SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
Department: Disabled
Student Programs and Services
Subject Area and Course Number: DSPS
66
Course Title: Math
Strategies
Discipline: Special Education
Units: Two
Repeatability: 4 and according to Disability (Title V):
*Section
56029 of Subchapter 1 of Chapter 7 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the California
Code of Regulations is added to read:
56029.
Special Class Course Repeatability.
Repetition
of special classes is subject to the provisions of Sections 55761–63 and
58161 of this division. However, districts are authorized to permit additional
repetitions of special classes to provide an accommodation to a student's
educational limitations pursuant to state and federal nondiscrimination laws.
Districts shall develop policies and procedures providing for repetition under
the following circumstances:
(a) When continuing success of
the student in other general and/or special classes is dependent on additional
repetitions of a specific class;
(b) When additional repetitions
of a specific special class are essential to completing a student's preparation
for enrollment into other regular or special classes; or
(c) When the student has a
student educational contract which involves a goal other than completion of the
special class in question and repetition of the course will further the
achievement of that goal.
NOTE:
Authority cited: Sections
67312, 70901, and 84850, Education Code. Reference: Sections 67310–12 and 84850, Education Code; 29 U.S.C.
Section 794.
Catalog
Course Description: A course designed for students with disabilities who
are enrolled in mainstream college math classes and whose disabilities result
in educational limitations in the area of math. Students learn a variety of strategies to promote
self-monitoring, organization, study skills and test-taking techniques relative
to math concepts and computation.
Description
for Schedule of Classes: A course designed for students with disabilities who
are enrolled in mainstream college math classes and whose disabilities result
in educational limitations in the area of math.
Lecture Hours: Two hours each week =
total of 36 hours
Laboratory Hours per Week:
None
Plus Hours: None
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites:
None
Skills Advisories: None
Course Advisories: None
Limitation on Enrollment: None
Course Objectives: The student will
acquire the following skills and apply them to non-DSPS SBCC courses.
1. Identify their disabilities and functional limitations
as they relate to learning math.
2. Identify their learning styles/approaches to learning
math.
3. Identify strategies to compensate for their
disabilities relative to learning math.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of strategies to compensate for
their disabilities in the following situations:
a.
comprehending math
textbooks;
b.
listening, note-taking
and test-taking skills in mainstream college math classes;
c.
retention and
comprehension of math concepts and processes;
d.
utilization of
instructor office hours and tutorial assistance;
e.
utilization of math strategies in the work
environment;
f.
critical analysis of
math concepts through the development of study guides.
Course
Content and Scope:
1. Evaluation of math cognitive entry skills.
2. Evaluation of learning style/approach to math
computation and concepts.
3. Development of techniques to compensate for specific
perceptual and learning deficits in the area of math.
4. Development of organization and study strategies
specifically for students with disabilities in course material covering basic
math skills through statistics and pre-calculus.
5. Completion of appropriate adapted computer software.
Method
of Instruction: The course will include lecture, large and small group
discussion, individual instruction and application in lab situation with
trained tutors.
Required
Assignments:
1. Homework assignments from Winning at Math text.
2. A minimum of three study guides illustrating critical
analysis of concepts in math.
3. A binder with handouts and other materials, homework
and study guides.
4. Self-assessment of disability-related functional
limitations and compensatory strategies relative to math.
5. Final exam.
Methods
of Evaluation:
1. Record of attendance.
2. Record of
homework assignments.
3. Record of a minimum of three study guides developed
during the course.
4. Completion of self-assessment.
5. Completion of final exam.
6. Application of skills in non-DSPS SBCC courses.
Texts
and Supplies:
1. Winning at Math, revised edition, Paul D.
Nolting (with supplementary references for mathematics students with learning
disabilities)
2. Handouts/worksheets/references re. study strategies in
math
3. Computer programs as appropriate (e.g., Winning at
Math - Study Skills Computer Evaluation; Alge-Blaster Plus, etc. )
4. Digitor-Skillmaster (minicomputer for basic
computational skills, Centurion Industries, Inc.)
5. Three-ring binder with lined paper and supplies
6. Instructor-designed study guides
JS/mej
rev
July 2006
FRC
(7/21/06 gb)