Visual Chunking: Math

“Chunk” your student’s math assignments to help them approach the task in a more manageable way.

To get started, decide what type of visual chunking you will use: visual cues on the paper, redoing the paper visually, or cutting the paper into sections are a few options you may use.

Show your student the chunked assignments and encourage them to work through them one at a time. This should decrease the negative behaviors that may arise due to math assignments and help your student see math as an approachable task.

Organize items or tasks into manageable units. This “chunking” adaptation can appear to make school work “doable” to students, increasing on-task behavior and decreasing negative behavior towards the task. It can be effective for students whose working memory is compromised. There are a variety of ways visual chunking can occur.

• Child's Age: 3-5, 6-10, 11-13, 14-17, 18+
• Planning Effort: Low
• Difficulty Level: Easy

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1. Determine what work is difficult and perceived as “undoable” to the student.

2. Make a decision on the type of visual chunking to use: visual cues on the paper, redoing the paper visually, cutting the paper into sections.

3. Implement and reinforce completing work.