Two years of classroom research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have shown this program to be highly effective in teaching math skills aligned to NCTM standards to middle and high school students with significant intellectual disability.
All students can have their own MathWork book with 68 unique lessons that begin with a real-world story. These stories are illustrated with picture cues and read to students so no minimum reading level is required. Each story presents a problem and a graphic organizer for students to work out the solution by writing or placing manipulatives. Lessons are taught with fading levels of support. Covers Geometry, Algebra, Data Analysis, and Measurement.
Lesson Features
- Appropriate for ages 12–21
- Effective with students with moderate-to-severe intellectual disability or autism
- Symbol use for nonreaders
- Accommodates multiple methods of responding
- Age-appropriate student books
- Incorporates hands-on learning
The Curriculum includes a MathWork student book, MathWork consumable Student Workbook, Implementation Guide, 11 problem solving posters, counting manipulatives, staff training DVD, reproducible image library on disc, and PDFs of student materials and adaptations.
Curriculum Plus includes everything listed above plus a total of 10 consumable Student Workbooks, 10 of each Extension Activity Book and GoWorksheet Maker iPad App activation code.
Extra student workbooks also sold separately.