own work or place digits in wrong place value

Expectations

Students may be expected to solve problems with numbers of:

- Fractions

- Decimals

- Percent’s,

- Draw and label lines

- Angles

- Two and three dimension figures

Electronic Worksheets

Math Paper Digital Paper

Math Pad Is a talking math worksheet program that enables

students to perform arithmetic computations with whole numbers on the computer in much the same way they would using pencil and paper

Worksheets are typically solved on the screen for students with skill levels from grades K-2

Mac/Win Cost $79.95

- Digits are properly aligned

- Displays one question at a time

- Customizable speech output

- Feature allows to show direct re-grouping

- Immediate feedback

- Teacher generated problems

Math Pad Plus

Computations with fractions and decimals

Option of viewing pie charts, tables, decimal grids, fraction bars

Manipulate problems directly on the screen

Talking Calculators

Talking Calculators Demo

Speak N Talk Calculator Demo

Scientific Calculator Demo

See and Solve Calculator

Virtual Pencil Arithmetic (Henter Math)

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Students who are pencil impaired (blind, motor impairments or learning disabilities that interfere with writing)

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division with whole numbers, fractions, and decimal scores

Speech feedback

Tutor Mode

Test Mode

Number Navigation

Simple math processor

Enter and solve basic math problems

Customize the font, colour, font size

Cost: FREE

Number Navigation Picture

Microsoft Equation Editor Enables students who have difficulty with handwriting

but have good mouse control to create simple or advanced equations

Math Type (Design Science) Symbols to create a wider variety

of equations and the ability to

enhance equations using color coding

Scientific Notebook High end application Designed for solving equations

Math Input Panel

Allows math equations to be handwritten into a program and then converted to a text-based math equation

Equation becomes recognized as Math ML or Mathematical Markup Language

Maintains accuracy for both visual presentation and its meaning

EmPower Program Fx Draw, FX Equation, Fx Graph,

Fx Stat

Construct geometric figures, write equations, create graphs and produced statistically correct images

Assist with writing equations, and create math graphics with standard tools

Cost: Free!!

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Navigate through variety of categories such as; Number and Operations, Algebra, Geometry,

Measurement or Data Analysis and Probability Grade level

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Glencoe Virtual Manipulative

Manipulative Website

Search by Grade level, Manipulative and Background tool

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Gismo’s Virtual Manipulatives

450 on-line simulations for grades 3-12 for math

You may use this as a 30-day trial or you can view each activity for 5 minutes per 24 hr. period or you can pay for the full use.

Browse by grade level, topic, textbook or standards

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IlluminationsStudents who need extended practice, visual

representations of concepts and/or interactive activities can benefit

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Internet 4 Classrooms

Build math skills of students in K-8

Material to reinforce instruction, or specific subject mater

Cost: Free

Math Playground

Large selection of resources to support learning concepts, skills, word problems

Online math activities, games, word problems, logic puzzles

Cost: Free!

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Conceptua Math

Focuses on fractions, offers a variety of tools for teachers to enhance instruction

Provides visual models, spoken text

Formative assessments, ability to monitor student learning

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Destination Math

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Talking Balance

The Talking Balance tells the student how much mass is in the cup, in a safe and audible formal.

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Braille

Math Textbooks

Math Graphs and Tables

Math Overlays for Specialized Keypads

• well-spaced keys in high contrast colors to help students locate letters, numbers, words, and directional arrows.

Visual Dictionary of Math Terms

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Clicker5

Allows users to create the activities

Assist in learning and counting

Ability to accompany text and auditory feedback