Abstract

HOWARD-MONTANER, Sebastián et al. Math Learning Opportunities for Students with Learning Disabilities. Rev. colomb. educ. [online]. 2018, n.74, pp.197-219. ISSN 0120-3916.

In Chile, students with learning disabilities (LD) attend either special schools or regular schools with school integration programs (SIP). To this day, there is no information about the learning opportunities (LO) provided to these students in both contexts. The study is part of a larger research aimed at exploring the mathematics LO for students with LD in special education centers. We conducted semi-structured interviews with teachers and principals from special schools with the purpose of learning about their beliefs on teaching, students with LD, and math. Results show that teaching students with LD requires many hours of planning, a flexible curriculum adapted to their individual needs, using specific material, and individualized assessment. Regarding students, the respondents note that there are no general formulas and that each case should be handled individually. Finally, the school teachers and principals estimate that the teaching of mathematics for students with LD includes mainly counting and operations with numbers, which excludes spaces for developing other mathematical abilities from the curriculum offered.

Keywords : learning opportunities; math education; learning disabilities; special education; teacher beliefs.

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