Teaching geometry to students with SLD

Difficulties in learning geometry are present at every school level, but they represent an especially problematic area in lower secondary school. Some difficulties are common to all students, other difficulties concern students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in particular. Teaching geometry to students with SLD, created by experts from the Italian Dyslexia Association, provides clear indications for understanding the general and specific difficulties in the study of geometry, promoting a teaching method that is flexible and accessible to all students.

The volume is divided into two parts.  The first, consisting of a theoretical-methodological framework, focuses on the difficulties that a student with SLD may encounter in the study of geometry.  Instead, the second one presents seven functional strategies for the elaboration of inclusive teaching referring to the fundamental principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).  From the analysis of the structure of the textbook, passing through the construction of anticipators, up to using storytelling to foster an empathic approach to the subject, each strategy is associated with proposals for activities and photocopiable materials to be provided to students.

Recommended for
Although addressed mainly to lower secondary school teachers, the text also offers ideas of undoubted interest for primary and upper secondary school teachers, in light of the bridge role that lower secondary school plays in the construction of mathematical thought.

The series
“Teaching students with SLD” is a series edited by AID which is divided into several workbooks for various disciplines and for different school levels. Each volume is made up of two parts: theoretical-methodological and operational.