Math Resources and Interventions for Students with Disabilities

Keeping students engaged and excited about math is of critical importance to helping them stay on task and achieve successful outcomes. This requires not just having a mindset shift but challenging the current stereotypes about how students with disabilities (SWDs) learn and what they can do in the mathematics classroom. It also requires treating disabled students with dignity in their inherent capacities to think and do mathematics. Below is a collection of resources that educators, families and caregivers can utilize when teaching and supporting all learners.

Find math-related activities, materials, and resources with which your students will engage by exploring the collection of resources below.

Please note that the links provided are suggestions for resources and do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the New Jersey Department of Education of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individuals.

  • 99Math -  Easy and fun way to practice math facts in a classroom! Engaging and perfect for all-class activities. No students' accounts required.
  • AAA Math - Features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. You can sort by grade level. K-8.
  • BrainPop | Math - A group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music
  • Cabin Fever Math—Bedtime Math - Bedtime Math helps families introduce math as a fun part of their daily routine, like a beloved bedtime story.
  • Geogebra | Elementary - Explore over 300 resources through which elementary school students can learn math concepts in a fun and interactive way!
  • I Know It - Math Practice Site for Kids - A comprehensive, interactive math practice site for students in Kindergarten to fifth grade.
  • Investigations Math Games - Inquiry-based bilingual math games.
  • Monsters vs Fractions Game by SMART | Monsters vs Fractions - Fun site that uses game-based learning to “solve” a mystery and teach fractions.
  • NRICH - The NRICH Math Project (based at Cambridge University) offers mathematics resources for children, parents and teachers to enrich learning. It provides resources for students of all ages.
  • PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations - Free K-12 science and math simulations for teaching STEM topics, including physics, chemistry, biology, and math, from University of Colorado Boulder.
  • SplashLearn - A curriculum-aligned learning program that covers K-5 math skills through engaging games.
  • Virtual Manipulatives for Math | Didax - Virtual Manipulatives are a great way to enhance at-home learning. Simply drag the manipulatives into position to see math concepts come alive! 
  • Zearn Math - K-5 curriculum aims to build deep understanding and a love of learning math for all students.
  • Understanding angles through gamification.

Supporting Recognition Networks

Supporting Strategic Networks

  • Provide Varied Ways to Interact and Respond
  • Facilitate Managing Information and Resources; examples
  • Provide Scaffolds for Practice and Performance; examples
  • Enhance Capacity for Monitoring Progress
  • Provide appropriate tools such as Microsoft math and Wolfram alpha

Supporting Affective Networks

  • Offer Choices that students can select from. Examples and Instructions
  • Vary Levels of Challenge and Support
  • Increase Mastery-Oriented Feedback
  • Enhance Relevance, Value, and Authenticity; Reduce Threats, Distractions.
  • Provide Options for Self-Regulation. Helpful Tips and stress handling

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