Teaching Mathematics to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

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Teaching Mathematics to Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Students
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What do you think?

• Men are better in math than women.
• Math requires logic not intuition.
• You must always know how you got your answer.
• There is a best way to do a math problem.
• Its always important to get the answers exactly
  right.
• Its bad to count on your fingers.
• Mathematicians can do problems quickly, in their
  heads.
• Math requires a good memory.
• Some people have a math mind and some dont.
• There is a magic key to doing math.
• Deaf students do better in math because there is
  less language involved.

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Cognitive Development
Emotional Child
Emotional Parents
Parents Educ Level
Poverty of Stimuli
Etiological Factors
Heredity
Cultural Difference
Enriched MLE
Lack of MLE
Adequate Cog. Dev.
Inadequate Cog. Dev.
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Developing Problem Solving Abilities in
Mathematics

• Mediation
• Metacognitive Approaches and Strategies
• Incidental Learning Experiences
• Experiential Differences

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A car starts from city A to city B which is 60
miles away. It runs out of gas after it has gone
one-third of the second half of the trip. How
many miles still remain of the trip to city B?
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Addition in a Bilingual Context

• Lynnann had 3 cats. Tina gave her two kittens for
  her birthday. How many does she have now?
• Dr. Madan has some marbles. He gave 7 of them to
  Steve. He had 9 left. How many did He have to
  begin with?
• Kimberly had 4 softballs. Christine had 3 more
  balls than Kimberly. How many balls did Christine
  have?
• Andrea, Angela and Hannah have 3 small horses and
  2 large stallions. How many horses do they have?

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Subtraction in a Bilingual Context

• Gary had 6 apples. Tammy spotted them and helped
  herself to 3. How many apples did Gary have left?
• Freeman King had 9 marbles. He gave 2 to his
  wonderful wife. How many does he have left?
• Bill had 6 toy cars. His dad gave him some more
  toy cars. Bill now has 12 toy cars. How many did
  his dad give him?

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More Subtraction

• Alice has 9 toy cars. Rita has 6 toy cars. How
  many more cars does Alice have than Rita?
• Barbara had 9 Barbie dolls. She gave some to her
  sister Rita. Then Barbara had 6 dolls left. How
  many did she give to Rita?

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Bridging

• Determination of what concepts and schemata are
  present based on the students previous
  experiences.
• Selection of appropriate bridging elements from
  the students existing conceptual framework.
• Developing activities that will foster linkage
  between existing frameworks and the new
  conceptual focus.

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Conceptualizing and Schematizing

• Developing activities and fostering experiences
  that lead to the development of concepts and
  schemata.

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Reinforcing Concepts Developing Skills

• Simulations
• Guided Practice
• Identification, Production, and use of Concepts
• Interplay Meanings and Interpretations
• Developing Global Notions
• Analysis of Inherent Properties

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Applications

• Real World
• Short and Long Term Projects
• Relevant to Content and Process Objectives
• Applicable to Concepts and Schemata

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Constructivist Teaching
Static
Animated
Manipulated
See a Title
Write a Story
Attend to a Lecture
Abstract
Watch a Movie
Produce a Video
View Pictures
Iconic
View a Statue
Observe an Enactment
Produce an Enactment
Concrete