SIAS Strategy
Often times students with nonverbal learning disabilities struggle with step by step thinking and problem solving. This can make math story problems that much more difficult. The SIAS strategy can greatly help these students perform better on these types of problems.
The SIAS Strategy is a mnemonic that stands for Sign, Important Information, Arithmetic Problem, and Solution Sentence.
As a student is reading through a word problem, they should be taught to identify the key details of the problem (which could involve highlighting or underlining based on the need of the student), remove any unimportant information (cross it out) and then write out what they are trying to solve. Here is what they need to look for and the steps that need to be completed to solve the word problem:
Sign- look for words that indicate what operation is going to be used then have students write down that sign.
By teaching students what information they need to look for and how to go about solving these problems step-by-step, it can make the problems easier for students with nonverbal learning disabilities to come to the right answer.
The SIAS Strategy is a mnemonic that stands for Sign, Important Information, Arithmetic Problem, and Solution Sentence.
As a student is reading through a word problem, they should be taught to identify the key details of the problem (which could involve highlighting or underlining based on the need of the student), remove any unimportant information (cross it out) and then write out what they are trying to solve. Here is what they need to look for and the steps that need to be completed to solve the word problem:
Sign- look for words that indicate what operation is going to be used then have students write down that sign.
- ex. "in all", "sum", "altogether", or "add" would indicate it is an addition problem so students would write a "+"
- ex. 7 crayons and 2 crayons (if you already identified it as addition) would give you 7+2
- ex. 7+2=9
- ex. Seven crayons plus 2 crayons equals 9 crayons.
By teaching students what information they need to look for and how to go about solving these problems step-by-step, it can make the problems easier for students with nonverbal learning disabilities to come to the right answer.
Works Cited
Levy, D. (2006). Strategies for success: For the student with a nonverbal learning disorder. In Levy Learning Center. Retrieved September 26, 2014
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