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Educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Training in <strong>Autism</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Developmental</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>, 2012, <str<strong>on</strong>g>47</str<strong>on</strong>g>(3), 389–400<br />
© <str<strong>on</strong>g>Divisi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Autism</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Developmental</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong><br />
Review of Academic Mathematics Instructi<strong>on</strong> for Students<br />
with Mild Intellectual Disability<br />
Casey Hord<br />
University of Cincinnati<br />
Emily C. Bouck<br />
Purdue University<br />
Abstract: Mathematics educati<strong>on</strong>–like all educati<strong>on</strong>–faced changes in recent years including increasing<br />
expectati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> these expectati<strong>on</strong>s have impacted all students, including students with mild intellectual<br />
disability. To explore the impact of the changes <strong>on</strong> mathematics educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> students with mild intellectual<br />
disability, the authors reviewed the literature from 1999–2010 <strong>on</strong> academic mathematics interventi<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
students with mild intellectual disability. Of the seven articles found, the majority focused <strong>on</strong> interventi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
designed to improve knowledge of mathematical facts <strong>and</strong> computati<strong>on</strong>al procedures. One study included an<br />
interventi<strong>on</strong> involving metacogniti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> diagramming of mathematical relati<strong>on</strong>ships to help students solve<br />
word problems. Results suggest a diss<strong>on</strong>ance between the mathematics focus of mathematics professi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> federal <strong>and</strong> state policies regarding higher order mathematics <strong>and</strong> perhaps current practice<br />
for students with mild intellectual disability, as reflected in the research literature.<br />
Mathematics educati<strong>on</strong> is a core c<strong>on</strong>tent area<br />
with direct benefits for advanced educati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> employment for all students (Algozzine,<br />
O’Shea, Crews, & Stoddard, 1987; Maccini,<br />
McNaught<strong>on</strong>, & Ruhl, 1999; Nati<strong>on</strong>al Council<br />
of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2000;<br />
No Child Left Behind [NCLB], 2002; Xin,<br />
Jitendra, & Deatline-Buchman, 2005). Although<br />
mathematics educati<strong>on</strong> has always<br />
been important, its stake in educati<strong>on</strong> has<br />
risen over the past few decades. Recent federal<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> laws mixed with rising expectati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of nati<strong>on</strong>al professi<strong>on</strong>al organizati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
changes in educati<strong>on</strong>al policy altered what is<br />
expected of all students, including students<br />
with disabilities (NCTM; NCLB; Teuscher,<br />
Dingman, Nevels, & Reys, 2008; Woodward,<br />
2004).<br />
The latest reauthorizati<strong>on</strong> of the Elementary<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sec<strong>on</strong>dary Educati<strong>on</strong> Act (ESEA)–<br />
called No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2002)–<br />
required all students to participate in each<br />
state’s accountability system, meaning students<br />
were to be tested annually in grades 3–8<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>ce again in high school in reading,<br />
Corresp<strong>on</strong>dence c<strong>on</strong>cerning this article should<br />
be addressed to Casey Hord, PO Box 210002,<br />
Teachers/Dyer Hall, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,<br />
OH 45221. Email: casey.hord@uc.edu<br />
mathematics, <strong>and</strong> science. Further, schools<br />
were to show Adequately Yearly Progress<br />
(AYP) to account for all students’ improvement<br />
as well as that of particular subgroups,<br />
such as students with disabilities, <strong>on</strong> their<br />
state’s accountability system (i.e., typically the<br />
large-scale general assessment in the reading,<br />
mathematics, <strong>and</strong> science) (Yell & Drasgow,<br />
2005). Not <strong>on</strong>ly were students with disabilities<br />
included in the general educati<strong>on</strong> law but also<br />
the latest reauthorizati<strong>on</strong> of Individuals with<br />
<strong>Disabilities</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong> Act (IDEA, 2004)<br />
aligned itself with NCLB regarding students<br />
with disabilities participating in the accountability<br />
system as well promoting access to the<br />
general educati<strong>on</strong> curriculum (Turnbull,<br />
Huerta, & Stowe, 2006).<br />
Also c<strong>on</strong>tributing to rising expectati<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
students with disabilities in mathematics educati<strong>on</strong><br />
were changes in high school graduati<strong>on</strong><br />
requirements, including exit exams<br />
(Ysseldyke et al., 2004) <strong>and</strong> m<strong>and</strong>ated upper<br />
level mathematics classes (Teuscher et al.,<br />
2008), as well as increasingly rigorous c<strong>on</strong>tent<br />
area st<strong>and</strong>ards proposed by professi<strong>on</strong>al organizati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(e.g., NCTM, 2000) <strong>and</strong> the recent<br />
Comm<strong>on</strong> Core St<strong>and</strong>ards (Council of Chief<br />
State School Officers <strong>and</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Governors<br />
Associati<strong>on</strong>, 2010). Exit exams, affecting 28<br />
states as of 2010, require a student to pass a<br />
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