An 11-year-old in sixth grade with short-term memory deficits, struggling with math
The student is in sixth grade and has difficulty completing math problems due to impaired memory. Her teacher reports that she appears to comprehend instructions but forgets the steps while trying to solve equations. The student has good reading comprehension and penmanship and currently completes assigned homework problems with approximately 30% accuracy.
Possible Recommendations:
Three types of tools that may help the student include electronic math software, image scanning apps, and recording pens. Electronic math software such as EquatIO can help students with number alignment and organization of math problems. Keyboarding and speech-input are accessibility features that allow multiple options for entering numbers and text, while text-to-speech helps the student hear if they entered the correct numbers and text. Integrating specialized math software for the student may present a challenge in the classroom as training and ongoing assistance may be required for the teacher and student to learn the software.
A notes scanning app, such as Rocketbook would allow the student to use a device camera to snap a photo of the whiteboard with Rocketbook Beacons to save the teacher’s instructions. However, using the app and adding notes could be a challenge because it may take her attention away from watching and listening to the teacher.
Helperbird’s Immersive Reader feature adds Microsoft’s Immersive Reader to any website or PDF. This makes reading easier by removing any distractions, letting you customize text, and allowing you to listen to the text.
Devices to Try:
Goals and Outcomes:
Using AT, the student will respond with increasing accuracy when requested to answer math problems for which the math teacher previously demonstrated the concept on the board. Using AT, the student will increase the percentage of completed math homework problems from 30% to 50%.
See the attached SETT Framework form for feature-matching solutions based on the Student, Environment, Tasks, and Tools model.
Case Study Forms – SETT Framework
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