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2000 Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities by
Rochelle Kenyon There may be more learning-disabled students in
your math class than you realize. If you have learners who read
numbers backwards, have trouble telling time, confuse part–
whole relationships, have difficulty keeping score in a game,
and have difficulty remembering math facts, concepts, rules,
formulas, sequences, and procedures, they may be learning
disabled. According to the National Adult Literacy and Learning
Disabilities Center, “it is estimated that 50 percent to 80
percent of students in Adult Basic Education and literacy
programs are affected by learning disabilities,” (1995, p. 1).
The implications of such a staggering statistic for the adult
basic education (ABE) teacher are worth further investigation.
In this article, we will look at some