Math

Math 

Math students with learning disabilities have a hard time remembering facts, storing them in their long term memory, and accessing the facts that have been previously stored. It is crucial for students to increase their math fluency at a young age to help them with higher level math concepts as they get older. Various software exists that may make education accessible for students with disabilities. Please see the table below to look at a few programs that may help special needs students who have difficulties in math.

**Math Computation Software for Students with Disabilities of Different Ages **
FASTT﻿﻿ FASTT Math (Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology) is an intervention program that helps the student achieve math fact facility. Based on students' results, this program assess how much information each student knows, and then tailors activities for individual students. Dell, Amy G, Newton, Deborah A, & Petroff, Jerry G. (2008). //Assistive technology in the Classroom//. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. Math Student Picture
 * **__Program__** || **__Website__**  || **__Level__**  || **__Description__**  ||
 * MathPad || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.intellitools.com || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grades K-2 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This program has arithmetic worksheets that are read aloud. It will line numbers up and help the student group numbers. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">MathPad Plus || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.intellitools.com || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grades 3-8 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Similar to MathPad but also includes fractions, decimals, pie charts, fractions bars, or decimal grids. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Virtual Pencil Arithmetic || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.hentermath.com || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Elementary || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This program helps students work through basic operations. This also benefits students with visual impairments because it provides speech feedback ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Virtual Pencil Algebra || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.hentermath.com || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Middle and above || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Extends the program to include algebraic equations. It will read the numbers and symbols, as well as their positions in equations. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Math Ttalk/Scientific Notebook || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.mathtalk.com || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Middle and above || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This can only be used with Dragon-Naturally Speaking. The student can speak any type of math problem, all the way to graduate-level math. ||