Teaching Strategies for Helping Students with Difficulties in Learning Mathematics

dc.creator	Žakelj Amalija
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:21Z
dc.identifier	1855-4431
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9861a6821a7345d5aaf5e59e2357364c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27525
dc.description	Pupils’ performance in school is influenced by various elements, such as cognitive, social, and emotional factors, home environment, school environment, etc. As regards school, the organisation of education and teachers’ conduct in teaching play an important role. From the perspective of pupils with learning difficulties, teachers’ decisions are closely linked with their knowledge of learning difficulties and the causes of the latter as well as with the methodical knowledge they need so as to be able to teach pupils with learning difficulties.The first part of the article introduces general and specific learning disabilities of pupils in mathematics, along with the causes for learning disabilities and the means to helping pupils. The second part of the article summarises the results of a survey, the main purpose of which was to examine which were those mathematics topics that tended to cause most learning difficulties. The survey also focused on the satisfaction of teachers with the efficiency of the methodical ways of helping those pupils, and on the qualification of teachers to deliver different kinds of assistance.The results of the survey indicated that most teachers noticed learning disabilities occurring in multiplication, addition and subtraction over tenths, in quantities/measure units/conversion of units, and in solving mathematic problems and textual exercises. The teachers were fairly satisfied with the efficiency of the methodical ways of assistance. They expressed most satisfaction with those approaches which they felt they were most qualified for, i.e. the use of different didactic props and adapting the ways of reinforcing knowledge with pupils who had learning disabilities.
dc.language	Slovene
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Univerza v Mariboru
dc.relation	http://www.pef.um.si/content/Zalozba/clanki_2013_06_st_1/2013_st_1.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-4431
dc.source	Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 5-25 (2013)
dc.subject	learning difficulties
dc.subject	mathematics
dc.subject	specific learning disabilities
dc.subject	assistance measures
dc.subject	recognising learning difficulties
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Teaching Strategies for Helping Students with Difficulties in Learning Mathematics
dc.type	article