Remedial Teaching in Mathematics through Multisensory Strategies

Abstract

Quality human resources enhance the progress and prosperity of any nation. Excellent educational system produces good citizens. Our current educational system should be revitalized which produces creative, talented and co-operative people according to the recent global pressure. In the present 21 st century the explosion of technologies uplift the world into the sky. It leads to globalization. We require powerful brainy citizens for this competitive world. Education can give tremendous boost to these citizens in the global society. Education should not only reflect the needs of the society but also excellence. Every effort should make to adopt our educational system today's changing economic and social realities of the scientific world. No branch of science is complete without mathematics. Mathematical understanding and reasoning are essential components of success in all walks of life. How did this precious mathematics subject teach or learn? Being abstract nature of mathematics most of the student find difficult to perceive it. Teachers are constantly looking for ways or tools to help their pupils understand the underlying concepts of the lessons. Attention is too paid on the integrative efforts of Information Processing Approach, Transformation between Short Term Memory and Long Term Memory and accelerating cognitive strategies. In this situation the investigators adopt some remedial measures through Multisensory strategies to overcome from these difficulties and enhance the understanding of the learners. This paper focuses about it. I. Introduction: In the present 21 st century the explosion of technologies uplift the world into the heaven in the sky. It leads to globalization. We require powerful brainy citizens for this competitive world. Education can give tremendous boost to these citizens in the global society. Education should not only reflect the needs of the society but also excellence. Every effort should make to adopt our educational system today's changing economic and social realities of the scientific world. No branch of science is complete without mathematics. Mathematical understanding and reasoning are essential components of success in all walks of life. How did this precious mathematics subject teach or learn? I am a mathematics teacher having 18 years of experience, with my experience and observations I found that the following difficulties among the secondary and higher secondary students.  More than half of the students incorrectly measure the units.  Often get confusion between the areas and volumes in the word problem and between square and cubic units.  Students performance on measurement task decreases significantly when the numbers are in fraction.  Students have poor understanding in random and non- random distribution of objects.  Poor understanding in the algebraic identities.  Students have find difficulties in solving algebraic word problems.  Difficulties in trigonometrically ratios for the beginners of trigonometric concept.  Understanding in trigonometry identities.  Application of integral calculus  Some students are memorizing the concept without understanding. Teachers need to include in each teaching presentation at least three (3) basic learning modalities (auditory, visual, and tactile), to meet the needs of most students, is a common thread among researchers. (Caudill, 1998; Gadt-Johnson, 2000; Willis, 2001).In this situation the investigators adopt some remedial measures through Multisensory strategies to overcome from these difficulties and enhance the understanding of the learners. This paper focuses on it.