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Summer 2015
Background
Educational History
Attended pre-kindergarten, was absent for
26 days
In kindergarten, she was reported as not
mastering early benchmark skills in
mathematics
Received numerous interventions for
language arts and mathematics in first grade
Perceptual reasoning
Number sense
knowledge of basic number relationship
two-digit computation problems
single-digit multiplication or division
multiple-choice tasks
spatial working memory tasks
Program Details
more than 720 online lessons
playing math games and solving puzzles using
DreamBox Learnings virtual manipulatives
Reporting tools for monitoring
student progress
An example
http://www.dreambox.com
Concrete-Representational-Abstract
Ensure students develop a tangible understanding
of math concepts/skills they learned
Hands-on materials (concrete)
Pictorial representation (representational)
Mathematical problems with numbers and symbols
(abstract)
o
https://youtu.be/4Go-jM9fDLg?t=25s
Strategies/Programs
Model
Use manipulatives
Use pictures
Use number lines
Games
Camelot Learning
Program
http://www.camelotlearning.com/
Materials
number line
dice
calculators
unifix cubes
beads
string
tangrams
geared clocks
Conclusion
Peer Assisted Learning
+
Assistive Technology
+
Concrete-Representational- Abstract
=
Success for Brianna in math!
References
Wang, H., & Woodworth, K. (2011). Evaluation of Rocketship Educations use of DreamBox Learnings online
mathematics program. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Retrieved from
http://www.rogersfoundation.org/system/resources/0000/0013/Rocketship_SRI_Study.pdf
Powell, S., & Seethaler, P. (2011). Intervention Name: Concrete-Representational-Abstract. Retrieved June 24, 2015,
from http://ebi.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/EBI-Brief-Template-Concrete-Representational-Abstract.pdf
Concrete and Abstract Representations (Using Mathematical Tools). (2008, November 24). Retrieved June 24, 2015,
from https://mathteachingstrategies.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/concrete-and-abstract-representations-usingmathematical-tools/
http://www.blueprintsprograms.com/evaluationAbstracts.php?pid=83a002e8ffbe10a8e5bfd289b565b247092a9b70