Lehigh University – Daryl Nerl
“teaching strategy being developed and researched by an assistant professor of Special Education is showing promise in helping students with learning disabilities to understand fractions. It may even hold long-term promise in helping people without learning disabilities overcome their math anxiety and fear of fractions. The Model Drawing Strategy helps students to discern the meaning of mathematical word problems by having them draw a diagram to help them visualize and interpret the relationships between the numbers presented to them.”(more)