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

Concrete and Numerical Imagery Strategies

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

~ Module 15, Session 6~
Activity 2

Directions: Working individually first, respond to the question below. Then share your responses with your small group.

A number of teachers of students with learning disabilities in math claim that many of their students will never learn concrete and numerical imagery strategies successfully. That in thinking about concepts and processes, students with learning disabilities in math will always rely on concrete tools. To what degree to you agree or disagree with this belief?

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