Improving Math AYP for Students with Learning Disorders Grades 3 - 8
Dates: December 17, 2010
Location:
8:00 -3:30 pm
Lunch is Included
LAPDA Meeting Space,Montpelier, VTCost:
$150 for LAPDA members
$175 for nonmembersRegistration: http://www.lapdavt.org
Target Audience: Regular Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Para Professionals, Administrators
Course Description:
The focus of this workshop is to provide educators with the tools and strategies they need to improve math performance and AYP for students with learning disabilities in grades 3 - 8.
Special Topics:
How children learn mathematics – concepts, skills, and procedures
The causes and nature of learning problems in mathematics
How to develop a math intervention plan
Learning effective instructional approaches to teach the key developmental milestones such as: place value, fractions, integers, algebraic thinking and spatial sense.
About the Instructor
Mahesh Sharma is known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics education, he is an author, teacher and teacher-trainer, researcher, consultant to public and private schools, as well as a public lecturer. He is the Chief Editor of Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, an international, interdisciplinary, research mathematics journal with readership in more than 70 countries, and the editor of the Math Notebook, a practical source of information for parents and teachers devoted to improving teaching and learning for all children.
