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===Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools === From What Works Clearinghouse This guide provides eight specific recommendations intended to help teachers, principals, and school administrators use Response to Intervention (RtI) to identify students who need assistance in mathematics and to address the needs of these students through focused interventions.

===A Summary of Nine Key Studies: Multitier Intervention and Response to Interventions for Students Struggling with Mathematics=== From www.centeroninstruction.org

Differentiated Instruction for Math
Math instruction can be differentiated to allow students to work on skills appropriate to their readiness level and to explore mathematics applications.

Illuminations: Welcome to Illuminations
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional developments to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.

Intervention Strategies for Mathematics Teachers
This article details a systematic approach for teachers who have multiple students in need of help.

Interventions For Students Experiencing Math Difficulties
So What Can We Do? Interventions For Students Experiencing Math Difficulties. The interventions listed only represent a small number that can be used individually, in small groups or class wide.

Math Graphic Organizers for Students with Disabilities
Common GOs used in mathematics include hierarchical diagrams, sequence charts, and compare and contrast charts. Provided is a definition and example for each GO that is effective for teaching mathematics to middle school students with learning disabilities.

Math Mnemonics Archive
For Math: Mnemonic: n. A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

Misunderstood Minds: Mathematics
Living with or teaching a child who has difficulty thinking with numbers can be an emotionally charged experience. Frustration and confusion can complicate the conversation between parents and teachers about what to do. Respect for each other and open communication can reduce tension and enable parents and teachers to benefit from each other/s expertise and knowledge of the child from different perspectives.

Research-Based Math Interventions - Powerpoint
Dr. Shanon Hardy gave this presentation at the Access Center's District Information Sharing meeting in fall 2004.

Seeing Math: Bringing Mathematical Thinking Into Focus
Today's students need a strong grasp of mathematics to succeed both academically and in the job market. Seeing Math helps teachers, schools and districts rise to the challenge. Seeing Math's online professional development programs use interactive software, illustrative video, guided discussion and standards-driven content.

What Works Clearninghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies). The WWC regularly updates the WWC Technical Standards and their application to take account of new considerations brought forth by experts and users. Such change may result in re-appraisals of studies and/or interventions previously reviewed and rated.

Algebra at CoolMath.com
Bored with Algebra? Confused by Algebra? Hate Algebra? Yeah, Coolmath can fix that. Coolmath Algebra has hundreds of really easy to follow lessons and examples that will make you a successful algebra student.

Strategies for Accessing Algebraic Concepts K-8
Strategies for Accessing Algebraic Concepts K-8 discusses three strategies: concrete-representational-abstract (CRA), mnemonics, and graphic organizers. These strategies can also be adapted to help a wide range of students learn algebraic concepts. This module includes facilitator notes, PowerPoint slides, handouts, and references.

Survivor Algebra
Based on the TV show, Survivor, Survivor Algebra is just a twist on collaborative learning.

Coping With Math Anxiety
In this essay we will take a constructive look at math anxiety, its causes, its effects, and at how you as a student can learn to manage this anxiety so that it no longer hinders your study of mathematics. Lastly, we will examine special strategies for studying mathematics, doing homework, and taking exams.

Math.com Math Anxiety
Free math lessons and math homework help from basic math to algebra, geometry and beyond. Students, teachers, parents, and everyone can find solutions to their math problems instantly.

The Causes and Prevention of Math Anxiety
A great article by noted author Marilyn Curtain-Phillips on the causes and prevention of math anxiety.

Aplusmath.com
Welcome to Aplusmath.com! This wed site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Visit our game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture. Test your math skills with our Flashcards! Try out the Math Word Find puzzle.

BrainPOP
BrainPOP is an educational program that provides curriculum-based content spanning seven main subjects including Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology.

Coolmath.com
Coolmath has a ton of cool math games and puzzles, lots of really clear math lessons (aritmetic, fractions, devimals, algebra, etc.), fractals, geometry, tessellations and more. Tons of very cool math stuff for kids, teens, parents and teachers too!

Cool Math 4 Kids
Math games, fun math lessons, puzzles and brain benders, flash cards for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, geometry, fractals and polyhedra.

iKnowthat.com
Online Multimedia Educational Games for Kids in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary grades.

Online Math Resources
Online math games, quizzes, interactive tutorials, software

TouchMath!
Welcome to TouchMath, a leading multi-sensory teaching & learning math program for preschoolers, elementary, middle and high school students, learners in Special Ed and students in the autistic spectrum.

Illuminations: Data Analysis & Probability
Web Links - Data analysis & probability

Learning Math: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility
A video- and Web-based course on basic concepts of statistics for K-8 teachers; 9 half-hour and 1 one-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site.

The Role of Manipulatives in Arithmetic and Geometry Tasks
Research in the area of arithmetic supports PDL, but it has not been examined in geometry. This paper examines the possibility that physical action may have different effects in arithmetic and geometry tasks in the context of two studies with kindergarten, first- and second-grade students. In the arithmetic study, students solved addition work problems using manipulatives and drawings. In the geometry study, students completed a shape identification task with manipulatives and drawings.

Learning Math: Measurement
A video- and Web-based course on basic concepts of statistics for K-8 teachers; 9 half-hour and 1 one-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site.

Illuminations: Number & Operations
Web links to resources for math: number and operations

Learning Math: Number and Operations
A video- and Web-based course on basic concepts of statistics for K-8 teachers; 9 half-hour and 1 one-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site.

Seeing Math Elementary: Number & Operations: Broken Calculator
In Number & Operations: Broken Calculator, students develop computational fluency by solving problems with a "broken" calculator. For example, a baker packs 315 buns into boxes of 8. How many boxes will the baker need? The division key is broken! Students must find ways to solve the problem, evaluate the solutions, and explain their reasoning.

Problem centered math: Research and strategies for problem-centered math
A large number of books and articles have been published in recent years offering research-driven strategies for problem-centered or constructivist teaching of mathematics. The following are a selection of some of the best and most complete resources for teachers. These books cover a range of grades K-12, but the dieas and strategies they provide may be applied to grade levels beyong those listed.

Work Problem Solving Strategies
The goal of this math website is to help elementary school (grade 1st through 6th) children boost their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. MathStories.com has over 15,000 interactive and non-interactive NCTM compliant math word problems for children to enjoy.