Clinical intervention Working with your mentor teacher, identify a math lesson or time during which interventions from the Clinical Field Experience C intervention plan can be implemented to benefit the previously identified students.
After implementing the intervention strategies, seek feedback from your mentor teacher about how it went. Continue discussion regarding the strengths and potential improvements of the students. APA
After the math lesson or activity, summarize and reflect upon your experiences in 250-500 words, being sure to:
- Briefly describe the students identified needs and explain how interventions were selected. Rationalize choices in relation to the needs of the students.
- Describe how the students performed on the math activities and reflect upon your experience implementing the intervention strategies. Include possible changes you would make in the future when implementing these strategies.
- Describe how students could utilize one of the intervention strategies at home.
- Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.
During my Clinical Field Experience C, I worked with a mentor teacher to identify two students who were struggling with multiplication and division in a fourth-grade math class. The students had difficulty recalling basic math facts and applying them in word problems. To address these needs, we selected two interventions from the intervention plan: fact fluency practice and visual representation of word problems.
The fact fluency practice intervention involved daily timed drills with basic multiplication and division facts. The visual representation of word problems intervention involved using manipulatives, drawings, and diagrams to help students visualize and solve word problems.
During the math lesson, I implemented the interventions with the identified students. We started with fact fluency practice, and I timed the students as they completed multiplication and division drills. Both students showed significant improvement in their recall of basic math facts. Next, we moved on to word problems, and I modeled how to use visual representations to solve the problems. Both students were able to successfully solve word problems with the support of visual aids.
Reflecting on my experience implementing the interventions, I found that the fact fluency practice was a highly effective strategy for improving the students’ basic math skills. However, I noticed that the timed drills were stressful for some students, and I would consider using a different approach in the future, such as self-paced practice or games. With the visual representation intervention, I found that the students were more
