Module 15, Session 4, Quick Write

Teaching Techniques for 5^th to 9^th Grade Students with Learning
Disabilities in Algebra and Geometry

Principled Knowledge Strategy

F. D. Rivera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
San Jose State University

~ Module 15, Session 4~
Quick Write

Some special education teachers in algebra and geometry claim that the best way for students with learning disabilities in math to learn mathematics is for them to master procedures and to not pay too much attention to the underlying conceptual knowledge base.
Do you agree? Why or why not?