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The Science of...Math

From A Special Education Teacher, Administrator and Lawyer walk into a bar....all you ever wanted to know about special education · Hosted by Robin Fabiano

2026-05-01·2024

Episode summary

In this episode of A Special Education Teacher, Administrator and Lawyer walk into a bar....all you ever wanted to know about special education: Tonight Abby and Robin talk about the science of Math. This movement is a response to ongoing math achievement gaps for all students and suggests that it is just as important to teach procedural fluency (Facts/algorithms) as it is conceptual understanding. There are many echos of the science of reading approach to be seen and lots of implications for students with disabilities as well.

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Tonight Abby and Robin talk about the science of Math. This movement is a response to ongoing math achievement gaps for all students and suggests that it is just as important to teach procedural fluency (Facts/algorithms) as it is conceptual understanding. There are many echos of the science of reading approach to be seen and lots of implications for students with disabilities as well. Here is the website where many of the articles and discussions of this topic get started.…