Introduction / Marjorie Montague and Asha K. Kitendra
1. Standards-based mathematics instruction and teaching middle school students with mathematical disabilities / Diane Pedrotty Bryant, Sun A. Kim, Paula Hartman, and Brian R. Bryant
What are the NCTM's principles and standards for school mathematics?
Why do students with mathematical disabilities have difficulty learning the principles and standards for school mathematics?
How can teachers adapt mathematics instruction to help students with mathematical disabilities benefit from instruction?
Adaptations framework in action : instructional lesson - buying sod for the backyard
2. Making reform-based mathematics work for academically low-achieving middle school students / John Woodward
Aligning mathematics instruction for students with learning disabilities with mathematical proficiency
Implications for instruction
3. Teaching problem-solving skills to middle school students with learning difficulties: schema-based strategy instruction / Yan Ping Xin and Asha K. Jitendra
Mathematical problem solving
What is schema-based strategy instruction?
Multiplication and division word problems
Schema-based problem-solving instruction
4. Teaching visual representation for mathematics problem solving / Delinda van Garderen
Why instruct students with mathematics disabilities to use diagrams for solving word problems?
Developing students' ability to solve word problems using diagrams
Implementing diagrammatic instruction
5. Self-regulation strategies for better math performance in middle school / Marjorie Montague
Why are students with learning disabilities such poor mathematical problem solvers?
How do good problem solvers solve math problems?
How can we teach students with learning disabilities to be better math problem solvers?
Solve it! : a validated math problem-solving program
A sample Solve It! lesson
6. Evaluating instructional effectiveness : tools and strategies for monitoring student progress / Anne Foegen
Progress monitoring : a tool for evaluating instructional effectiveness
monitoring student progress in middle school mathematics
7. Quality mathematics programs for students with disabilities / Diane Kinder and Marcy Stein
Critical components of effective mathematics instruction
Quality of commercial programs
8. Facilitating teacher collaboration in middle school mathematics classrooms with special-needs students / Rene S. Parmar and Janet R. DeSimone
Developing teacher collaboration
Changing the environment to foster collaboration
Making modifications and accommodations
