A SURVEY TO INCREASE STUDENT WITH SPESIAL NEEDS'S IN MATH TROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

A SURVEY TO INCREASE STUDENT WITH SPESIAL NEEDS’S MOTIVATION IN MATH THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

Motivation is important in mathematics learning.The students will be active to study mathematics.But, some students have little motivation to study mathematics.The students with special needs often due to past frustration sometimes have a lack of motivation toward learning.They also may learn in different ways from their non dis-abled peers.The teacher need special methods in order students easy study mathematics.The teacher need to present lesson more interesting in order students interested to study.To present lesson more fun and interesting, the teacher can use technology. Technology is usefull specially for students with special needs.Technology can make the teacher present the concept easier and the students will interested to study.If the students are interested to study, then they will have motivation.

The use of technology to increase students motivation had researched.Marcy Savoi had research by using SMART board technology for student with special needs.The students in his study consisted of seven students in fifth grade.The research strategy to collect data over 3 periods: pre SMART board, introductory SMART board,a concluding SMART board periods.The students are given ten questions of their feeling about learning math facts and concepts.The result is the student’s motivation was increased in mathematics after introducting SMART board. The student noted math class was more interesting dan more understandable with the use of SMART board technology.The student who had previously not liked math class, noted that they now liked math class.The students also looked forward to math class after the introduction of SMART board. In conclusion,the SMART board technology help the student with special needs reach full potential in math.

From research above, technology is usefull to increase students wih special needs’s motivation.The technology make student interested to study.They can study mathematics easier.The concepts that difficult to leran become clearer.So the teacher need to use the right metods and technology for facilitate students with spesial needs.

referencee

http://www.smarterkids.org/research/pdf/SKFResearchMarcySavoie.pdf