Nine tips for scaffolding multi-step calculations

By Jenny Koenig2018-10-16T15:13:00

Solving a mathematical multi-step calculation

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How to model sums for success

Students often have difficulty sequencing longer maths tasks. They struggle to retain information in their working memory to maintain the thread of longer, multi-step calculations. Interventions shown to help students with SpLDs, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, often help other students as well. So, whether or not you teach students with SpLDs, these strategies for helping students sequence steps and articulate their thinking are worth following.

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