Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Extra Blog: September

After searching for research on how to teach math in the first few research checks, I noticed something that came up a lot. Teaching math to Special Ed students seemed to be a difficult situation for most teachers. After seeing this pop up time after time, I decided to look into it and ask my mentor if she had any Special Ed students who she taught and how they reacted to the math curriculum. My mentor, Laura Murillo, said that she did work with a few Special Ed students who were placed into her class. She then referred me to one of her colleagues, Mike Lawrence. Mike Lawrence is a Special Ed Teacher at Rivera Middle School, who works with Special Ed students after they have been through my mentor's class. Mr. Lawrence average work day consists mainly of going over topics with Special Ed students after they have been through the actual class. Mr. Lawrence believes that teachers do a pretty good job at teaching the actual subject during instructional period, and thinks that having a person go over the material with the Special Ed student proves to be very beneficial. The main problem that Mr. Lawrence experiences when dealing with Special Ed students is their ability to focus and pay attention to a particular problem. Although this is a huge set back, most Special Ed students under his supervision seem to excel in their math courses and other courses they are taking. I think knowing about the students prior conditions should be an important aspect to consider when I am answering my essential question and I find that Mr. Lawrence might be incredibly useful to answer this. I will probably use Mr. Lawrence as an interviewee in our next interviews because of his abundant knowledge of teaching and helping students.

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