There are so many low-tech and mid-tech adaptions that can
assist students with disabilities in completing math assignments. These AT devices range from stamps to
calculators.
A useful low-tech tool can be as simple as addition and
multiplication charts. Onion Mountain
Technology makes more intricate tools for students with disabilities. They
have “fraction rubber stamps, a manipulative number line, laminated addition
and multiplication tables, and a special ruler that has multiple transparent
overlays to help students understand the relationship between the different
units of measure” (Dell, Newton, & Petroff, 2012). Calculators with large oversized buttons help
students with poor fine motor control.
Students with learning disabilities and visual impairments can use
talking calculators to help them check their work by reading aloud every
keystroke the student enters. There are
also calculators that show the entire math problem on the screen. This is beneficial for students because they
can see their own work.
Below is the See N' Solve made by Onion Mountain Technology.
Being a math teacher, knowing the tools that can help your
students is key. I hope to utilize all the low-tech and mid-tech adaptions I can; whatever to help my students be successful.
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