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This three-part Webinar event was based on findings from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools. Each Webinar (March 23, March 30, and April 6) was facilitated by one of the guide’s authors and focused on specific recommendations presented in the guide. The series was sponsored by REL Northwest and IES, in collaboration with the Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center and the Idaho State Department of Education.

Part I: Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Co-author Dr. Sybilla Beckmann presented and facilitated a discussion on the recommendations related to Foundations of Arithmetic:

• Whole numbers/rational number focus
• Focus on word problems
• Fluent retrieval of basic facts

Dr. Sybilla Beckmann is a professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia and has conducted research in arithmetic geometry. Her current interests are the mathematical education of teachers and mathematics content for students at all levels, but especially for PreK through the middle grades.

Part II: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Co-author Dr. Ben Clark presented and facilitated a discussion on the recommendations related to Screening and Progress Monitoring:

• Screen all students for risk
• Progress monitoring

Dr. Ben Clark is a research associate at the Instructional Research Group and Pacific Institutes for Research. He serves as a co-principal investigator on three federally funded research grants in mathematics instructions and assessment. His current research includes testing the efficacy of a kindergarten mathematics curriculum, evaluating the effectiveness of a grade 1 mathematics intervention program for at-risk students, and examining the effects of a computer software program to build student understanding of and fluency with computational procedures.

Part III: Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Co-author Dr. Bradley Witzel presented and facilitated a discussion on the recommendations related to Intentional Teaching:

• Explicit and systematic instruction
• Focus on visual representation
• Motivational strategies

Dr. Bradley Witzel is an associate professor and coordinator of special education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has experience in the classroom as an inclusive and self-contained teacher of students with higher incidence disabilities as well as a classroom assistant and classroom teacher of students with low-incidence disabilities. He is concerned with the development of special education teachers and works to provide research-validated practices and interventions to professionals and preprofessionals.

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Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools