For those responsible for teaching these individuals, the implications are vast . . . The criteria used for diagnosing, etiological theories, medical and psychiatric considerations will be presented in an educational framework . . . Understanding and teaching these individuals within a regular classroom environment, with specific interventions will be discussed.
Discovery is a key component to the students' conceptual understanding of mathematics.
Participants will receive a variety of take-home manipulatives and classroom activities for immediate use. Teachers of K-8 will find this course most rewarding as will secondary teachers who work with special and general mathematics education. This course will focus on the Multiple Intelligence Theory as identified by Dr. Howard Gardner. Participants will be introduced to all of the intelligences and will concentrate on those most applicable to the classroom. Lessons will be modeled and cooperatively developed in the intelligences.