A Curriculum Project Using Interactive Notebooks in the Application of the Concrete - Representational - Abstract Model in the Inclusive Secondary Algebra II Mathematics Classroom.

Abstract

Teachers can help support the learning of mathematical concepts of students with learning disabilities by incorporating specific teaching strategies. These strategies include concrete-to-representation-to-abstract model, advanced organizers, teacher demonstrations, guided problem-solving practice, and independent practice. This curriculum project applies these instructional methods to an Algebra II unit on trigonometry and the unit circle through the use of interactive notebooks. The curriculum provides a variety of hands on, interactive manipulatives with the intent of increasing the comprehension level of mathematical concepts for students with learning disabilities.