The authors noted the lag in development of mathematics concepts is due to delays in language development, lack of exposure to life-based problem solving, and inadequate teacher preparation in the area of mathematics. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.
I agree in some areas. I think that if a teacher is ill prepared or does not have a strong knowledge base in math, that can make it difficult to teach the concepts to students in a different way. I can also see that delays in language development can cause a struggle; math is a difficult concept for students without a hearing loss to grasp, so if there are language delays or a language barrier that can cause problems in grasping the concepts. As far as life-based problem solving, I think that students with a hearing loss experience life-based problem solving. I think that students with a hearing loss may need things explained in multiple different ways, and a teacher needs to learn multiple ways to teach a subject area to meet the needs of their students.
What areas do you feel that you need to develop to teach math?
I think it's important to learn which method is being taught in your school. Especially as the student progresses through school, certain teachers look for how the students solves problems on the tests, and will mark them wrong if they do it differently than has been taught in class. It is important to work with the math teacher or regular classroom teacher to be on the same page with math. I also think having a broad knowledge on how to teach the basic math concepts and make them stick will help the student in the long run.
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