Difficulties facing teachers in teaching Mathematics to students with learning disabilities in light of Corona pandemic and proposed solutions from the teachers' point of view

Authors

Laial Mohammad Damrah, Arab Open University - JordanFollow

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the difficulties facing teaching students with learning disabilities in Mathematics in light of Corona pandemic and proposed solutions to them from the point of view of their teachers. To achieve this goal, the analytical descriptive approach was used, the study tool (questionnaire) was distributed randomly on a sample of 58 teachers was chosen out of 123 (47% of the study population) from all resource rooms in 5 directorates in Amman (26 male and 97 female teachers) for the academic year 2020/2021 to respond to a questionnaire items. The result showed that the most problems facing the teachers of students with learning disabilities in Mathematics in the directorates of Amman during Corona pandemic were the loss of students with learning disabilities to face-to-face education that stimulates their energies, develops their skills, and takes into account their circumstances, their cognitive and skill abilities, the lack of special educational platforms for students with learning disabilities, and lack of availability of necessary portable devices for students who are unable to purchase them.

Recommended Citation

Damrah, Laial Mohammad (2023) "Difficulties facing teachers in teaching Mathematics to students with learning disabilities in light of Corona pandemic and proposed solutions from the teachers' point of view," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 43: Iss. 1, Article 16.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol43/iss1/16