SPED 488 - Math Instruction and Interventions

Designing and teaching mathematics for a diverse classroom. Course emphasizes pedagogy and methods that support decision-making within the context of a Response to Intervention framework in both general and special education. Focus is on the alignment of assessment data, instructional strategies and progress monitoring. Specific focus is on data-based decision making; designing and implementing strategies and interventions based on student need. Additional topics include emergent numeracy, computation, problem solving, algebra and functional applications of measurement, time and money. This course is linked to a field experience for application of concepts in real-world settings as part of a senior project.

Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to a Special Education major or Department permission; co-requisites: SPED 486, SPED 487 and SPED 489.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter