Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	•Students who try to do counting of numbers (1-10) but cannot do by abstract concept. •Students who have poor eye –hand coordination •Students with poor arithmetic skills •Students with poor fine motor skills •Students with poor color concepts
Disability category	mentally challenged
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	arithmetic, mathematics　other
Specific purposes	Students can practice by manipulating the spike abacus. •Number concepts •Number operations •Place values concepts •Fine motor skills training •Eye-hand coordination • Colour concepts
Considerations for disability characteristics	*
Expected effects and results	The teaching material when used with children with intellectual difficulties or autism can improve : •Academic performance. •Fine motor skills •Concentration. •Sorting and marching skill
How to use	•The device is used when place on the table /desk or on the floor •Student counts all the counters e. g (1-10) places a counter in a spike box where the drawing of the candle is located. •When the teacher calls ‘one’ student places one counter in the spike. •Student continues to place the counters in the spike as instructed by the teacher •The teacher encourages the student as they perform the activity and rewards the student for their success.
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